The Private Storage Aid Scheme (Pigmeat) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Aid for Private Storage S

3.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may grant private storage aid for pigmeat(1) in accordance with the conditions specified in these Regulations.

(2) The private storage aid may be granted for storage periods of—

(a) 60 days,

(b) 90 days,

(c) 120 days,

(d) 150 days, or

(e) 180 days.

(3) The amount of aid payable by storage period per tonne of product stored is set out in Table 1 in the schedule.

(4) The categories of pigmeat for which aid may be granted are set out in Table 2 in the schedule.

(5) No aid may be granted for pigmeat which has been placed into storage before the date on which these Regulations come into force.

(6) The overall maximum quantity of pigmeat for which the Scottish Ministers may grant private storage aid under these Regulations is 1000 tonnes.

(7) The requirements and conditions set out in—

(a) Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1238, and

(b) Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1240,

apply, save as otherwise provided in these Regulations, to the private storage aid referred to in paragraph (1).

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 8.11.2021, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Article 17(h) of the CMO Regulation provides that aid for private storage may be granted in respect of pigmeat.