Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2008 of 30 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 414/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the granting of private storage aid for certain cheeses in the 2008/09 storage period
Date: 2008-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, hard cheese, private stock, storage premium

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 750/2008

of 30 July 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 414/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the granting of private storage aid for certain cheeses in
the 2008/09 storage period

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
Article 43 thereof, in conjunction with Article 4,

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

to Regulation (EC) No 414/2008 should include some
Romanian long-keeping cheeses whose market situation
may be supported by the private storage, for a quantity
which may stabilise the cheese market.

Regulation (EC) No 414/2008 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 414/2008 (2) sets up in
its Annex the list of
the cheeses eligible for private
storage aid in the 2008/09 storage period.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Romanian authorities requested the participation in the
private storage aid scheme for certain cheeses in the
2008/09 storage period.

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 414/2008 shall be replaced
by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

On basis of
market situation for long-keeping cheeses,

the Romanian request and the current
the Annex

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 July 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008,
p. 61).

(2) OJ L 125, 9.5.2008, p. 17.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Categories of cheeses

Quantities eligible
for aid

Minimum age for
cheeses

Period of entry into storage

Period of removal from
storage

French long-keeping cheeses:
— protected designation of origin Beaufort and Comté

16 000 t

10 days

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

cheeses,

— “Label Rouge” Emmental grand cru,
— class A or B Emmental and Gruyère cheeses,

German long-keeping cheeses:
“Markenkäse” or “Klasse fein” Emmentaler/Bergkäse

Irish long-keeping cheeses:

Irish long-keeping cheese

Emmental, special grade

1 000 t

10 days

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

900 t

10 days

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

Austrian long-keeping cheeses:

1 700 t

10 days

1. Güteklasse Emmentaler/Bergkäse/Alpkäse

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

Finnish long-keeping cheeses:
“I luokka”

Swedish long-keeping cheeses:
“Västerbotten/Prästost/Svecia/Grevé”

Polish long-keeping cheeses:
“Podlaski/Piwny/Ementalski/Ser Corregio/Bursztyn/
Wielkopolski”

Slovenian long-keeping cheeses:
“Ementalec/Zbrinc”

Lithuanian long-keeping cheeses:
“Goja/Džiugas”

1 700 t

10 days

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

1 700 t

10 days

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

3 000 t

10 days

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

200 t

10 days

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

700 t

10 days

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

Latvian long-keeping cheeses:
“Rigamond, Ementāles tipa un Ekstra klases siers”

500 t

10 days

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

Hungarian long-keeping cheeses:
“Hajdú”

300 t

10 days

From 1 June to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009

Pecorino Romano

19 000 t

Kefalotyri and Kasseri made from sheep's or goat's milk or a
mixture of the two

2 500 t

90 days and
produced after
1 October
2007

90 days and
produced after
30 November
2007

From 1 June to
31 December 2008

Before 31 March 2009

From 1 June to
30 November 2008

Before 31 March 2009

Romanian long-keeping cheeses:
Cașcaval Dobrogea, Cașcaval Rucăr, Cașcaval Dalia, Brânza
Trapist, Brânza Cedar and Emmental

500 t

10 days

From 1 August to
30 September 2008

From 1 October 2008 to
31 March 2009’