31. 3. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 84/1¢ COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 625/78 of 30 March 1978 on detailed rules of application for public storage of skimmed-milk powder 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (3), and in particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1055/77 of 17 May 1977 on the storage and move- ment of products bought in by an intervention agency (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1108/68 of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of application for public storage of skimmed-milk powder (¥), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (%), has been amended several times; whereas, in view of the experience acquired since its introduction, it should be further amended ; whereas, for the sake of clarity, this Regulation should be repealed and replaced by a new text; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1014/68 of 20 July 1968 laying down general rules for public storage of skimmed-milk powder (¢), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 1211/69 (?), laid down general rules for the public storage of skimmed-milk powder; whereas the detailed rules of application to be laid down must include conditions for the buying-in of the skimmed-milk powder by the intervention agency; Whereas Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1014/68 lays down that intervention agencies are to buy in only first-quality skimmed-milk powder which reaches certain standards as to keeping quality and satisfies certain requirements in respect of minimum quantity, packaging and labelling ; whereas in order to ensure the quality of the product offered for interven- tion, in particular the absence of any additives, and its keeping properties, standards should be laid down for plants producing skimmed-milk powder and a system introduced for inspecting the said plants and for moni- toring the manufacture and quality of the skimmed- milk powder; (1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. (2) O] No L 303, 28. 11. 1977, P 1. () OJ No L 128, 24. 5. 1977, p. () O] No L 184, 29. 7. 1968, p. 34. () O] No L 145, 6. 6. 1975, p. 17. (¢) O] No L 173, 22. 7. 1968, p. 4. () OJ N o L 155, 28. 6. 1969, p. 13. Whereas the maximum age of skimmed-milk powde: offered for intervention should be laid down ; whereas its characteristics must be defined in the light of the quality and packaging requirements applying in inter- national trade ; whereas the requirements which expe- rience has shown to be necessary to the proper func- tioning of the intervention system should also be borne in mind ; whereas, in order to achieve this aim and in particular to permit uniform application of the rules, methods of analysing the product should be determined and, as regards administration, certain rules of application and the time limits for the receipt of the offer to sell, the taking-over of and the payment for the skimmed-milk powder by the intervention agency should be laid down, together with the condi- tions of reimbursement of the intervention agency for the costs incurred, where, after quality control, it is ascertained that the skimmed-milk powder does not meet the requirements laid down in this Regulation ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (3) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1014/68, additional transport costs must be borne by the intervention agency whenever delivery is made to a storage depot further than a given distance away ; whereas that distance must be determined on the basis of normal conditions; whereas the flat rate for additional transport costs per tonne/kilometre must be fixed by reference to average costs in the Community ; Whereas under Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1055/77 an intervention agency may be authorized to store the skimmed-milk powder outside the territory of the Member State under whose jurisdiction it falls; whereas monetary compensatory amounts do not apply in such a case; Whereas, in order to ensure the smooth operation of this system, provision must be made to make the products concerned available to the intervention agency before they cross the frontier; whereas, however, this rule must not infringe the principle laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1014/68 ; Whereas, where skimmed-milk powder is removed from storage and delivered ex storage depot, provision should be made for it to be made available by the intervention agencies of the various Membe=r States in accordance with common rules ;