No L 127/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 5. 89 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1277/89 of 10 May 1989 introducing private storage aid for Pecorino Romano cheese THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 ('), as last amended by:Regula- tion (EEC) No 763/89 (3, and in particular Artlcle 9 (3 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 508/71 of 8 March 1971 laying down general rules on private storage aid for long-keeping cheeses (*) permits the granting. of private storage aid for sheep’s milk cheeses requiring at’ least six months for maturing where -a serious market imbalance could be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage ; Whereas the market in Pecorino Romano cheese is at present disturbed by the existence of stocks which are difficult to sell and which are causing a lowering of prices; whereas seasonal storage should therefore be introduced for the quantities to improve the situation and allow producers time to find outlets for their cheese ; Whereas the detailed rules for the application of such. measures should essentially be the same as.those laid down for a similar measure during previous years; Whereas experience of the different private storage arrangements for agricultural products indicates that it should be specified to what extent Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71.(*) is applicable for determin- ation of-the periods, dates and time limits mentioned in these arrangements and that the dates of the beginning and end of storage under contract should-be: precisely defined ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in - accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1. Aid-shall be granted in respect of the private storage of 14.000 tonnes of Pecorino Romano cheese manufactured () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 84, 29. 3. 1989, p. 1. () O] No L 58, 11. 3. 1971, p. 1. () OJ No L 124, 8. 6. 1971, p. 1. in the Communlty and sahsfylng the requirements of Articles 2 and 3. Article 2 1.  The intervention agency shall  conclude storage contracts only ‘when the following conditions are met: (a) the quantity of cheese to which the contract relates is not less .than two tonnes; (b) the cheese was manufactured at least 90 days before the date specified in the contract as being the date of commencement of storage, and after 1 November 1988 ; (c) the cheese has undergone tests which show that it meets the condition laid down in (b) and that it is of first quality ; (d) the storer undertakes : — to keep the cheese during the entire period of storage in premises where the maximum tempera- ture is +16°C, — not, during the term of the contract, to alter the composition of the batch which is the subject of the contract without authorization from the-inter- vention agency. If the condition concerning the minimum quantity- fixed for each batch continues to be met, the intervention agency may authorize an alteration which is limited to the removal or replacement of cheeses which are found- to have ;  deteriorated to such .an extent that they can no longer be stored. In the event -of release from store of certain quan- tities : (i) if the aforesaid quantities are replaced with the authorization of the intervention agency, the contract is deemed not to have undergone any alteration, (i) if the aforesaid quantities are not replaced, the contract is deemed to have been concluded ab initio for the quantity permanently retained. Any supervisory costs arising from an alteration shall be met by the storer, — to keep stock accounts and to inform the interven- tion agency each week of the quantity of cheese put into and withdrawn from storage during the previous week.