24. 5. 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 128/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1055/77 of 17 May 1977 on the storage and movement of products bought in by an intervention agency THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, 1. Intervention agencies may not store products Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia- ment (1), Whereas in some cases it is essential for an interven- tion agency to store products bought in pursuant to Community provisions, outside the territory of the Member State within whose jurisdiction it falls; Whereas, however, in view of the additional costs that may thus be incurred and the problems connected with the disposal of such products, such storage should only be allowed subject to prior authorization from the Community ; Whereas, for the sake of administrative simplicity and in view of the need to avoid trade disturbances, suitable machinery should be instituted to ensure that transport and marketing operations in respect of the products in question proceed in a simple manner and in accordance with market requirements; whereas, moreover, the same rules may be applied in the case of the transport of products being transferred from one intervention agency to another; Whereas the implementation of such a system requires a derogation to be made from the systems of amounts levied or granted in trade in agricultural products, and from the price system in cases where the intervention agency holding the product has to apply prices that are not valid in the territory of the Member State within whose jurisdiction it falls, (') OJ No C 259, 4. 11. 1976, p. 47. they have bought in pursuant to Community provi- sions outside the territory of the Member State within whose jurisdiction they fall unless they have obtained prior authorization in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 4. 2. Authorization shall be granted if such storage is essential and taking into account the following factors : (a) storage possibilities and storage requirements in the Member State within whose jurisdiction the intervention agency falls and in other Member States ; (b) any additional costs resulting from storage in the Member State within whose jurisdiction the inter- vention agency falls and from transportation. 3. Authorization for storage in a third country shall only be granted if, on the basis of the criteria set out in paragraph 2, storage in another Member State creates significant difficulties. 4. The information referred to in paragraph 2 (a) shall be drawn up after consulting all the Member States. Article 2 The customs duties and other amounts to be granted or levied under the common agricultural policy shall not apply to products : — transported following an authorization granted under Article 1, or — transferred from one intervention agency to another.