11. 10. 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 256/19 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2211/79 of 10 October 1979 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1107/68 and (EEC) No 2496/78 with regard to the detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone 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 1978 on the common organization of the market of milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/78 (3), and in particular Article 8 (5) thereof, Whereas detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Grana padano and Parmigiano- Reggiano cheeses are laid down in Articles 16 and 17 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1681/78 (%); whereas in the light of experience and of the trend of the market it is advisable to adjust certain of these rules, in particular those relating to the level of aid, the conditions to be met with regard to the cheeses themselves, supervisory action by the intervention agency and the transmission of certain information by the Member State concerned to the Commission ; Whereas in the case of the detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Provolone cheese laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2496/78 (%), the time limit for transmission of informa- tion to the Commission by the Member State concerned should be extended by one day; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Milk and Milk products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 is amended as follows : 1. Articles 16 and 17 shall read as follows : ‘Article 16 1.  Conclusion of storage contracts as provided for in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 971/68 shall be subject to the following conditions : (1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. (2) OJ No L 204, 28. 7. 1978, p. 6. () O] No L 184, 29. 7. 1968, p. 29. () OJ No L 193, 18. 7. 1978, p. 13. (5) O] No L 300, 27, 10. 1978, p. 24. (@) Grana padano cheese must be at least nine (b) months old and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese at least 15 months old on the date when storage under the contract commences. Such cheese must not have been the subject of a previous storage contract nor may it come from stocks put on the market by the intervention agency ; each lot of cheeses must consist of at least 100 whole cheeses ; (c) the cheeses must be indelibly stamped with : — a mark of origin, — the number of the undertaking which manu- factured them, — in the case of cheese manufactured on or after 1 January 1980, the month of manufac- ture, which may be in code, — a special storage mark put on the cheeses when they are taken into storage in order to distinguish them from those not covered by a storage contract; the storer must undertake : — not to alter the composition of the lot under contract during the period of the contract without the authorization of the intervention agency, — to keep stock records and to transmit every week to the intervention agency details of entries and withdrawals during the previous week. The storage contract must : (a) be in writing and specify the date when storage (b) commences ; be concluded after the cheese has been put into storage but not more than 40 days from the date specified in the contract for the commencement of storage.