No L 284/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 11. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2659/94 of 31 October 1994 on detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone 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 July 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1880/94 (3), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof, Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1880/94 repealed the inter- vention arrangements for Grana padano and Parmigiano- Reggiano cheeses; whereas, as a result, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in Grana padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1003/94 (¥), should be amended ; Whereas, as a result of the large number of amendments made to Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68, and for the sake of clarity, that Regulation should be repealed and the provisions on the private storage scheme should be laid down in a new Regulation ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2496/78 of 26 October 1978 on detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Provolone cheese (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1002/94 (%), should also be repealed and the provisions thereof intergrated into the new Regulation, in view of the fact that the legal bases are identical and the detailed rules of application are equiva- lent ; 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 products (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 180/94 (%), lays down the conversion rate to be applied under the private storage aid measures in the milk sector ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk products, () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 21. () OJ No L 184, 29. 7. 1968, p. 29. () OJ No L 111, 30. 4. 1994, p. 77. () OJ No L 300, 27. 10. 1978, p. 24. () OJ No L 111, 30. 4. 1994, p. 76. () OJ No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 48. () OJ No L 24, 29. 1. 1994, p. 38. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The grant of the private storage aid provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be subject to the conditions laid down in this Regulation. Article 2 Private storage contracts shail be concluded between the intervention agency designated by the Member State and a natural or legal person, hereinafter referred to as ‘the contractor’. Article 3 Conclusion of private storage contracts shall be subject to the following conditions : (a) the cheeses must be of the minimum age provided for in Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the date when storage under the contract commences and must not have been the subject of a previous storage contract ; (b) each lot of cheeses covered by the contract must weight at least two tonnes; (c) the cheeses must be of sound and fair marketable quality and be indelibly stamped with: — a mark issued by the agency appointed by the Member State, — the number of the undertaking which has manu- factured them, — the month of manufacture, which may be in code, — a special storage mark put on the cheeses when they are taken into storage in order to distinguish them from those not covered by a storage contract ; (d) the storer must undertake : — not, during the term of the contract, to alter the composition of the lot which is the subject of the contract without prior authorization from the intervention agency. If the condition concerning the minimum quantity fixed for each lot continues to be met, the intervention agency may authorize an alteration which is limited to the removal or replacement of cheeses which are found to have deteriorated to such an extent that they can no longer be stored.