Article 1

United Kingdom

Aid shall be available for holders of animals of the porcine species who have been ordered by the competent authorities to cease the production of pigmeat in accordance with the Polish Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of 6 May 2015 on measures taken in connection with the occurrence of African swine fever^f1 as amended by the Regulation of 5 July 2017 (‘the Polish Regulation’), and who comply with the following conditions:

(a)

at the time the order is issued their holding is located in one of the areas of Poland subject to animal health measures for the control of African swine fever as listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU^f2 as amended by Implementing Decision 2017/1481/EU^f3;

(b)

they held no more than 50 animals of the porcine species on average in the period from 1 July 2016 till 30 June 2017 and at least one such animal at the time of the inspection visit that led to issuing the order to cease pigmeat production;

(c)

their animals have left the holding within the time limit set by the competent authorities but no later than 120 days following the issue by the competent authorities of an order to cease pigmeat production;

(d)

they have lodged an application for aid within the time limit set by Poland;

(e)

they did not benefit, for the same loss of income or for the same animals, from state aid, insurances or aid financed by a Union contribution under Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f4.

Aid shall be granted without prejudice to the possibility for the holders referred to in paragraph 1 to restart pigmeat production after a period of two years upon evidence that they satisfy the requirements provided for in the Polish Regulation.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Polish Journal of Laws (Dziennik Ustaw) 2015, item 711.
f2: Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU of 9 October 2014 concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU (OJ L 295, 11.10.2014, p. 63).
f3: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1481 of 14 August 2017 amending the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (OJ L 211, 17.8.2017, p. 46).
f4: Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 1).