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REGULATION ( EEC ) No 1975 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 26 July 1974 laying down detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for long­ keeping cheeses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the Community which satisfy the requirements of Arti­ COMMUNITIES , cles 2 and 3 .

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Article 2 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in milk and milk products , as last 1 . Storage contracts may be concluded where the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2 ), and in following conditions are satisfied : particular Articles 9 (3) and 28 thereof ; (a) the batch of cheeses to which the contract relates Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 508 / 71 (3) of 8 must comprise at least 100 whole cheeses ; March 1971 laying down general rules on private storage aid for long-keeping cheeses provides that (b) the cheeses shall be indelibly marked with an indi­ cation (which may take the form of a number) of private storage aid may be granted for certain long­ the undertaking in which they were manufactured keeping cheeses where there is a serious imbalance of and of the day and month of manufacture ; the market may be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage ; (c) the cheeses must have been manufactured at least 30 days before the date specified in the contract as Whereas, in view of price trends and of the consider­ being the date of commencement of storage, and able increase in stocks of Emmentaler and Gruyere after 1 June 1974 ; cheeses, provision should be made fot recourse to such storage ; (d ) the cheeses must have undergone quality tests which established that their classification after Whereas detailed rules for the application of the maturing could be expected to be : measures provided for in Regulation ( EEC) No 508 / 71 should be laid down ; whereas provision should be — class A in France, made to ensure that the storage period is kept distinct from that required for maturing the cheese ; whereas — Markenkase or Klasse Fein in Germany, contracts should contain provisions calculated to — 1st quality in Denmark ; ensure that the system functions properly and that its operation can be effectively checked ; (e) the storer shall undertake : Whereas, in order that it may keep the operation of this measure under review , the Commission must be — to keep the cheeses during the entire period of informed regularly of the quantities of cheese covered storage in premises where the maximum by storage contracts ; temperature is as indicated under ( f) ;

— not, during the term of the contract, to alter Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the composition of the batch which is the are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ subject of the contract without authorization ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products , from the intervention agency ;

— to keep stock records and to inform the inter­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : vention agency, each week of the cheeses put into and withdrawn from storage during the previous week ; Art wit / ( f) the maximum temperature in the storage premises Aid shall be granted in respect of the private storage shall be + 6°C for Emmentaler and + 8 °C for of Emmentaler and Gruyere cheeses manufactured in Gruyere .

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (-') OJ No L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 . 2 . Contracts may not be concluded before the (3 ) 0'[ No I. 58 , 11.3 . 1971 , p. 1 . cheese has been put into storage .

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Article J Article 5 The intervention agency shall take the measures neces­ 1 . Aid shall be granted only for such cheeses as are sary to ensure that checks are kept on the batches put into storage during the storing period . This period which are the subject of contracts. It shall in particular shall begin on 1 August 1974 and end on or before 15 October 1974 . make provision for the marking of the cheeses comprised in those batches. 2. Stored cheese may be withdrawn from storage Article 6 only during the period for withdrawal . This period shall begin on 1 November 1974 and end on 31 The Member States shall communicate to the March 1975 . Commission on or before the Tuesday of each week particulars as to the following : Article 4 (a) the quantities of cheese for which storage contracts have been concluded during the preceding week ; 1 . The amount of aid shall be 1-11 units of account (b) any quantities in respect of which the authoriza­ per metric ton per day. tion referred to in the second indent of Article 2 2. The period on which calculation of aid is to be ( 1 ) (e) has been given . based shall run from the date on which the batch of Article 7 cheese to which the contract relates was put into storage. No aid shall be granted in respect of storage This Regulation shall enter into force on the day for less than 90 days. The maximum aid payable shall following its publication in the Official Journal of be an amount corresponding 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 , 26 July 1974 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI