CELEX: 31974R2263
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2263/74 of the Commission of 30 August 1974 introducing, in respect of the 1974/75 milk year, private storage aid for pecorino romano cheese

31 . 8 . 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 239/47
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2263/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 30 August 1974
              introducing, in respect of the 1974/75 milk year, private storage aid for pecorino
                                                       romano cheese
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   rino romano cheese manufactured in the Community
COMMUNITIES,                                                     which satisfies the requirements of Articles 2 and 3.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                                         Article 2
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (') 27 June 1968 on the common organization                1 . Storage contracts may be concluded where the
of the market in milk and milk products, as last                  following conditions are satisfied :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in
particular Articles 9 (3) and 28 thereof ;                             (a) the batch of cheese to which the contract
                                                                            relates must comprise at least 2 metric tons ;
Whereas, under Council Regulation (EEC) No 508/71
(3) of 8 March 1971 laying down general rules on                      (b) the cheese must have been manufactured at
private storage aid for long-keeping cheeses, where                        least 90 days before the date specified in the
there is a serious imbalance of the market which                           contract as being the date of commencement of
could be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage,                        storage, and after 1 January 1974 ;
private storage aid may be granted for cheeses which                  (c) the cheese must have undergone tests which
are manufactured from sheep's milk and require at                          established that it satisfies the condition laid
least six months for maturing ;                                            down in (b) and that it is of first quality ;
Whereas the market in pecorino romano cheese,                         (d) the storer shall undertake :
which is traditionally exported largely to the United
States, is particularly hard hit by the abolition of the                    — to keep the cheese during the entire period
refund on exports to that destination ; whereas aboli­                          of storage in premises where the maximum
tion of the refund is provoking a sharp drop in prices                          temperature is + 6°C ;
and a marked increase in stocks ; whereas seasonal                          — not, during the term of the contract, to
storage should therefore be introduced with a view to                           alter the composition of the batch covered
improving the situation and allowing producers to                               by the contract without authorization from
find other outlets for their cheese ;                                           the intervention agency ;
Whereas detailed rules for granting private storage -aid                    — to keep stock records and to inform the
for this type of cheese should be laid down ; whereas                           intervention agency each week of the
contracts should contain provisions calculated to                               cheeses put into and withdrawn from
ensure that the system functions properly and that its                          storage during the previous week.
operation can be effectively checked ;
                                                                  2. Contracts may not be concluded before the cheese
Whereas, in order that it may keep the operation of               has been put into storage.
this measure under review, the Commission must be
informed regularly of the quantities of cheese covered
by storage contracts ;
                                                                  3 . Contracts may not be concluded for periods
                                                                 extending beyond 31 March 1975.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                                                   Article 3
                                                                  1 . Aid shall be granted only for cheese put into
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                 storage during the period 1 September to 31
                                                                  December 1974 .
                           Article 1
                                                                 2. No aid shall be granted in respect of storage for less
For the remainder of the 1974/75 milk year aid shall             than 90 days .
be granted in respect of the private storage of peco­
(>) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
                                                                 3 . The maximum aid payable shall be an amount
$ OJ No L 85, 29. 3. 1974, p. 51 .                               corresponding to 180 days' storage, such storage to be
P) OJ No L 58 , 11.3 . 1971 , p. 1 .                             terminated before 1 April 1975.
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                      Article 4                                                      Article 6
1 . The amount of aid shall be 1-29 units of account        Member States shall communicate to the Commission
per metric ton per day.                                     on or before the Tuesday of each week particulars as
                                                            to the following :
2. The period on which calculation of aid is to be
based shall run from the date on which the batch of         (a) the quantities of cheese for which storage contracts
cheese to which the contract relates was put into               have been concluded during the preceding week ;
storage .                                                   (b) any quantities in respect of which the authoriza­
                      Article 5                                 tion referred to in the second indent of Article 2
                                                                (d) has been given .
The intervention agency shall take the measures neces­
sary to ensure that checks are kept on the batches                                   Article 7
covered by storage contracts. It shall in particular
make provision for the cheeses comprised in those           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
batches to be marked.                                        1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 30 August 1974.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI