Commission Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 of 31 October 1994 on detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone cheeses

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2659/94 of 31 October 1994 on detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone cheeses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 July 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1880/94 (2), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1880/94 repealed the intervention arrangements for Grana padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses; whereas, as a result, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of application for intervention on  the market in Grana padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1003/94 (4), should be amended;
Whereas, as a result of the large number of amendments made to Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68, and for the sake of clarity, that Regulation should be repealed and the provisions on the private storage scheme should be laid down in a new Regulation;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2496/78 of 26 October 1978 on detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Provolone cheese (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1002/94 (6), should also be repealed and the provisions thereof  intergrated into the new Regulation, in view of the fact that the legal bases are identical and the detailed rules of application are equivalent;
Whereas Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 of 30 June 1993 fixing the operative events for the agricultural conversion rate applicable to milk and products (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 180/94 (8), lays down the  conversion rate to be applied under the private storage aid measures in the milk sector;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk products,