COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1454/82 of 18 May 1982 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1451/82 (2), and in particular Article 3 (6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas the maximum quality requirements as regards cereal grains overheated during drying and the percentage of broken grains in barley should be specified and the requisite criteria for the standard quality should be defined ; whereas the result as far as barley is concerned is an adjustment of the percentage of basic cereals of unimpaired quality;
Whereas the provisions concerning grain impurities in durum wheat should be clarified;
Whereas the term "weed seeds" appearing in point 4 (a) of Annex I (A) to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 (5) implies that all the seeds in question are noxious by definition ; whereas the term "weed seeds" should therefore be replaced by "extraneous seeds" ; whereas a general definition should also be laid down in respect of extraneous seeds, enabling a distinction to be made when cereals are taken into intervention between actually noxious seeds and others;
Whereas the standard method for determining moisture content given in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 should be brought into line with international recommendations,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 1 (c) is hereby amended as follows: - The second indent shall be replaced by the following:
"- percentage of grain impurities : 1 75 % ("grain impurities" means shrivelled grains, grains of other cereals, grains damaged by pests, grains showing discoloration of the germ and grains overheated during drying)."
- In the fourth indent "weed seeds" shall be replaced by "extraneous seeds".
2. Article 2 (c) is hereby amended as follows: - The second indent shall be replaced by the following:
"- percentage of grain impurities : 1 75 % ("grain impurities" means shrivelled grains, grains of other cereals, grains damaged by pests and grains overheated during drying)."
- In the fourth indent "weed seeds" shall be replaced by "extraneous seeds".
3. Article 3 (c) shall be replaced by the following:
"(c) total percentage of matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality : 6 % of which: - percentage of broken grains : 2 %, (1) OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 1. (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (3) OJ No C 104, 26.4.1982, p. 25. (4) OJ No C 114, 6.5.1982, p. 1. (5) OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 22.
- percentage of grain impurities : 2 %, ("grain impurities" means shrivelled grains, grains of other cereals, grains damaged by pests and grains overheated during drying),
- percentage of sprouted grains : 1 %,
- percentage of miscellaneous impurities : 1 % ("miscellaneous impurities" consist of extraneous seeds, damaged grains, extraneous matter, husk, dead insects and fragments of insects)."
4. Article 4 (c) is hereby amended as follows: - The second indent shall be replaced by the following:
"- percentage of grain impurities : 4 % ("grain impurities" means grains of other cereals, grains damaged by pests, grains overheated during drying and grains of abnormal coloration, the latter being grains which have acquired through heating a darkish brown colour on a fairly substantial part of the tegument and of the kernel and are not damaged grains)."
- In the fourth indent "weed seeds" shall be replaced by "extraneous seeds".
5. Article 5 (b) is hereby amended as follows: - The third indent shall be replaced by the following:
"- percentage of grain impurities : 1 75 % ("grain impurities" means shrivelled grains, grains of cereals other than common wheat, grains damaged by pests, grains in which the germ is discoloured ; mottled grains and grains overheated during drying)."
- In the fifth indent "weed seeds" shall be replaced by "extraneous seeds".
6. Point 2 (b) of Annex I (A) shall be replaced by the following:
"(b) Other cereals:
"Other cereals" means all grains which do not belong to the species of grain sampled. Since up to 4 % of common wheat grains are allowed in the percentage of durum wheat grains which have lost their vitreous aspect (mitadiné.) common wheat grains do not count as "other cereals" in a sample of durum wheat."
7. The following shall be added to Annex I (A) (2):
"(e) "Grains overheated during drying" are grains which show external signs of scorching but which are not damaged grains."
8. Point 4 (a) of Annex I (A) shall be replaced by the following:
"(a) Extraneous seeds:
"Extraneous seeds" are seeds of plants, whether or not cultivated, other than cereals. They include seeds not worth recovering, seeds which can be used for livestock and noxious seeds.
"Noxious seeds" means seeds which are toxic to humans and animals, seeds hampering or complicating the cleaning and milling of cereals and seeds affecting the quality of products processed from cereals."
9. Point 4 (b), second subparagraph of Annex I (A), shall be replaced by the following:
"Grains which have deteriorated through spontaneous generation of heat or by too extreme drying also belong to this group ; these grains are fully grown grains in which the tegument is coloured greyish brown to black, while the cross-section of the kernel is coloured yellowish grey to brownish black."
10. Annex II shall be replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1982.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 May 1982.