Article 1 Scope

An exceptional market support measure for Ireland is hereby introduced in the form of a disposal scheme for:

1. (a)

   pigs that had been on farms that used contaminated animal feed between 1 September 2008 and 6 December 2008;

2. (b)

   cattle that remain on farms where samples from other cattle have tested positive for elevated levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs);

3. (c)

   fresh, chilled or frozen pigmeat which is coming from animals that had been slaughtered no later than 6 December 2008 in Ireland and which is stored in Ireland:

   1. (i)

      in the slaughterhouse; or

   2. (ii)

      outside the slaughterhouse, under the responsibility and the control of the slaughterhouse, subject to the slaughterhouse demonstrating to the satisfaction of the competent Irish authorities.