REGULATION (EEC) No 1339/69 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 July 1969 amending Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 on communication between Member States and the Commission with regard to milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 804/68 (1) of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products, and in particular Article 28 thereof;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 (2) of 31 January 1968 on communications between Member States and the Commission with regard to milk and milk products provides for fortnightly returns on stocks of products which have been the subject of intervention under Article 6 (1) and (2) and Article 8 (1) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 ; whereas it seems possible to make do with monthly returns;

Whereas, moreover, Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 makes no provision for information on imports ; whereas, for the purpose of assessing the situation on the market in milk and milk products, the Commission requires regular information on imports, in particular for the most important of these products ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 should be amended accordingly;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following shall be substituted for Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 210/69:

"Article 1

Member States shall communicate to the Commission not later than the tenth of each month for the preceding month: A. I. With regard to intervention measures adopted in pursuance of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68; (a) the quantities of butter in store at the beginning of the month;

(b) the quantities of butter put into or withdrawn from store during the month, withdrawals being broken down according to the rules governing them ; and

(c) the quantities of butter in store at the end of the month.

A. II. With regard to intervention measures adopted in pursuance of Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68: (a) the quantities of butter and the quantities of cream expressed in terms of the equivalent butter for which storage contracts have been concluded during the month ; and

(b) the total quantity of butter and the total quantity of cream expressed in terms of the equivalent butter covered by contracts at the end of the month.

B. I. With regard to intervention measures adopted in pursuance of Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68: (a) the quantities of cheeses of the following kinds in store at the beginning of the month: - unsalted Grana padano from thirty to sixty days old,

- Grana padano,

- Parmigiano Reggiano; (1)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. (2)OJ No L 28, 5.2.1969, p. 1.

(b) the quantities of cheeses put into or withdrawn from store during the month, broken down by the kinds mentioned in (a) ; and

(c) the quantities of cheeses in store at the end of the month, broken down by the kinds mentioned in (a).

B. II. With regard to intervention measures adopted in pursuance of Article 8 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68: (a) the quantities of cheeses of the following kinds covered by contracts at the beginning of the month: - Grana padano,

- Parmigiano Reggiano;

(b) the quantities of cheeses for which storage contracts have been concluded during the month, broken down by the kinds mentioned in (a);

(c) the quantities of cheeses for which storage contracts have expired during the month, broken down by the kinds mentioned in (a) ; and

(d) the quantities of cheeses covered by contracts at the end of the month, broken down by the kinds mentioned in (a)."

Article 2

The following Article shall be added to Regulation (EEC) No 210/69:

"Article 5a

Member States shall communicate to the Commission 1. not later than the Thursday of each week, for the preceding week the quantities of the products falling within the following tariff sub-headings:

04.02 A II (b) 1

04.03 A and 04.03 B

04.04 A I and 04.04 A II

04.04 C

04.04 E I (b) 2

04.04 E I (b) 3

for which import licences have been applied for, with information regarding the origin of the products ; and

2. not later than the fifteenth of each month for the preceding month, the quantities of imported products broken down by specific rates of levy on products."

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1969.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 July 1969.

For the Commission

The President

Jean REY