# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1231/2004

of 1 July 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 on detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone cheeses

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products [^1] , and in particular Article 10(b) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 [^2] lays down the amounts of private storage aid for Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone cheeses. In order to take account of the development in storage costs and of market price forecasts, it is necessary to amend those amounts.

**(2)** Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 should be amended accordingly.

**(3)** The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 is hereby replaced by the following:

‘1. The amount of private storage aid for cheese shall be as follows: (a) EUR 10 per tonne for the fixed costs; (b) EUR 0,25 per tonne per day of storage under contract for the warehousing costs; (c) for the financial costs, per day of storage under contract: — EUR 0,32 per tonne for Grana padano; — EUR 0,52 per tonne for Parmigiano-Reggiano; — EUR 0,26 per tonne for Provolone.’

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 July 2004. *For the Commission* Franz FISCHLER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_160_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ( [OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_029_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 284, 1.11.1994, p. 26](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1994_284_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 830/2003 ( [OJ L 120, 15.5.2003, p. 13](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_120_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ().
[^2]: . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 830/2003 ().