NoL60/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.3.86
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No626/86
of28February1986
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1569/77concerningthetakingoverofcerealsbytheSpanish
interventionagency
enablingtheappropriatechangestobemade;whereasthe
immediateapplicationoftheCommunitysystemwould
entailariskoflargequantitiesbeingexcludedfrom
intervention ;whereassuchapplicationwouldconsequently
giverisetosubstantialdifficultiesforSpanishproducersand
would,atleastinpart,becontrarytotheobjectivesofArticle
112oftheActofAccession;
WhereasArticle112oftheActofAccessionintroduced
specialarrangementsforatransitionalperiod,concerning
thespecificweightofbarleypresentedforinterventionin
Spain;whereasthepurposeofthatprovisionwastoenable
Spanishproducerstoimprovetheirproductionstructures
andtoadjustprogressivelytotheCommunityrules;whereas
Regulation (EEC)No1569/77shouldthereforebeamended
onthebasisoftheabovementioned provisionandthe
appropriatespecifications relatingtoitsapplicationin
accordancewiththeobjectivepursuedshouldbelaid
down;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationarein
accordancewiththeopinionoftheManagementCommittee
forCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal,
andinparticularArticle90thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2727/75of
29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
incereals{*),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3793/85(2),andinparticularArticle7(5)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1569/77of
11July1977fixingtheprocedureandconditionsforthe
takingoverofcerealsbyinterventionagencies(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2262/85(4),provides,in
theeventofintervention ,foraminimumquantityof80
tonnesofcommonwheat,rye,barley,maizeorsorghum;
Whereas,undertheinterventionarrangements inforcein
Spainupto1March1986,theminimumquantitywhich
maybepresentedforinterventionis10tonnes;whereasthe
SpanishGovernmentisencouragingbetterorganizationof
thecerealssectoratproducerlevel;whereasthetransition
fromthenationalarrangementstothoseresultingfrom
applicationofthecommonorganizationofthemarketsmay
createdifficulties,particularlyforsmallSpanishgrowers;
whereas,toenablethosegrowerstoundertakestructural
improvements ,provisionshouldbemadeforaprogressive
adaptationtotheCommunityrules;
WhereastheAnnextoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2731/75of29October1975fixingstandardqualitiesfor
commonwheat,rye,barley,maize,sorghumanddurum
wheat(s),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1028/84(6),definedshrivelledgrains;whereasaccordingto
thatdefinitionshrivelledgrainsinthecaseofbarleymeans
grainswhichpassthroughsieveswithaperturesmeasuring
2,2millimetres ;
Whereasinthisrespectalsoitshouldbelaiddownthat
thetransitionfromtheprovisionsappliedinSpainprior
to1March1986tothoselaiddownbythecommon
organizationofthemarketsistobeprogressive,therebyHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Regulation (EEC)No1569/77isamendedasfollows:
1.Thefollowingsubparagraph isaddedtoArticle1:
'Bywayofderogationfromthefirstsubparagraph ,
homogeneousbatchesofcommonwheat,rye,barley,
maizeorsorghumweighingnotlessthan10tonnesfor
theperiodfrom1March1986totheendofthe1985/86
marketingyearandnotlessthan40tonnesforthe
1986/87marketingyearmaybepresentedtothe
interventionagencyinSpain.'
2.Thefollowingsubparagraph isaddedtoArticle2(3):
'However,bywayofderogationfromthe
abovementioned Regulation (EEC)No2731/75,inthe
caseofbarleyharvestedinSpainandofferedfor
interventioninthatcountryduringtheperiodfrom
1March1986totheendofthe1986/87marketingyear,
"shrivelledgrains"shallmeangrainswhich,after
eliminationfromthesampleofalltheothermatter
referredtointheAnnextothesaidRegulation,
passthroughsieveswithaperturesmeasuring
2millimetres.'(*)OJ.NoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL367,31.12.1985,p.19.
(3)OJNoL174,14.7.1977,p.15.
(4)OJNoL211,8.8.1985,p.23.
(5)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.22.
(6)OJNoL107,19.4.1984,p.17.

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3.ThefollowingfootnoteNo4isaddedtothe'barley'
columnofpointEoftheAnnex:
'4.Subject,asregardsbarleyharvestedinSpain,tothe
firstsubparagraph ofArticle112oftheActof
AccessionofSpainandPortugal.'Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1March1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President