29.6.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL170/5
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1531/76
of22June1976
settingupatemporarysystemofaidstoprivatestorageofcertainprotein
products
(a)soyabeansfallingwithinCommonCustomsTariff
subheadingex12.01B,
(b)productsfallingwithinCommonCustomsTariff
subheading23.04B,
(c)productsspecifiedinArticle1(b)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1067/74.
2.Theaidshallbegrantedinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofthecontractconcludedwiththeinterven­
tionagencyoftheMemberStatewheretheproduct
hastobestocked.
3.Thetotalquantitywhichmaybethesubjectof
thecontractmustnotexceedtheequivalentof
250000metrictonsofoil-cake.
4.Thetimelimitofthestoragecontractshallnot
exceed12months.
5.Itmaybedecidedfollowingtheprocedure
providedforinArticle38ofRegulationNo136/
66/EECorinArticle12ofRegulation (EEC)No
1067/74thattheinterventionagenciesshallauthorize
theanticipatedsalefromstorageoftheproducts
subjecttothesecontracts.
Article2
1.Theamountoftheaidshallbe:
(a)eitherfixedpursuanttothetenderingprocedure
publishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities ,or
(b)intheformofalumpsumfixedinadvance.
2.Theamountoftheaidshalltakeaccountofthe
technicalcostsforstorageandtheinterestsinthe
differentstoragezonesaswellasothersignificant
marketfactors.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(!),
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No563/76(2)hassetupa
systemofcompulsorypurchaseofskimmed-milk
powderheldbytheinterventionagenciesforusein
feedingstuffs ;whereastheapplicationofthissystem
maylead,fortheproteinproductsofCommunity
originorimportedandwhicharesubstitutesforskim­
med-milkpowderinthemanufactureoffeedingstuffs ,
totemporarydifficultiesofsaleleadingtotheforming
ofsurplusstocks;
Whereas,inordertoavoidmarketdisturbance of
theseproducts,thegrantingofaidstoprivatestorage
duringacertainperiodfortheproductsinquestion
shouldbeprovidedfor;whereasthequantitieswhich
receivesuchaidsshallcorrespondtotheforeseeable
volumeoftheexcess;whereasthepossibilityof
dividingtheabovementioned quantitiesthroughout
theCommunityshouldbeprovidedfor;
Whereasthefunctioningofthesystemofaidsmaybe
facilitatedbytheconclusionofcontractswiththe
interventionagencies;
Whereas,inordertoattaintheobjectivespursuedby
thegrantingofaids,theamountsshallbeestablished
takingintoaccountinparticularthecostsarisingfrom
thestorage;whereas,tothisend,twomethodsshall
beprovidedfordeterminingtheseamounts;
Whereastheobjectiveoftheregularization ofthe
marketshallbereachediftheproductsundercontract
arenotputbackonthemarketduringtheperiodof
thecontract;whereas,however,thereisneedto
provideforthesalefromstorageoftheseproductsas
soonasthesituationofthemarketaswellasthelevel
ofpricesmakeitappearnecessary,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
ArticleI
1.Duringtheperiod1Julyto31October1976,a
systemofaidstoprivatestorageshallbeestablished
for:Article3
ThedetailedrulesofapplicationforthisRegulation
shallbelaiddownaccordingtotheprocedure
providedforinArticle38ofRegulationNo136/
66/EECorinArticle12ofRegulation (EEC)No
1067/74.
Article4
(')OJNoC100,3.5.1976,p.11.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.18. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1976.

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RegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Done atLuxembourg ,22June 1976 .
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.HAMILIUS