Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3061/91 of 18 October 1991 on the take-over by the intervention agencies of certain agricultural products intended for the people of the Soviet Union

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3061/91  of 18 October 1991  on the take-over by the intervention agencies of certain agricultural products intended for the people of the Soviet Union
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 598/91 of 5 March 1981 on urgent action for the supply of agricultural products intended for the people of the Soviet Union (1), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (3),
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 598/91 the Council decided to supply free to the people of the Soviet Union agricultural products available from intervention or mobilized on the Community market in the case of specific needs;
Whereas, for the purposes of applying this measure, invitations to tender were opened for the manufacture and packaging of the various products which are to be taken over with a view to their carriage to and distribution at the destination by the bodies  selected by the Commission; whereas, in many cases, the latter bodies are not able to take over the products by the deadline laid down in the various invitations to tender for them to be made available;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2946/91 of 7 October 1991 on the defraying of certain costs relating to food aid for the people of the Soviet Union (4) lays down the conditions under which the Community is to finance additional storage costs  incurred by such late take-over by the bodies responsible for the carriage of the products to the destination;
Whereas, owing to the persistence of particular difficulties encountered in the carriage of this emergency aid, provision should be made for the requisite measures to cope with an extension of the period of storage before take-over by the bodies  responsible for carriage; whereas, as far as possible, in order not to hinder in particular the carriage of the aid, those measures must consist in concluding contracts for storage in loco with the undertakings awarded contracts for the manufacture of  the products, against payment of a daily allowance fixed taking into account the various costs arising from the extension of storage and the lodging of a suitable security; whereas, however, in the absence of agreement from those undertakings, provision  should be made for the actual take-over of the products by the intervention agencies and storage under their responsibility;
Whereas the undertakings awarded contracts for the supply of canned beef should also qualify for the daily allowance to offset the extension of the period of storage where the dates for taking over the goods and making them available have been postponed  owing to stock release difficulties at the German intervention agency in compliance with Article 12a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1582/91 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2546/91 (6);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are to replace those adopted by abovementioned Regulation (EEC) No 2946/91; whereas the latter should accordingly be repealed;
Whereas the exchange rate to be used to convert the daily allowance into the national currency should be specified and it should be fixed at a level reflecting the real economic situation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee provided for in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 598/91,