5.2.91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 33/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 276/91 of 4 February 1991 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 3918/90 on transfer to Greece of 150 000 tonnes of feed grain held by the German intervention agency THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (3, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricul- tural policy (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3918/90 of 21 December 1990 on transfer to Greece of 150 000 tonnes of feed grain held by the German intervention agency (%), and in particular Article 1 (5) thereof, Whereas, according to Regulation (EEC) No 3918/90, the German intervention agency is to make available to the Greek intervention agency 150 000 tonnes of feed grain to be transported to designated locations ; whereas the detailed rules for applying this measure should be adopted ; Whereas there is a shortage of feed grain in Greece; whereas provision should therefore be made for the quan- tities of feed grain in question to be transferred to the silos of the Greek intervention agency; Whereas the Greek intervention agency must be informed quickly of the storage locations of the feed grain to be ttansferred ; whereas this information and the storage locations in Greece must be notified to the Commission in order to enable it, in particular, to assess the cost of the transfer operation ; Whereas a tendering procedure should be organized for the transportation of the feed grain so that it can be carried out as cheaply as possible and rules should be laid down to ensure that the operations are correctly carried out within the time limits laid down ; Whereas the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1055/77 of 17 May 1977 on the storage and movement of products bought in by an intervention agency (¥) and of () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. % OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. ) OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 1 () OJ No L 375, 31. 12. 1990, p. 13. (9 OJ No L 128, 24. 5. 1977, p. 1. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/77 of 28 July 1977 laying down common detailed rules for the applica- tion of Regulation (EEC) No 1055/77 on the storage and movement of products bought in by an intervention agency ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (%), are to apply to this transfer operation ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Ceteals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. As provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3918/90, the German intervention agency shall make 150 000 tonnes of barley available to the Greek intervention agency. 2. The German and Greek intervention agencies shall : (a) agree on the choice of storage locations, places of departure and destination in order to reduce transport costs as much as possible and on the dates of removal of the product in accordance with Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3918/90; the lists of those places shall be forwarded to the Commission immedi- ately ; (b) ascertain, on loading in the Federal Republic of Germany and on entry into the storage locations in Greece, the loaded and unloaded weight and, by analys1ng a representative sample, the quality of the product in question. Article 2 The Greek intervention agency shall be responsible for the transfer of the product referred to in Article 1 (1) to the silos referred to in Article 3 (1) in the following quan- tities and at the following intervals : — at least 30 000 tonnes before 30 March 1991, — 60 000 tonnes before 15 April 1991, — the remainder before 1 May 1991. () O] No L 189, 29. 7. 1977, p. 36. () OJ No L 371, 31. 12. 1985, p. 1.