Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 is amended as follows:
in Article 8(3), the following point is added:
managing temporary storage for aquaculture products in accordance with Articles 30 and 31 of this Regulation.’;
Article 30 is replaced by the following:
Fishery and aquaculture producer organisations may receive financial support for the storage of products listed in Annex II or products falling within CN code 0302 as listed in point (a) of Annex I to this Regulation, provided that:
the conditions for storage aid, laid down in Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1), are complied with;
the products have been placed on the market by producer organisations and no buyer for them has been found at the trigger price referred to in Article 31;
where applicable, the products meet the common marketing standards established in accordance with Article 33 and are of adequate quality for human consumption;
the products are stabilised or processed and stored in tanks or cages, by way of freezing, either on board vessels or in land facilities, of salting, of drying, of marinating or, where relevant, of boiling and pasteurisation, whether or not the products are filleted, cut‐up or, where appropriate, headed;
aquaculture products are not stored alive;
the products are reintroduced from storage into the market for human consumption at a later stage, and
the products remain in storage for at least five days.’;
Article 31 is amended as follows:
paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1.Before the beginning of each year, each producer organisation may individually make a proposal for a price triggering the storage mechanism referred to in Article 30 for products listed in Annex II or products falling within CN code 0302 as listed in point (a) of Annex I to this Regulation.’;
the following paragraph is added:
‘5.Where a Member State has not determined the trigger prices pursuant to paragraph 4 prior to the COVID‐19 outbreak, that Member State shall, without delay, determine the trigger prices concerned on the basis of the criteria referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3. The prices shall be made publicly available.’.
Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 1).’;