29. 3. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 82/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 704/83 of 28 March 1983 amending Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 on detailed rules of application for inter- vention on the market in butter and cream 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 1183/82 (3, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2680/82 (%), lays down detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream; Whereas for administrative and control purposes the day on which offers to sell butter are received should be registered by intervention agencies ; Whereas it should be specified who is liable for the various costs incurred in removal from storage ; Whereas for every sale of butter and cream special provisions are fixed applying to the disposal of the products ; whereas Articles 10 to 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69, which are not applied, should there- fore be repealed; Whereas in view of the minimum storage period imposed replacement of the system of payment on account referred to in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 by a system of advance payment involving the lodging of a security appears warranted ; Whereas Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 provides for systematic checking of the fat content; whereas experience indicates that in certain cases it is desirable to lighten the administrative burden by providing for sample checks ; whereas in this connec- tion it should be specified that the storer must under- take to guarantee during the storage period a minimum fat content fixed in advance ; whereas since it is impossible to check with precision the fat content () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 1. () OJ No L 90, 15. 4. 1969, p. 12. (9 O) No L 284, 7. 10. 1982, p. 15. of butter after freezing, it should be specified that if this requirement is not met no aid will be paid for lots taken into storage since the last satisfactory check; Whereas experience of the various arrangements for private storage of agricultural products indicates that the extent to which Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 () is applicable for the determi- nation of periods, dates and time limits should be specified and that the dates of commencement and termination of contractual storage should be indicated exactly ; Whereas Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 states that when the last day of a period is a public holiday, a Sunday or a Saturday the period shall end with the expiry of the last hour of the follo- wing working day; whereas application of this provi- sion to storage contracts may not be in the interests of operators and may in fact give rise to inequality of treatment ; whereas an exception thereto should there- fore be made as regards determination of the last day of storage; Whereas Article 29 of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 should be amended; whereas for the sake of clarity Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/82 (¥), which suspended the application of certain provisions of that Article, should be repealed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The following paragraph is added to Article 2: ‘The day on which the offer to sell is received shall be registered by the intervention agency. () OJ No L 124, 8. 6. 1971, p. 1. () O] No L 158, 9. 6. 1982, p. 16.