20.7.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL198/21
REGULATION (EEC)No1886/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of19July1974
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1403/69layingdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationoftheprovisionsconcerningdenaturingofcommonwheatandryeof
bread-making qualityasregardsthecolouringmaterialstobeused
WhereasinthenewMemberStates,ithasnotsofar
causedanyproblems ;whereasitshouldthenberecog­
nizedthatthismethodisevidentlyasreliableasthe
standardmethod;whereasitsuseshouldthenbe
permittedintheCommunityasanalternativetothe
standardmethodandtotheexclusionoftheother
methodswhichwerethesubjectofderogations ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(')of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1125/74(2),andinparticularArticle
7(5)thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo172/67/EEC(3)of27
June1967ongeneralrulesgoverningthedenaturing
ofwheatandryeofbread-making quality,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2096/68(4),lays
down,inArticle2,thatthemethodemployedfor
denaturingwheatandryemustbeatleastaseffective
asastandardmethod;whereasthestandardmethodis
thatwhichwasdefinedintheAnnextoCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1403/69(5)Of18July1969
layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
provisionsconcerningdenaturingofcommonwheat
andryeofbread-making qualityaslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2147/72(6);
WhereasRegulations (EEC)No368/73(7),(EEC)No
621/73(8)and(EEC)No3556/73(9),bywayofderoga­
tionfromRegulation (EEC)No1403/69,providedfor
thepossibilityoftemporarilyusinginDenmark,
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdommethodsofdena­
turingbycolouring,otherthanbytheCommunity
standardmethod,inordertoallowinparticularthe
professionalcirclesinthesethreenewMemberStates
tochangegraduallytothestandardmethodbasedon
PatentedBlueV;whereasinfactinthesecountries
thecolouringprocessmostoftenusedwasthatbased
onGreenS;
WhereasfollowingtrialscarriedoutonaCommunity
level,themethodofdenaturingbycolouringbasedon
GreenShasgivensatisfactoryrseults;Article1
ThesecondparagraphofArticle1ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1403/69isreplacedbythe
following :
'Inthecaseofdenaturingbycolouring,onlythe
standardmethoddescribedinAnnexIorthealter­
nativemethoddescribedinAnnexlamaybe
used.'
Article2
TheAnnexlagivenintheAnnextothisRegulation
isaddedtoRegulation (EEC)No1403/69.
Article3
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)No368/73andArticle
2ofRegulation(EEC)No3556/73shallnotapplyto
productsdenaturedbythemethodlaiddowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1August
1974.')OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
2)OJNoL128,10.5.1974,p.12.
3)OJNo130,26.6.1967,p.2602/67.
«)OJNoL308,23.12.1968,p.12.
5)OJNoL180,22.7.1969,p.3.
')OJNoL229,6.10.1972,p.16.
7)OJNoL39,12.2.1973,p.28.
»)OJNoL58,3.3.1973,p.10.
P)OJNoL301,29.12.1973,p.48.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19July1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
ANNEXla
Methodofdenaturingcommonwheatandryeofbread-making qualityasanalternativetothe
standardmethod
Thecerealmustbetreatedwiththecolouringmatterlistedbelowinsuchmannerthatthe
saidcerealshallcontainaquantityofcolouringmatteratleastequaltothatshownincolumn
4andevenlydistributed,sothatatleast5°/oofthegrainsshallbecolouredanddistributed
throughoutthewholequantity.
TABLEOFCOLOURING MATTER
l 2 3 4
Minimum
Colourindex IquantityinpartsCommonnameofdye Scientificname(1956)Nopermillion
Ibyweight
GreenS Sodiumsaltofdi-(p-dimethylamiophenyl )
I-2-hydroxy-3 :6-disulphonaphtymethanol
lanhydride 44090 20