NoL165/56 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.6.75
REGULATION (EEC)No1647/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of27June1975
layingdowndetailedrulesforthegrantingofprivatestorageaidforcertain
fisheryproducts
Article2
Toqualifyforprivatestorageaid,aprospectiverecip­
ientmust:
(a)haveconcludedbefore5July1975,withthe
competentauthoritiesoftheMemberStatein
whichtheproductisstored,acontractbywhich
heundertakestofulfil,inrespectofaquantityofr
atleast20metrictonscertainobligations
concerningthepreservationincoldstoreofthe
productsmentionedinArticle1ofRegulation
(EEC)No1629/75;
(b)havecompliedinfullwiththeobligationsincum­
bentuponhimunderthecontract.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1629/75(')of24June1975introducingatemporary
systemofprivatestorageaidforcertainfishery
products,andinparticularArticle3thereof;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1629/75providesfor
thegrantingofprivatestorageaidtothoseproducers,
processorsandwholesalerswho,on15May1975,held
storesoffrozentunny,frozencodfilletsandfrozen
coalfishfilletsofCommunityorigin;
Whereastheoperationofasystemofaidscanbefacili­
tatedbytheconclusionofacontractbetweenthe
partyconcernedandthecompetentauthorityineach
MemberState;
Whereassuchcontractsshouldspecifytheobligations
onthestorer,suchobligationbeingdesignedto
ensure,inparticularthattheproductsinquestionare
properlypreservedandthatstorageconditionsare
effectivelysupervised ;
Whereas,inordertoallowthegoodstoberemoved
fromstoreinaharmonizedandorderlymanner,enti­
tlementtoaidshouldbeacquiredafterrelativelyshort
periodsofstorage;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadetoenabletheaid
tobepaidininstalments ;whereastherefore,any
paymentofaninstalmentshouldbemadeconditional
onequivalentsecuritybeingfurnished,sothatany
instalmentstowhicharecipientofaidisnotentitled
mayberecovered ;
Whereas,toallowtheCommission toassessthe
overalleffectiveness ofprivatestorageaid,Member
StatesmustfurnishtheCommission withtheneces­
saryinformation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFisheryProducts,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thegrantingofprivatestorageaidasprovidedforin
Article1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1629/75shallbe
subjecttothefollowingconditions .Article3
1.ThecontractreferredtoinArticle2shallspecify
interalia:
(a)thestoreinwhichtheproductislocated;
(b)thenatureandquantityoftheproduct;
(c)thedateonwhichtheproductwasputinto
storage;
(d)thenatureandtheamountofthesecurityreferred
toinArticle4.
2.Thecontractmustimposethefollowingobliga­
tionsontheprospectiverecipientofaid:
(a)thatheshallholdtheagreedquantityofthe
productinquestioninstoreonhisownaccount
andathisownrisk;
(b)thatheshallforwardimmediately tothesaid
authoritydocumentary proofinrespectofthe
placinginstoreoftheproductsconcerned ;
(c)thattheproductsshallhavebeenplacedinstore
ineasilyidentifiablelots;
(d)thatheshallhaveandshallcontinuetousecold­
storesinwhichthepreservationtemperatureisat
aconstantlevelof30°Cbelowzeroorlower;
howeveratemperatureofbetween30°Candat
least18°Cbelowzeromaybeusediftheproduct
wastakenintostorageafter30November1974; (')Seepage14otthisOthcialJournal.

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(e)thatheshallkeepatthedisposalofthecompetent
authorityoftheMemberStatearegister
containingthefollowinginformationforeachlot
coveredbyacontract:
(aa)descriptionandtonnage,
(bb)dateofstorage,
(cc)locationinsidethestore;
(f)thatheshallallowthecompetentauthoritiesof
theMemberStatetoverifycompliancewiththese
obligationsatanytime;
(g)thatheshallensurethatonremovalfromstorage
theproductsatisfiestherequirementsnormallyin
forceineachMemberStateasregardsthe
marketingofproductsintendedforhuman
consumption .
Article4
1.Theamountoftheaidforeachstorageperiod
shallbeasfollows:
—fortheperiod15Mayto4July1975,20unitsof
accountpermetricton;
—foreachperiodbetween5Julyand14August
1975,fiveunitsofaccountpermetricton;
—foreachperiodbetween15Augustand15
October1975,fourunitsofaccountpermetric
ton.
Theperiodsreferredtointhesecondandthirdindent
shallexpireonthefifth,fifteenthandtwenty-fifthday
ofeachmonth.
2.Theaidmaybepaidininstalments .Aninstal­
mentmaybepaidonlyiftherecipientgivessecurity
inanequivalentamount.Innocasemaytheamountofaninstalmentexceedtheamountascalculatedin
accordancewithparagraph 1dueonthedateof
payment.
Exceptincasesofforcemajeure,iftheobligations
underthecontractarenotcompliedwith,thenthe
securityshallbeforfeitedandappliedinsatisfaction
oftheinstalmentspaid.
Article5
If,forreasonsofforcemajeurethebeneficiaryfindsit
impossibletocomplywiththeobligationsimposedby
thecontract,thecompetentauthoritymaytakeappro­
priatemeasures.
Article6
1.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
amodelofthecontractmentionedinArticle3.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarystepsto
checkcompliancewiththecontractsconcluded .
3.MemberStatesshallgivetheCommissionnotice
before15July1975,bytelex,oftheproductsand
quantitiesforwhichcontractshavebeenconcluded .
4.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
eachmonthofanychangesintheproductsandquan­
titiesstored.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27June1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission