NoL50/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.2.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No412/76
of25February1976
openinganinvitationtotenderforParmigianoReggianocheesesheldbythe
Italianintervention agencyforexportation
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION : THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Article1
Tendersareinvitedforaquantityof2000metrictons
offullymaturedParmigianoReggianocheesesheldby
theItalianinterventionagencyforthepurposeof
exportationtothecountriesmentionedinArticle2.
Article2
Thecheesesinquestionshallbeexportedtooneof
thefollowingcountries :
—ZoneA
—ZoneB
—ZoneC
—countriesoftheArabianPeninsula
—EuropeancountriesexceptZoneD,Switzerland ,
Liechtenstein ,Austria,Scandinavia ,Finlandand
Greece.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No740/75(2),andin
particularArticle8(5)thereof,
WhereassubstantialstocksofParmigianoReggiano
cheesesareheldbytheItalianinterventionagency;
whereas,inviewofthemarketsituation,andtoavoid
thecostsofprolongedstorage,certainquantitiesof
ParmigianoReggianocheeseswhichhavereachedthe
properageforconsumptionshouldbesold;whereas
theworldmarketnowofferstheprospectofadditional
salesandasaleforexporttocertainthirdcountries
shouldbearranged;
Whereas,pursuanttothefirstsubparagraph ofArticle
8(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No804/68,thetermsof
disposalshouldbefixedinsuchawayastoavoid
disturbingthebalanceofthemarket;whereasthis
aimmaybeachievedthroughthelevelatwhichthe
sellingpriceisfixedandalsobylimitingthedestina­
tionsandthequantitiestobereleasedontothe
market;whereas,inordertoensureequalaccessto
cheesesforprospectivepurchasers,theprocedureof
aninvitationtotendershouldbeuj.d,thedetailed
rulesforwhicharespecifiedinArti:les6to15of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1107/68of27July
1968ondetailedrulesofapplicationforintervention
onthemarketinGranaPadanoandParmigiano
Reggianocheeses(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No250/76(4);
Whereasitisappropriatetoprovideinadvancefixing
certificateforthequantitiesawardedsothatthelevel
oftherefundisrelatedtothesellingprice;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,Article3
1.Therefundshallbefixedinadvance.
2.Section13ofthecertificateshallstatethe
countryorcountriesofdestination ;theissueofthe
certificateshallcarrywithittheobligationtoexport
tothatcountryortothosecountries.
3.Therefundfixedinadvanceshallnotbesubject
toanyadjustmentasprovidedforinArticle5ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No876/68.
4.WithoutprejudicetoArticle14ofRegulation
(EEC)No1107/68,theremovalofthegoodsshallbe
subjecttothepresentationofthecertificatereferredto
inparagraph2forthequantitiesconcerned .
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.1.}.
(2)OJNoL74,22.1975,p.1.Article4
Articles6to15ofRegulation (EEC)No1107/68shall
applytothisinvitationtotender.(3)OJNoL184,29.7.1968,p.29.
(4)OJNoL30,5.2.1976,p.11.

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countryofdestinationortooneofthem;theproofof
importationshallbeprovidedasinthecaseofexport
refunds.
Article6
Thetimelimitforsubmissionoftendersshallexpire
on16March1976at12noon.Article5
1.Atthetimeoffixingtheminimumpricein
accordancewithArticle11ofRegulation (EEC)No
1107/68,anexportationsecurityshallbefixedtaking
intoaccountthedifferencebetweenthemarketprice
oftheproductandtheminimumprice.
2.Thesecurityshallbelodgedwiththeselling
interventionagencypriortoremovalofthegoods.
Itshallbepaid,attheoptionoftheMemberState
concerned,eitherbyachequemadeouttotheinter­
ventionagency,orintheformofaguaranteesatis­
fyingcriterialaiddownbythatMemberState.
3.Theexportationsecurityshallbereleasedwhen
proofisgivenofimportationtotheprescribedthirdArticle7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25February1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission