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COMMISSION OFTHEEURŒMNXîOMfr
COM(75)32 final
Brussels ,5February 1975
Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
amending Regulation (EEC )No971/68asregards
theperiods during which Grana Padano and
Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses may beoffered for
intervention
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(75)32final .

Explanatory Memorandum
Thepurpose oftheattached draft Regulation amending Regulation (EEC)No971/68
laying down general rules forintervention onthemarket inGrana-padnno and
Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses istoelter theperiods during which thecheeses
inquestion may beoffered forintervention .
Inthepast these cheeses were marketed inlots comprising theentire production
ofonemanufacturer * Themanufacturers sold thecheeses tomaturing
plants when they were between three andnine months old .
Inview ofthis practice ,Article 1(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)NO971/68
provided that cheeses manufactured inthesummer could booffered forintervention
between 1January and31March .
Theconsiderable increase ininterest rates hascaused manufacturers ofGrana/
Parmesan-type cheeses toput their production onthemarket assoon asthe
cheeses aresixmonths oldandtoabandon thetraditional method ofsale by
lots .
Thepurpose oftheproposed text istoadjust theintervention mechcuism totake
account ofthenewmarketing conditions andtoenable manufacturers ofsuch
cheeses tooffer ±hem forintervention assoon asthey are sixmonths old .
Itistherefore proposed that theperiod during which thecheeses maybeoffered
forintervention extend from 1October to15Mayofthefollowing year . .

REGULATION(SEC) OFTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)No971/68asregardstheperiodsduringwhichGrana
PadanoandParmigiario-Reggiano cheesesmaybeofferedforintervention
HISCOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68^of27June1968onthe
commonorganization ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslastamended
byRegulation(ESC)Ho662/74andinparticularArticle8(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasArticle1(2)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No971/68^of15July
1968layingdowngeneralrulesforintervention onthemarketinGranaPadano
andParmigianoReggiaaocheeses,asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)HO1211/69
determinesinteraliatheperiodduringwhich ..cheesesmanufactured in
summermaybeofferedforintervention ;
Whereas,inviewofthechangeswhichhaveoccurredinproduction,maturing
techniquesandmarketing 'thisperiodshouldbeextendedtoenable
intervention tobeeffectedwhenthecheesesaresixmonthsold;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION s
Article1
Artiolel(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No971/68isamendedtoreadasfollowst
nb)Grana/-PadanoandParmigiano-Reggiano oheesesaremanufacturedbetween
•1Apriland11Novemberofthesameyearandofferedforintervention
ataminimumageofsixmonthsbetween1Octoberand15Mayofthe
followingyear."
(1)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13
(2)OJNoL85,29.3.1974,P.51
(3)OJHOL166,17.7.1968,p.8
(4)OJHoLI55,28.6.1969,p.13

Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird,dayfollowingits
publicationinthe.OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshall "be"bindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil