NoL115/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.5.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No968/77
of5May1977
layingdowndetailedrulesforthegrantingofprivatestorageaidforlong­
keepingcheesesduringthe1977/78milkyear
(a)thebatchofcheesestowhichthecontractrelates
mustcompriseatleast100wholecheeses;
(b)thecheesesshallbeindeliblymarkedwithanindi­
cation(whichmaytaketheformofanumber)of
theundertakinginwhichtheyweremanufactured
andofthedayandmonthofmanufacture ;
(c)thecheesesmusthavebeenmanufactured atleast
30daysbeforethedatespecifiedinthecontractas
beingthedateofcommencement ofstorage,and
after15March1977;
(d)thecheesesmusthaveundergonequalitytests
whichestablished thattheirclassification after
maturingcouldbeexpectedtobe:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No559/76(2),andin
particularArticles9(3)and28thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No508/71of8
March1971layingdowngeneralrulesonprivate
storageaidforlong-keepingcheeses(3),providesthat
privatestorageaidmaybegrantedforcertainlong­
keepingcheeseswherethereisaseriousimbalanceof
themarketwhichmaybeeliminatedorreducedby
seasonalstorage;
Whereas,inviewofpricetrendsandoftheconsider­
ableincreaseinstocksofEmmentalerandGruyere
cheeses,provisionshouldbemadeforrecourseto
suchstorageduringthecomingmonths;
Whereasdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthis
measureshouldinthemainbethoselaiddownfora
similarmeasureappliedduringthe1976/77milkyear
inCommissionRegulation (EEC)No954/76of27
April1976(4);
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,—classAinFrance,
—MarkenkaseorKlasseFeininGermany,
—1stqualityinDenmark;
(e)thestorershallundertake :
—tokeepthecheesesduringtheentireperiodof
storageinpremiseswherethemaximum
temperatureisasindicatedunder(f),
—not,duringthetermofthecontract,toalterthe
compositionofthebatchwhichisthesubject
ofthecontractwithoutauthorization fromthe
interventionagency,
—tokeepstockrecordsandtoinformtheinter­
ventionagencyeachweekofthecheesesput
intoandwithdrawnfromstorageduringthe
previousweek;
(f)themaximumtemperatureinthestoragepremises
shallbe+60CforEmmentaler and+10°Cfor
Gruyere.InthecaseofEmmentalerwhichhas
alreadybeenmatured,MemberStatesmaypermita
maximumtemperatureof+10°C.
2.ContractsmaynotbeconcludedbeforetheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Aidshallbegrantedinrespectoftheprivatestorage
ofEmmentalerandGruyerecheesesmanufactured in
theCommunitywhichsatisfytherequirementsofArti­
cles2and3hereof.
cheesehasbeenputintostorage.
Article2
1.Storagecontractsmaybeconcludedwherethe
followingconditionsaresatisfied:Article3
1.Aidshallbegrantedonlyforsuchcheesesasare
putintostorageduringthestoringperiod.Thisperiod
shallbeginon10May1977andendonorbefore30
Septemberofthesameyear.(i)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13,
I2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(J)OJNoL58,11.3.1971,p.1.
(4)OJNoL110,28.4.1976,p.8.

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whicharethesubjectofcontracts.Itshallinparticular
seetoitthatthecheesescomprisedinthosebatches
aremarked.2.Storedcheesemaybewithdrawnfromstorage
onlyduringtheperiodforwithdrawal .Thisperiod
shallbeginon1October1977andendon31March
ofthefollowingyear.
Article6
Article4TheMemberStatesshallcommunicate tothe
CommissiononorbeforetheTuesdayofeachweek
particularsastothefollowing:
(a)thequantitiesofcheeseforwhichstoragecontracts
havebeenconcludedduringtheprecedingweek;
(b)anyquantitiesinrespectofwhichtheauthoriza­
tionreferredtointhesecondindentofArticle2
(1)(e)hasbeengiven.1.Theamountoftheaidshallbe1-35unitsof
accountpertonneperday.
2.Theperiodonwhichcalculationofaidistobe
basedshallrunfromthedateonwhichthebatchof
cheesetowhichthecontractrelateswasputinto
storage.Noaidshallbegrantedinrespectofstorage
forlessthan90days.Themaximumaidpayableshall
beanamountcorresponding to180daysstorage.
Article7
Article5
Theinterventionagencyshalltakethemeasuresneces­
sarytoensurethatchecksarekeptonthebatchesThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5May1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President