24, 3. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 78/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 666/82 of 23 March 1982 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 laying down detailed rules for the buying in by intervention agencies of sugar manufactured from beet and cane harvested in the Community THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82 (3, and in particular Articles 9 (6) and 11 (3) thereof, Whereas detailed rules for the buying in by interven- tion agencies of sugar manufactured from beet and cane harvested in the Community were laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77(), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2217/81 (¥; Whereas under Atticle 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, intervention agencies are obliged to buy in any sugar offered to them which has been manufac- tured from beet or cane harvested in the Community provided that a storage contract is first concluded with the offeror for the sugar in question ; whereas Regula- tion (EEC) No 2103/77 should be adjusted in the light of the new provisions referred to, more particularly in respect of storage contracts and removals; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The words ‘sugar marketing year’ in Article 2 (2), (3), (4) and (6) and in Article 6 (1) shall be replaced by the words ‘marketing year’; () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. () OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 1. () OJ No L 246, 27. 9. 1977, p. 12. () OJ No L 214, 1. 8. 1981, p. 72. 2. Atticle 2 (1) shall be replaced by the following : ‘1. Without prejudice to the conclusion of the prior storage contract referred to in Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, intervention agen- cies shall, under the conditions laid down, buy in sugar offered to them by specialized sugar traders.’; 3. Article 6 (1) (g) shall be deleted; 4, Article 7 (2) shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. The intervention agency shall examine the offer. It shall accept it not later than the end of the period referred to in paragraph 1. The intervention agency shall, however, reject the offer if examination shows that any of the requisite conditions have not been fulfilled.’; S. Article 8 (1), (2) and (3) shall be replaced by the following : ‘1. Without prejudice to Article 16 (4), the prior storage contract to be concluded between the offeror and the intervention agency shall be concluded for an indefinite period. 2. The storage contract shall take effect from the date on which the provisional payment referred to in Article 15 (1) was made and shall expire at the end of the 10-day period during which removal of the quantity of sugar in question is completed. 3. The storage contract shall in particular: (a) provide for expiry of the contract under the conditions set out in this Regulation after at least 10 days’ notice has been given; (b) provide that where the intervention agency determines that the offeror has not observed the undertaking referred to in Article 1 (2) it may require the offeror to extend the contract beyond the time limit set for removal, in which case paragraph 4 shall not apply; (c) specify the amount of the storage costs chargeable to the intervention agency; (d) provide for an obligation on the part of the seller to load the sugar at his own expense on to a means of transport indicated by the interven- tion agency. ;