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►B REGULATION (EEC)No 821/68 OF THE COMMISSION
of 28 June 1968
on the definition, applicable to the granting of export refunds, of hulled grains and pearled grains
of cereals
(OJ L 149, 29.6.1968, p. 46)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Regulation (EEC) No 1634/71 of the Commission of 27 July 1971 L 170 13 29.7.1971
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REGULATION (EEC)No 821/68 OF THE COMMISSION
of 28 June 1968
on the definition, applicable to the granting of export refunds, of
hulled grains and pearled grains of cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/EEC(
1). of 13 June
1967 on the common organisation of the market in cereals, and in parti-cular Article 16 (4) thereof:
Whereas the export refund should take into account the quality of the
product processed from cereals which qualifies for it lest public funds
contribute to the export of goods of inferior quality; whereas it is there-
fore necessary to establish a precise definition, applicable in eachMember State, of cereal grains qualifying for the refund on ‘hulledgrains’ and ‘pearled grains’;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the granting of export refunds pearled grains and hulled grains of
cereals shall be those which possess the characteristics listed in theAnnex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1968.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.
(1) OJ No 117, 13.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
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ANNEX
DEFINITION OF ‘HULLED GRAINS’ (SHELLED OR HUSKED)AND
‘PEARLED GRAINS’
A. ‘Hulled grains’ includes shelled and husked grains:
1. Shelled grains:
are cereal grains with the pericarp removed or bracted cereal grains (see
explanatory notes to tariff heading No 10.03: grains) with the bracts
removed with cling to the pericarp (as for example with bearded barley) or
which enclose the grains so firmly that the bracts cannot be detached by
threshing etc. (as with oats).
2. Husked grains:
are grains (in the case of barley, with the bracts removed) which have the
major part of the pericarp and tegument testa) removed.
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B. ‘Pearled grains’ include:
I. First class grains:
1. grains which correspond to the following definition:
pearled cereal grains, principally barley, which have the whole of the
tegument, pericarp, germ and the major part of the outer layer and
aleuronic layer removed, and which are of uniform size and rounded
form;
2. and which in addition meet the following requirements:
regularity of the grains:
(a) 75 % of the grains must not exceed 20 % of the dm;
(b) 94 % of the grains added progressively between 3 % and 97 % must
not exceed 30 % of the dm;
(c) 100 % of the grains must not exceed 50 % of the dm;
Determination of regularity by sieve analysis using sieves with round
holes.
dm: the median value obtained from the graph of the results of sieve
analysis at the point at which 50 % of the product has passed
through the sieve.
II. Second class grains:
grains which correspond to the definition under B I (1).
▼BSieve analysis
Apparatus:— Set of sieves with round hole (diameter 200 mm, diameter of holes 4•0 to 1•0
mm, at 0•25 mm intervals);
— Sieving apparatus — sieving should be done by hand; sieving aids (rubber
cubes of 20 mm side);
— Precision scales.Method:Normally the pearled barley is passed through six different sieves; the set of
sieves is closed at the top and bottom with the sieve with the largest holes placed
at the top; the top and bottom sieves should be empty after sieving.
Two samples of pearled barley of a checked weight of between 50 and 100
grammes are sifted by hand for at least five minutes, with the aid of the rubber
cubes.
Sieving consists of taking hold of the set of sieves with the hand and shaking it,
more or less horizontally, 120 times per minute, each shake travelling about 70
mm. This to-and-fro movement is interrupted every minute by a triple circular
movement. The sieved residues are weighed to the nearest 0•1 g and expressed
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as a percentage of the sieved product which shall be weighed to the nearest
whole number, and the average calculated.
The average of the percentages of the sieved residues should be added progres-
sively, starting with the value 0 % in respect of the residue from the empty sieve
with the largest holes. The added percentages Σ(%) and the sizes of the holes in
the corresponding sieves are plotted in co-ordinated axes on millimetric paper,
theΣ(%) in ordinates and the diameters of the holes, in mm, in abscissae.
The median value (dm) is the hole width expressed in hundreths of mm for Σ
(%) = 50, and is read off the graph obtained by joining the points by straight
lines.