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REGULATION (EEC) No 624/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 1 March 1973 on the granting of private storage aid for long-keeping cheeses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN munity which satisfy the requirements of Articles 2 COMMUNITIES, and 3 .

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Article 2 European Economic Community ; 1 . Storage contracts may be concluded where the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 804/ following conditions are satisfied : 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products, as last ( a) The lot of cheeses to which the contract relates amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) must comprise at least 100 whole cheeses ; concerning the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community and the (b ) The cheeses shall be indelibly marked with an European Atomic Energy Community, signed at indication (which may take the form of a num­ Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular Ar­ ber) of the undertaking in which they were manu­ ticle 9 (3 ) thereof ; factured and of the day and month of manu­ facture ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 508/71 (4) of 8 March 1971 laying down general rules on private (c) The cheeses must have been manufactured at storage aid for long-keeping cheeses provides that least 30 days before the date specified in the private storage aid may be granted for certain long­ contract as being the date of commencement of keeping cheeses where a serious imbalance of the storage, and after 1 April 1973 ; market may be eliminated or reduced by seasonal ( d) The cheeses must have undergone quality storage ; tests which established that their classification Whereas , in view of price trends and of the con­ after maturing could be expected to be : siderable increase in stocks of Emmentaler and Gruy­ — class A in France ere cheeses, provision should be made for the possi­ — Markenkase et Klasse Fein in Germany bility of having recourse to such storage ; — 1st quality in Denmark ; Whereas rules for the implementation of measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 508 /71 should (e ) The storer shall undertake : be laid down ; whereas it should be stipulated that — to keep the cheeses during the entire period the time required for maturing the cheese should of storage at a temperature not exceeding not count as storage ; + 4° C ; Whereas contracts should contain provisions where­ — not, during the term of the contract, to alter by proper functioning of the system can be ensured the composition of the lot which is the sub­ and effective inspection introduced ; ject of the contract without authorization from the intervention agency ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ — to keep stock records and to inform the in­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ tervention agency, each week, of the cheeses agement Committee for Milk and Milk Products ; put into and withdrawn from storage during the previous week.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2 . Contracts shall not be concluded before the cheese has been put into storage. Article 1 Article 3 Private storage aid shall be granted for Emmentaler and Gruyere cheeses manufactured in the Com­ 1 . Aid shall be granted only for such cheeses as are put into storage during the storage period. This period shall begin on 1 May 1973 and end on 30 September 1973 . t1) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . H OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14 . 2. Stored cheese shall be withdrawn from storage (3 ) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 . ( 4) OJ No L 58 , 11 . 3 . 1971 , p. 1 . only during the period for withdrawal . This period

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shall begin on 1 November 1973 and end on 31 Article 5 March 1974. The intervention agency shall take the measures Article 4 necessary to ensure inspection of the lots which are the subject of contracts. It shall in particular make 1 . The amount of aid is fixed at 0*86 unit of ac­ provision for the marking of cheeses comprised in count per metric ton per day. contracts .

2 . The period on which calculation of aid is to be based shall run from the date on which the lot of cheese which is the subject of the contract was Article 6 put into storage. No aid shall be granted in respect of storage for less than 90 days. The maximum This Regulation shall enter into force on the day amount of aid shall not exceed the amount corres­ following its publication in the Official Journal of ponding to 180 days' storage. the European Communities .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 1 March 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI