26. 4. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 93/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 904/95 of 25 April 1995 laying down detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for long-keeping cheeses THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (3, and in particular Articles 9 (3) and 28 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 508/71 () provides that private storage aid may be granted for certain long-keeping cheeses where there is a serious imbalance of the market which may be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage ; Whereas the seasonal nature of Emmental and Gruyére cheese production is aggravated by the fact that the seasonal trend in consumption of such cheeses is the opposite of their production ; whereas, therefore, provi- sion should be made for recourse to such storage in respect of a quantity corresponding to the difference between summer and winter production ; Whereas the detailed rules of this measure should deter- mine the maximum quantity to benefit from it as well as the duration of the contracts in relation to the real requi- rements of the market and the keeping qualities of the cheeses in question ; whereas it is necessary to specify the terms of the storage contract so as to enable the identifi- cation of the cheese and to maintain checks on the stock in respect of which aid is granted ; whereas the aid should be fixed taking into account storage costs and the foresee- able trend of market prices; Whereas, in view of experience in controls, the provisions relating thereto should be specified, in particular as regards the documents to be presented and the on-the- spot checks to be conducted ; whereas these new require- ments on the subject make it necessary to stipulate that the Member States may provide that the costs of controls be fully or in part charged to the contractor; Whereas Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 of 30 June 1993 fixing the operative events for the agricultural conversion rate applicable to milk and milk products (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () O] No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. () OJ No L 58, 11. 3. 1971, p. 1. () OF No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 48. 693/95 (), fixes the conversion rate to be applied in the framework of private storage aid schemes in the milk products sector ; Whereas it is appropriate to guarantee the continuation of the storage operations in question ; 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 Aid shall be granted in respect of the private storage of 19 900 tonnes of Emmental and Gruyére cheeses manu- factured in the Community which satisfy the require- ments of Articles 2 and 3 hereof. ‘ Article 2 1. The ‘intervention agency may conclude storage contracts only if the following conditions are satisfied : (a) the batch of cheeses to which a contract relates must comprise at least five tonnes; {(b) the cheeses shall be indelibly marked with an indica- - tion (which may take the form of a number) of the undertaking in which they were manufactured and of the day and month of manufacture ; (c) the cheeses must have been manufactured at least 10 days before the date specified in the contract as being the date of commencement of storage ; (d) the cheeses must have undergone quality tests which establish that their classification after maturing could be expected to be: — ‘Premier choix’ in France, — ‘Markenkise’ or ‘Klasse fein’ in Germany, — ‘first quality’ in Denmark, — ‘special grade’ in Ireland, — ‘I luokkka’ in Finland, — ‘1. Giteklasse Emmentaler / Bergkise /:Alpkase’ in Austria; (e) the storer shall undertake : — to keep the cheese during the entire period of storage in premises where the maximum tempera- ture is as indicated under paragraph 2, ' () OJ No L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 52.