NoL261/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.10.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2255/77
of11October1977
onthetransfertotheItalianinterventionagencyofcommonwheatheldbythe
Germaninterventionagencyandontheconditionsforbringingsuchwheat
backontothemarket
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,ditureinrespectofthedomesticmarketincereals
andinrice(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No330/74(7);
WhereassuchmeasuresimplythattheGuarantee
SectionoftheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceand
GuaranteeFundshouldbearthecostoftransport,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1386/77(2),andinparticular
Article7(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
729/70of21April1970onthefinancingofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2788/72(4),andinparticular
Article3(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2738/75of29October1975layingdowngeneral
rulesforinterventiononthemarketincereals(5),and
inparticularArticle4thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheItalianmarketincommonwheatisex­
periencingsupplydifficulties;whereasasignificant
reductioninwintersowingsofwheathasbeen
recordedinthatcountryandpersistentrainduring
thesowingperiodhasjeopardizedpartofthecrop;
whereas,therefore,therehasbeenasubstantial
increaseintheshortageofthatcereal;
Whereas,inordertodealwiththissituation,apartof
thecommonwheatofbread-making qualitywhichis
stillavailableinintervention intherestofthe
CommunityshouldbemadeavailabletotheItalian
interventionagency;
Whereasdetailedrulesshouldlaterbelaiddownfor
takingovertheproductandfortransferringresponsi­
,bilityforit;
Whereasprovisionscoveringtheaccountingsideof
thisoperationshouldbealignedonthearrangements
laiddowninCouncilRegulation(EEC)No787/69of
22April1969onthefinancingofinterventionexpen­1.200000tonnesofcommonwheatofbread­
makingqualityheldbytheGermanintervention
agencyshallbeheldatthedisposaloftheItalianinter­
ventionagency,whichshalltakedeliverythereof
before1January1978andshallensuretransportation
toItalybefore1March1978.
Thisproductmustmeettherequirements ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1155/77(8).
2.CommissionRegulation(EEC)No376/70of27
February1970layingdowntheprocedureandcondi­
tionsforthedisposalofcerealsheldbyintervention
agencies(9),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1687/76(10),shallapplytotheresaleofthecereals
productreferredtoinparagraph 1;thereferenceprice
shallhoweverbesubstitutedfortheinterventionprice.
3.Thedeliveryandtransportoperationsshallbe
assignedbytender.Themobilizationmustbecarried
outonthebestconditionsoftransfer.
4.Thedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthis
Regulation,andinparticulartherulesconcerningthe
deliveryandtransportoftheproductinquestion,shall
beadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle26ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75.
Article2
1.TheGermaninterventionagencyshall,by31
December 1977atthelatest,enterthequantitiestrans­
ferred,asazerodebit,intheaccountreferredtoin
Article3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No787/69.
(6)OJNoL105,2.5.1969,p.4.
(7)OJNoL37,9.2.1974,p.5.0)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL158,29.6.1977,p.1.$OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.13.
(<)OJNoL295,30.12.1972,p.1.
MOJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.49.(8)OJNoL136,2.6.1977,p.10.
HOJNoL47,28.2.1970,p.49.HOJNoL190,14.7.1976,p.1.

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withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle13ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No729/70.2.TheItalianinterventionagencyshall,by31
December 1977atthelatest,enterthequantitiesdeliv­
eredtoitasazerocreditintheaccountreferredtoin
paragraph 1.
3.Thecostsoftransportingthequantitiestrans­
ferredshallbeenteredintheaccountreferredtoin
paragraph 1.
4.Wherenecessary,thedetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthisArticleshallbeadoptedinaccordanceArticle3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,11October1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.HUMBLET