No L 174/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 7. 87 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1844/87 of 30 June 1987 introducing private storage aid for Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses 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 773/87 (3, and in particular Article 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 Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses 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 these quantities to improve the situation and allow producers time to find outlets for their cheese ; Whereas the detailed rules for the application of such measure should essentially be the same as those laid down for a similar measure during the previous milk year by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1430/86 (*); " 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 3 000 tonnes of Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses made from Community-produced ewes’ milk and satisfying the requirements of Articles 2 and 3. () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 78, 20. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L $8, 11. 3. 1971, p. 1. () OJ No L 129, 15. 5. 1986, p. 26. 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 30 November 1986 ; (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, : (ii) if the aforesaid quantities are not replaced, the contract is deemed to have been concluded ad initio for the quantity permanently retained. Any supervisory costs arising from an alteratlon 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. 2. The storage contract shall be concluded: (@) in writing, stating the date when storage covered by the contract begins ; this may not be earlier than the day following that on which the operations connected with putting the batch of cheese covered by the contract into storage were completed ; ’