These Regulations amend the Private Storage Aid Scheme (Pigmeat) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (“the principal Regulations”), which grant private storage aid for pigmeat under powers conferred by Articles 18 and 20 of Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products. Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013 is retained EU law, as defined in section 6(7) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16). These Regulations come into force on 15 January 2022.

Regulation 2 amends the principal Regulations by changing the date by which applications must be made from 28 February 2022 to 31 March 2022 and by inserting a new Table 2 into the schedule. The new Table 2 includes middle and loin cuts (bone in) under CN Code ex 0203 19 15 and loins, with or without neck-ends or chumps (bone out) and middles (bone out) under CN Code ex 0202 19 55.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.