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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1664/1999
of 28 July 1999
amendingRegulation(EEC)No689/92fixingtheprocedureandconditionsforthetakingoverof
cereals by intervention agencies
(OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 28)
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 221, 21.8.1999, p. 19 (1664/99)
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1664/1999
of 28 July 1999
amending Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 fixing the procedure and
conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June
1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1253/1999(2),andinparticularArticle
5 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of 29 October
1975 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize,sorghum and durum wheat(
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1253/1999, and in particular Article 6 (a) thereof,
(1)Whereas, in view of their climatic conditions, the growing periodfor barley varieties predominantly produced in Finland andSweden is much shorter; whereas the kernel size of six-rowbarley varieties is under 2,2mm in those two countries; whereasthe barley therefore does not meet the intervention requirementsregarding kernel size; whereas the immediate application of theCommunity rules is accordingly likely to exclude considerablequantities of Finnish and Swedish barley from buying in, therebyprovoking severe difficulties for producers in the two countries;whereas Finland and Sweden should accordingly be authorisedtemporarily to buy in barley of a kernel size of under 2,2mm;whereas the acceptance of a lower kernel size should not lead tobarley of inferior quality being bought in; whereas the barley inquestion should accordingly have a specific weight of at least64kg/hl;
(2)Whereas implementation from the 1993/94 marketing year of thereform of the common agricultural policy in the cereals sectormay lead to difficulties for producers of certain cereals in certainareas of the Community; whereas, to lessen the impact of thesemechanisms on the income of the said producers, provisionshould be made for exemptions from certain provisions relatingto quality once again in the 1999/2000 marketing year, as wasdone in 1998/1999;
(3)Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 689/92(4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1612/98(5), lays down the
conditionsforthetakingoverofcerealsforinterventionandmustaccordingly be amended;
(4)Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the Management Committee forCereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
►C1Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 is amended as follows: ◄
1. Thefollowingsubparagraphisherebyinsertedafterthefirstsubpara-
graph of Article 2 (3):
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 74, 20.3.1992, p. 18.
(5) OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 25.
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‘However, notwithstanding point 2(a) of the Annex to Regulation(EEC) No 2731/75; in the case of barley harvested in Finland orSweden with a specific weight of at least 64kg/hl and offered forintervention in those countries until the end of the 1999/2000marketing year, “shrivelled grains” shall mean grains which, afterelimination of all the other matter referred to in the Annex to thatRegulation, pass through sieves with apertures measuring 2milli-metres.'
2. The text of Article 2(4) is replaced by the following:
‘4. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, and for the 1999/2000
marketing year:
— at the request of the Member State, a decision shall be taken in
accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 23 ofRegulation (EEC) No 1766/92, to fix the maximum moisturecontent at 15% for cereals offered for intervention with theexception of maize and sorghum,
— the reduction provided for in the case of barley of a specific
weight less than 64kg/hl referred to in Annex II, Table III shallnot apply.'
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublicationinthe
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from l July 1999.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
all Member States.