2.7.93 Official Journal of the European Communities " No L 161/41 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1752/93 i of 30 June 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, 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 2071/92 (%), and in particular Article 8 (5) thereof, Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1526/90 (*), provides for quality inspection of cheeses after a period in storage; whereas rules should be laid down to deal with cases where the results are unfavou- rable, and specifically the storage costs payable by the seller should be set; Whereas Articles 6 to 15 of the abovementioned Regula- tion (EEC) No 1107/68 contain provisions on the sale by tender of cheese held in public storage; whereas those provisions should be amended in the light of experience and in line with the provisions of the general Regulations in force, in particular Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of securi- ties for agricultural products (), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 3745/89 (%); Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 sets the private storage aid rates for Grana padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses ; whereas these rates should be adjusted in the case of new storage contracts, in line with changes in the market situation for these cheeses ; 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The following paragraph 3 is added to Article 3: ‘3. By his offer the seller undertakes, should inspec- tion show that the cheese does not meet the require- ments specified in paragraphs 1 and 2: () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 218, 30. 7. 1992, p. 64. () OJ No L 184, 29. 7. 1968, p. 29. () OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 17. () OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5. () OJ No L 364, 14. 12. 1989, p. 54. — to take the cheese back, — to reimburse to the intervention agency the . purchase price of the defective cheese, — to pay storage costs for the quantity concerned from the day of entry into storage until the date of removal. Those storage costs shall be set at the following rates per tonne : (@) ECU 40 in fixed costs; (b) ECU 0,94 per day of storage, for warehousing costs ; (c) if payment has been made, the financial costs shall be calculated from the day of payment on the basis of the purchase price and a rate of interest deter- mined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 ("), plus 2 %. points. () OJ No L 40, 13. 2. 1988, p. 25. . Articles 6 to 15 are hereby replaced by the following : ‘Article 6 1.  When a decision is taken to sell Grano padano or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese from public storage by tender, a standing invitation to tender shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Commaunities at least eight days before the fxrst time limit for the submission of tenders. 2. During the currency of the standing invitation to tender the intervention agency shall operate partial tendering procedures. To that end it shall draw up a tendering notice giving the time limit and the place for the submission of tenders. 3. The tendering notice shall also specify: (a) the weight of each lot offered for sale; (b) its age; (c) the of the storage depot or depots where the lots are in store. 4.  For the purposes of this Regulation “lot” shall mean a quantity of cheese put together to be sold. i