Commission Regulation (EC) No 331/96 of 23 February 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 454/95 laying down detailed rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 331/96 of 23 February 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 454/95 laying down detailed rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream
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 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2931/95 (2), and in particular Articles 6 (6), 28 and 30 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 454/95 (3) provides for checks on the private storage aid scheme upon entry of the products into storage; whereas the checks must be organized in such a way as to ensure that all the lots stored meet the physical requirements, without necessarily having to weigh or open each individual package;
Whereas provision should be made to reduce the aid where the removal notification referred to in Article 11 (6) of Regulation (EC) No 454/95 is not given within the applicable time; whereas the current situation on the market in butter and cream makes it necessary to amend the period in which entry into storage can occur;
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 454/95 provides for a single advance in respect of private storage equal to the aid calculated on the basis of a storage period of 120 days; whereas, in view of the fact that the minimum storage period is 90 days, the advance should instead be calculated on the basis of that period;
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 454/95 stipulates that, where butter is exported, the normal rules notwithstanding, the contractor may remove butter from storage on the expiry of a period of contractual storage of 60 days; whereas this derogation is little used and unnecessarily complicates the administration of the scheme; whereas it should therefore be deleted;
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 454/95 provides for a compensation system to take account of the effect on the market of butter bought-in during the contractual storage period; whereas, given the stated aim, it should be specified that compensation is provided only where, during the period of contractual storage, a maximum buying-in price is fixed in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 of 5 June 1987 on the sale by tender of butter to intervention agencies (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 455/95 (5), and buying-in during removal of the butter has been opened in a majority of Member States;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,