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31 . 8 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 239/47

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2263/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 August 1974 introducing, in respect of the 1974/75 milk year, private storage aid for pecorino romano cheese

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN rino romano cheese manufactured in the Community COMMUNITIES, which satisfies the requirements of Articles 2 and 3 .

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Article 2 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (') 27 June 1968 on the common organization 1 . Storage contracts may be concluded where the of the market in milk and milk products, as last following conditions are satisfied : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in particular Articles 9 (3) and 28 thereof ; (a) the batch of cheese to which the contract relates must comprise at least 2 metric tons ; Whereas, under Council Regulation (EEC) No 508/71 (b) the cheese must have been manufactured at (3) of 8 March 1971 laying down general rules on least 90 days before the date specified in the private storage aid for long-keeping cheeses, where there is a serious imbalance of the market which contract as being the date of commencement of storage, and after 1 January 1974 ; could be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage, private storage aid may be granted for cheeses which (c) the cheese must have undergone tests which are manufactured from sheep's milk and require at established that it satisfies the condition laid least six months for maturing ; down in (b) and that it is of first quality ; Whereas the market in pecorino romano cheese, (d) the storer shall undertake : which is traditionally exported largely to the United — to keep the cheese during the entire period States, is particularly hard hit by the abolition of the of storage in premises where the maximum refund on exports to that destination ; whereas aboli­ temperature is + 6°C ; tion of the refund is provoking a sharp drop in prices and a marked increase in stocks ; whereas seasonal — not, during the term of the contract, to storage should therefore be introduced with a view to alter the composition of the batch covered improving the situation and allowing producers to by the contract without authorization from find other outlets for their cheese ; the intervention agency ; Whereas detailed rules for granting private storage -aid — to keep stock records and to inform the for this type of cheese should be laid down ; whereas intervention agency each week of the contracts should contain provisions calculated to cheeses put into and withdrawn from ensure that the system functions properly and that its storage during the previous week. operation can be effectively checked ; 2. Contracts may not be concluded before the cheese Whereas, in order that it may keep the operation of has been put into storage. this measure under review, the Commission must be informed regularly of the quantities of cheese covered 3 . Contracts may not be concluded for periods by storage contracts ; extending beyond 31 March 1975. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, Article 3

1 . Aid shall be granted only for cheese put into HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : storage during the period 1 September to 31 December 1974 . Article 1 2. No aid shall be granted in respect of storage for less For the remainder of the 1974/ 75 milk year aid shall than 90 days . be granted in respect of the private storage of peco­ 3 . The maximum aid payable shall be an amount (>) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . $ OJ No L 85, 29. 3 . 1974, p. 51 . corresponding to 180 days' storage, such storage to be P) OJ No L 58 , 11.3 . 1971 , p. 1 . terminated before 1 April 1975 .

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1 . The amount of aid shall be 1-29 units of account Member States shall communicate to the Commission per metric ton per day. on or before the Tuesday of each week particulars as to the following : 2. The period on which calculation of aid is to be based shall run from the date on which the batch of (a) the quantities of cheese for which storage contracts cheese to which the contract relates was put into have been concluded during the preceding week ; storage . (b) any quantities in respect of which the authoriza­ Article 5 tion referred to in the second indent of Article 2 (d) has been given . The intervention agency shall take the measures neces­ sary to ensure that checks are kept on the batches Article 7 covered by storage contracts. It shall in particular make provision for the cheeses comprised in those This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September batches to be marked . 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 August 1974. For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI