OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 959
2.9.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL201/11
REGULATION (EEC)No1899/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of1September1972
onspecialprovisionsregardingthedenaturingofcommonwheatofthe1972crop
outinArticle2(a),(c)and(d)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1403/69shouldthereforebelaiddownandthe
reductionstobeappliedtothedenaturingpremium
fixedbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1533/72®
of18July1972fixingthedenaturingpremiumfor
commonwheatforthe1972/73marketingyear
shouldbefixed;whereas,asregardssproutedgrains,
interventionagenciesshouldbeauthorizedtoaccept
higherpercentagesthanthosespecifiedinArticle2
(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No1403/69inviewofthe
regionaleffectoftheunfavourable weather
conditions;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforCerealshas
notdeliveredanOpinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itsChairman;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No796/72,2andinparticular
Article7(5)thereof;
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulationNo
172/67/EEC3of27June1967ongeneralrules
governingthedenaturingofwheatandryeof
bread-making quality,aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2096/68,4providesthatcereals
fordenaturingmustbeofaminimumqualityand
quantitytobedetermined;whereasArticle4ofthat
Regulationallowsthedenaturingpremiumtobe
adjustedduringthecropyearwherethereisathreat
ofdisturbanceontheCommunitycerealsmarket;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1403/69?
of18July1969layingdowndetailedrulesforthe
,applicationoftheprovisionsconcerningdenaturing
ofcommonwheatandryeofbread-making quality
determinedthequalityconditionswithwhichthe
cerealstobedenaturedmustcomply;
Whereastheunfavourable weatherconditionswhich
prevailedthroughoutthesummerof1972haveledto
thearrivalonthemarketofaconsiderablequantity
ofcommonwheatofthe1972cropwithahigh
moisturecontent,aparticularlylowspecificweight,
andanabnormallyhighproportionofsprouted
grains;whereas,asregardssuchwheatfor
denaturing,rulesofqualitydifferentfromthosesetHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
BywayofderogationfromArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No1403/69,fordenaturingoperationsfor
commonwheatofthe1972crop:
—thelowerlimitofthespecificweightshallbe
reducedto68kg/hi;
—theupperlimitformoisturecontentshallberaised
to24%.
Article2
»
BywayofderogationfromArticle2(d)of
Regulation (EEC)No1403/69,interventionagencies
mayacceptfordenaturingcommonwheatofthe
1972cropqualifyingforadenaturingpremium,with
acontentofsproutedgrains,othercerealsand
variousimpuritiesofupto15%,ofwhichnotmore
than3%shallbeothercerealsandnotmorethan
3%shallbevariousimpurities;1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
2OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.7.
3OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2602/67.
4OJNoL308,23.12.1968,p.12.
5OJNoL180,22.7.1969,p.3. OJNoL163,19.7.1972,p.12.

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Article3 —1-00unitofaccountformorethan21%andup
toandincluding24%.
Article4Whereinterventionagenciesacceptamoisture
contentexceeding18%,theamountoftheapplicable
denaturingpremiumshallbereducedby:
—0-50unitofaccountformorethan18%andup
toandincluding21%:ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialjournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1September1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT