CELEX: 31968R0739
Language: en
Date: 1968-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 739/68 of the Council of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting private storage aid for pigmeat

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                                REGULATION (EEC) No 739/68 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 18 June 1968
                      laying down general rules for granting private storage aid for pigmeat
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                       or legal persons established in the Community other
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                                                               than the intervention agencies referred to in that
                                                               Article, of products covered by the market in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  pigmeat.
 European Economic Community;
                                                               2. Private storage aid may only be granted in
Having regard to Council Regulation No 121/67/                 respect of products derived from pigs originating
EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation                in the Community.
of the market in pigmeat, and in particular Article 7
( 1 ) thereof;
                                                               3 . Private storage aid shall be granted in accordance
                                                               with the terms of contracts concluded with inter­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;            vention agencies; such contacts shall express the
                                                               reciprocal obligations of the contracting parties in
Whereas Regulation No 121/67/EEC makes provision               standard terms for each product.
for intervention in the market in pigmeat in the form
of private storage aid ;                                                                 Article 2
Whereas the functioning of such a system of aid can            Unless specially authorised, a request for private
be facilitated by providing for the conclusion of              storage aid may only be made in the country whfere
contracts with intervention agencies ;                         the product is to be stored.
Whereas, in order to achieve the purposes of the                                         Article 3
aid as defined in Regulation No 121 /67/EEC, its               If the market situation so requires, the period of
amount should be fixed with reference to the cost of
                                                               storage specified in the contract may be curtailed or
storage ; whereas, to that end, two methods should             extended under conditions to be determined .
be provided for fixing that amount; whereas, in both
cases, the granting of aid should be so effected as not
to discriminate between applicants established in the                                    Article 4
Community ;                                                    1 . The amount of aid shall be either :
Whereas suitable measures should be provided for               ( a) determined by means of an invitation to tender
in case the situation of the market in the products in              published in the Official Journal of the European
question necessitates an alteration in the terms of                 Communities, or
contracts to be concluded or in the length of the              (b) fixed in advance.
period of storage provided for in contracts already
concluded ;                                                    2.   In either case :
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                               (a) equal treatment shall be given to applicants as
                                                                    to the admissibility of their offer, irrespective of
                                                                    the place of their establishment in the Com­
                         Article 1                                  munity;
1 . Private storage, within the meaning of Article 3           (b ) only applicants who have given security for the
of Regulation No 121/67/EEC, is the holding in a                    fulfilment of their contract obligations by lodging
warehouse, at their own risk and expense by natural                 a deposit, which shall be forfeited in whole or in
                                                                    part if these are not fulfilled or are only partially
                                                                    fulfilled, shall be permitted to tender and to con
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283/67.                                 elude a contract;
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(c) the time limit for the entry of products into store      ( a) there shall be a single rate for each product taking
     and the duration of storage shall be specified ;              into account storage costs, normal depreciation
                                                                   of quality and, so far as possible, any foreseeable
( d) the amount of the aid may not normally exceed                 increase in the price of the product in question ;
     the amount of the costs which would be incurred
     if storage were effected by a public intervention       ( b ) requests for aid shall be granted under conditions
     agency.                                                       to be determined, in particular as regards the
                                                                   time that may elapse between the submission of
                                                                   the request and the conclusion of the contract;
                        Article 5
                                                             ( c) the conclusion of storage contracts may be
1 . In the selection of tenders preference shall be                suspended or the terms of future contracts may
given to those which are most favourable to the                    be revised, if a summary review of the market
Community.                                                         situation, of the quantities covered by contracts
                                                                   and of applications for contracts shows either of
2. In any case, the award of a contract shall not                  these measures to be necessary.
necessarily ensue.
                                                                                       Article 7
                        Article 6                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                             day following its publication in the Official Journal
Where the amount of aid is fixed in advance :                of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1968 .
                                                                                         For the Council
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                             E. FAURE