No L 108/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 4. 94 'COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 956/94 " of 28 April 1994 laying down detailed rules for the grﬁnting of private storage aid for long-keeping cheeses 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 Regula- tion (EC) No 230/94 (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 ehmmated 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 () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13 () OJ No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 1. () OJ No L $8, 11. 3. 1971, p. 1. milk products (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 180/94 (°), fixes the conversion rate to be apphed 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 16 500 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 ; () 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 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 48. () OJ No L 24, 29. 1. 1994, p. 38.