30. 4. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 116/77 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1059/83 of 29 April 1983 on storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regérd to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5§ February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3082/82 (3, and in particular Articles 7 (6), 8 (3), 9 (5), 12a (5) and 65 thereof, Whereas Commission  Regulation (EEC) No 2600/79 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3150/82 (%), laid down rules governing storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must ; whereas since this Regulation has been amended on numerous occa- sions, it should be redrafted and the opportunity should be taken of incorporating certain amendments which are necessary ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 provides for the grant of private storage aid for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and recti- fied concentrated grape must; whereas in accordance with Articles 7 (1) and 8 (1) of that Regulation, the grant of aid is conditional upon the conclusion of storage contracts ; whereas detailed rules should be laid down covering the conclusion, content, period of vali- dity and effects of such contracts; Whereas Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 provides for contracts to be concluded between the intervention agencies and producers who request them ; whereas the term ‘producer’ should be defined and, in view of the obligations which have to be imposed upon such persons, it should be laid down that they must be the owners of the products stored ; Whereas it is necessary to keep an effective check on the products which are the subject of storage contracts ; whereas, to that end, it should be laid down that the intervention agency of a Member State may conclude contracts only for quantities stored on the territory of that Member State, and that it must be OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. OJ No L 326, 23. 11. 1982, p. 1. OJ No L 297, 24. 11. 1979, p. 18. OJ No L 331 26. 11. 1982, p. 33. informed of any change concerning the product or the place of storage ; Whereas it is necessary, for the sake of uniformity, to lay down that contracts be concluded on terms which are the same throughout the Community and suffici- ently precise to allow identification of the product in question ; ' Whereas experience of the various private storage schemes for agricultural products has shown that it should be specified to what extent Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 (%), is applicable for deter- mining periods, dates and time limits relating to those schemes and that the dates on which the storage contracts are to commence and end should be stated precisely ; Whereas Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 provides that where the last day of a period is a public holiday, Sunday or Saturday, the period is to end with the expiry of the last hour of the following working day ; whereas the application of this provision to storage contracts may not be in the interest of operators and may in fact give rise to unequal treatment of them; whereas a derogation should consequently be provided for in respect of the determination of the final day of storage under contract ; Whereas, in order to ensure that the conclusion of contracts has an effect on market prices, it should be provided that a contract may be concluded only for a significant quantity ; Whereas storage aid should be limited to products which have an effect on market prices; whereas only products in bulk should therefore qualify for aid; whereas, for the same reason, contracts should cover only products of sufficiently high quality ; whereas it should also be stipulated as regards table wines that the contracts must relate to wines whose preparation is already advanced, while at the same time nothing should be done to prevent the carrying out during the contract period of any oenological treatment or processes necessary to ensure the preservation of a product ; () OJ No L 124 8. 6. 1971, p. 1.