NoL203/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.7.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1832/76
of28July1976
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1492/71fixingtheproceduresandconditions
forthetakingoverofcerealsbyinterventionagencies
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals^),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1143/76(2),andinparticular
Articles4(3)and7(5)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1492/71
of13July1971fixingtheprocedureandconditions
forthetakingoverofcerealsbyinterventionagen­
cies(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1422/72(4),laysdownminimumqualityrequirements
forcommonwheattobeprocessedforhuman
consumption ;whereasforthe1976/77marketing
yearcommonwheatwhichdoesnotmeetthecondi­
tionslaiddowninCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1831/76of28July1976layingdownthemethodfor
determiningtheminimumbread-making qualityof
commonwheatrequiredforinterventioninthe
1976/77marketingyear(5),shallbeconsideredasa
feedgrainandshallbetakenoverbytheintervention
agencyatthebarleypricelevel;whereas,asaresult,
certainofthequalitycriterialaiddowninArticle2of
Regulation (EEC)No1492/71shouldbeamendedfor
thistypeofwheattomakethemmorecompatible
withitsintendeduseinanimalfeeding;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforCerealshas
notdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itsChairman,requirementsforbread-making asdefinedinRegu­
lation(EEC)No1831/76,thefollowingprovisions
shallapply:
Suchwheatshallbeconsideredtobeofsoundand
marketablequalityifitisofthetypicalcolourof
thecerealinquestion,freefromabnormalsmell
andlivepests(includingmites)ateverystageof
theirdevelopmentandwhen:
—thetotalpercentageofconstituentswhichare
basiccerealsofunimpairedqualityisnotless
than90%;
—themoisturecontentdoesnotexceedapercen­
tagefixedbytheinterventionagenciesat
between14and16%,accordingtoregion;
—thespecificweightisnotlessthanaweight
fixedbytheinterventionagenciesatbetween
69and72kg/hi,accordingtoregion;
—thepercentageofsproutedgrainsdoesnot
exceed6%;
—thepercentageofimpuritiesconsistingof
grainsotherthanshrivelledgrainsdoesnot
exceed5%;
—thepercentageofmiscellanous impurities
(Schwarzbesatz )doesnotexceed3%;
—thepercentageofbrokengrainsdoesnot
exceed8%;
—thepercentageofshrivelledgrainsdoesnot
exceed10%.'
Article2
Article3(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No1492/71is
herebydeleted.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThereisherebyaddedtoRegulation (EEC)No
1492/71thefollowingArticle2a:
Article2a
BywayofderogationfromArticle2(2),if
commonwheatdoesnotmeettheminimumArticle3
ThereisherebyaddedtoArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1492/71thefollowingparagraph3a:
'3a.Wherecommonwheatofferedtointervention
ascommonwheatofbread-making qualitydoes
notmeettheminimumbread-making quality(')OJNoL281,1.11.1?75,p.1.
(2)OJNoL130,19.5.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL157,14.7.1971,p.18.
(4)OJNoL151,5.7.1972,p.15.
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29.7.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL203/27
requirements aslaiddowninRegulation(EEC)
No1831/76,theoffermaybewithdrawn.
TheMemberStatesshallwithoutdelayinformthe
Commissionofthenumberofoffersandthequan­
titytheyrepresentwhicharewithdrawn.'Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallbeapplicablewitheffectfrom1August1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28July1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission