Article 1

For the purposes of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, the Member States shall grant approval to storage agencies applying therefor:

1. (a)

   which have adequate storage facilities; in the case of unprocessed dried grapes, such facilities must be at least equivalent to those required pursuant to the fifth indent of Article 4(2)(a) and the first indent of Article 4(2)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1621/1999^f1 for entry in the list referred to in Article 4(1) of that Regulation;

2. (b)

   which have the technical and human resources necessary to manage the products bought in pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96;

3. (c)

   which undertake in writing to comply with the Community and national provisions in their work as storage agencies. Such undertakings shall in particular cover compliance with the obligation to store products bought in on separate premises and to keep separate accounts for them.