NoL171/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.6.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1548/76
of29June1976
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1493/71onpriceincreasesandreductionsappli­
cabletointervention incereals
tionprice,mustbere-adjustedinaccordancewiththe
increaseintheintervention pricebetweenthe
1967/68andthe1976/77marketingyears;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Article2ofRegulation(EEC)No1493/71ishereby
amendedtoreadasfollows:
'Priceincreasesandreductionsbywhichtheinter­
ventionpriceisincreasedordecreased,shallbe
calculatedbyapplicationofthepercentages
providedforinArticles3,4and6tothatprice
validatthebeginningofthemarketingyear.
However,whenapplyingthepreviousparagraph
inthenewMemberStatesuntil31December
1977,theinterventionpriceshallbereducedby
theaccessioncompensatory amountapplicablefor
eachsuchMemberState,intradeinthecereal
concernedwiththeCommunity asoriginally
constitued.'THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1143/76(2),andinparticular
Article7(5)thereof,
WhereasArticle2(1)ofCommission Regulation
(EEC)No1493/71of13July1971onpriceincreases
andreductionsapplicabletointerventionincereals(3),
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1765/74(4),
providesthatpriceincreasesandreductionsshallbe
calculatedbyapplicationofthepercentagesprovided
forinArticles3,4and6tothebasicintervention
pricevalidatthebeginningofthemarketingyear;
Whereasforcommonwheat,durumwheat,barley,
maizeandryeasingleinterventionpriceisfixedfor
theCommunity ,applicableinallthemarketing
centreslaiddownforthosecereals;whereasamethod
ofcalculationbasedonthatsingleinterventionprice
shouldbedeterminedforthepriceincreasesand
reductionsapplicabletothosecerealswhentheyare
takenintointervention ;
Whereasdurumwheat,tobeacceptedintointerven­
tion,mustmeetcertaintechnologicalrequirements ;
whereassuchrequirements mustensurethatthe
cerealcanbeprocessedintosemolinaorpastawhich
meetscertainrequriements oftheprocessingindustry
forhumanconsumption ;
WhereasintheCommunityavarietycalled'Durtal'
doesnotalwaysexhibittheabovementioned characte­
ristics;whereasthatvarietyshouldthereforebe
includedinthelistofvarietiesofdurumwheatto
whichapricereductionisappliedatintervention ;
Whereasincalculatingthepricereductionforthe
variety'Durtal'thedifferenceinactualyieldsofthis
varietyandtheaverageofothervarietiesistakeninto
account;whereasthepricereductionsappliedtothe
othervarietieslistedinArticle4(6)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1493/71,whichwerebasedontheinterven­Article2
Article4(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No1493/71is
herebyamendedtoreadasfollows:
'Forthevarietiesofdurumwheatlistedbelowthe
followingreductionsshallbeapplied:
—Grifoni:4unitsofaccountpermetricton,
—Marzuoli,TimiliandNeridiSicilia:20units
ofaccountpermetricton,
—Durtal:50unitsofaccountpermetricton.
Article3
ThisRegulationshalllenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .0)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL130,19.5.1975,p.1.
(3)OJNoL157,14.7.1971,p.21
(4)OJNoL185,9.7.1974,p.8.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission