COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2441/93 of 2 September 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in Grana padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2441/93 of 2 September 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in Grana padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses
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 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2071/92 (2), and in particular Article 8 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1752/93 (4), lays down provisions on the buying-in by intervention agencies of Grana padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses; whereas, however, no  time limit is set for the payment of the buying-in price by the intervention agency; whereas the time limit should be specified, taking account of the time limit laid down in Article 3 of the said Regulation for inspection of the quality of the cheeses  offered;
Whereas pursuant to Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 the intervention price applies to cheeses delivered to a dept situated at a maximum distance of 100 kilometres from where they were stored; whereas; in order to allow the intervention  agency to administer access to public storage depots under the best possible conditions and for the sake of consistency with other intervention measures in the milk and milk products sector, the distance should be increased to 350 kilometres; whereas,  moreover, the amount of the additional transport costs laid down in Article 5 (2) of the said Regulation should be expressed in ecus;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,