9.6.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL149/15
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of19May1976
authorizingtheFrenchRepublictoapplyspecialinterventionmeasuresfor
durumwheat
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(76/516/EEC)
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No832/76(2),andinparticularthe
secondparagraphofArticle8andArticle24thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2740/75of29October1975onspecialintervention
measuresforcereals(3),andinparticularArticle1
thereof,
Havingregardtothecommunication fromtheFrench
Republicof29April1976settingouttheparticularly
difficultsituationforholdersofdurumwheatand
requestingspecialinterventionmeasuresinthecaseof
thiscereal,
WhereastheFrenchRepublicwasauthorizedbythe
CommissionDecisionof19March1976(4)toapply
specialinterventionmeasuresfor250000metrictons
ofdurumwheat;whereas,however,thecontracts
madewithintheframeworkofthosemeasureshave
onlycovered176000metrictons;
Whereassincethattimethemarketpricehas
remainedaroundorbelowtheinterventionprice;
whereastheFrenchRepublicshouldthereforebeauth­
orizedtoapplynewspecialinterventionmeasuresfor
theremainderofthe250000metrictonswhichwere
originallyprovidedforandunderthesameconditions
asprovidedforinthesaidDecision;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,TheFrenchRepublicisherebyauthorizedtocarry
out,throughitsinterventionagency,specialinterven­
tionoperationsinrespectof74000metrictonsof
durumwheatinaccordancewiththefollowingprovi­
sions.
Theseoperationsshallinvolvetheconclusionbefore
20May1976ofcontractsbetweentheintervention
agencyandholdersofdurumwheat,underwhich:
(a)theholdersshallundertaketokeepagivenquan­
tityofdurumwheatinstorefrom1Juneto31
December1976;
(b)theinterventionagencyshallgranttotheholders
ofthatquantity,attheendoftheperiodreferred
tounder(a),adailypremiumtocoverthecostsof
theoperationfixedataflatrateof0038unitof
accountpermetricton.
SubjecttoArticle4,thepremiumreferredtounder(b)
shallonlybegrantedifthewholecontractedquantity
towhichtheundertakingrelates,remainsattheend
oftheperiodreferredtounder(a).Furthermorean
amountofthreeunitsofaccountpermetrictonshall
beleviedinrespectofanyquantitywhichismissing.
However,atoleranceof3kgpermetrictonshallbe
allowedwhenapplyingthisparagraph .
Article2
0)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL100,14.4.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.54.
(«)OJNoL91,6.4.1976,p.19.Holderswhowishtoenterintosuchanundertaking
mustmakeawrittenapplication,amountingtoafirm
undertaking ,totheinterventionagencybefore20May

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1976indicatingthequantityinquestionwhichmay
notbelessthan200metrictons.
Intheeventofthetotalquantityforwhichholders
wishtogiveundertakingsexceedingthequantity
referredtointhefirstparagraphofArticle1,theinter­
ventionagencyshallallocatethequantitiestobethe
subjectofundertakingsinproportiontothequantity
offeredbyeachholder.
Thecompetentagencyshallnotifytheholdersbefore
1June1976ofthequantitiestobesubjecttounder­
takings.Article1(b)shallbegranteduptothedayfixedby
theMemberStateforthetermination oftheunder­
taking.
Fortheremainderoftheperiodfromsuchdayof
terminationuntil31December1976,apenalty
premiumofupto0-008unitofaccountpermetric
tonperdayshallbepaid,subjecttoamaximumof
0*24unitofaccountpermetricton.
2.TheMemberStatemayreleasetheholderin
wholeorinpartfromtheundertakingreferredtoin
Article1(a)ifthelattersorequeststheintervention
agency.Inthiscasethedailypremiumshallbe
grantedinaccordancewiththeruleslaiddowninpara­
graph1butnopenaltypremiumshallbepaid.Article3
Article5OperationsreferredtoinArticle1mayonlyrelateto
durumwheatfromthe1975cropwhichfulfilsthe
conditionslaiddownforacceptabilityforintervention .
Theinterventionagencyshallchecktheexistenceof
thestocksofeachapplicantbeforethesignatureof
thecontractandagainattheendoftheperiodof
storage.Itshallalsocarryoutallnecessarycontrol
measurestoensurethattheundertaking isrespected.TheFrenchRepublicshallkeeptheCommission
informedofthedevelopment oftheoperations
providedforinthisDecision.
Article6
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.
Article4
DoneatBrussels,19May1976.1.TheMemberStateconcernedmaybeauthorized ,
inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
26ofRegulation (EEC)No2727/75,toterminatethe
undertakingprovidedforinArticle1(a),inwholeor
inpart,witheffectfromanydateafter1October
1976.InthiscasethedailypremiumreferredtoinFortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission