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( 1 ) OJ NO 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , P . 2269/67 .

( 2 ) OJ NO 125 , 26 . 6 . 1967 , P . 2453/67 .

REGULATION NO 162/67/EEC OF THE COMMISSION OF 23 JUNE 1967 ON THE METHOD OF FIXING THE EXPORT REFUND ON FLOUR , GROATS AND MEAL OF WHEAT AND OF RYE

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION NO 120/67/EEC ( 1 ) OF 13 JUNE 1967 ON THE COMMON ORGANISATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 16 ( 6 ) THEREOF ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) ( B ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION NO 139/67/EEC ( 2 ) OF 21 JUNE 1967 LAYING DOWN RULES FOR GRANTING EXPORT REFUNDS ON CEREALS AND CRITERIA FOR FIXING THE AMOUNT OF SUCH REFUNDS PROVIDES THAT REFUNDS SHALL BE FIXED FOR FLOUR , GROATS AND MEAL , TAKING ACCOUNT IN PARTICULAR OF THE QUANTITIES OF CEREALS REQUIRED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ; WHEREAS THE ANALYSIS OF THE ASH CONTENT OF THE MANUFACTURED PRODUCT HAS PROVED TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE OF THE TECHNICAL METHODS OF ASCERTAINING THIS QUANTITY OF CEREALS ; WHEREAS THE SAME METHOD FOR MAKING THIS ANALYSIS SHOULD BE ADOPTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIFORMITY OF THE REFUND MAY BE OBSERVED ;

WHEREAS IN ORDER TO AVOID THE USE OF COMPLICATED CHECKING METHODS FOR DETECTING SLIGHT VARIATIONS IN THE QUANTITIES OF THE BASIC MATERIALS USED , WHICH HAVE NO APPRECIABLE EFFECT ON THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT , A STANDARD METHOD OF CALCULATION SHOULD BE ADOPTED ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR CEREALS ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . WHEN THE REFUND ON WHEAT OR SPELT FLOUR AND MESLIN FLOUR IS BEING FIXED , THE QUANTITIES OF WHEAT NECESSARY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF 1000 KG OF THESE PRODUCTS SHALL BE , ACCORDING TO THEIR ASH CONTENT REFERRED TO DRY MATTER , AS FOLLOWS :

ASH CONTENT PER 100 G OF FLOUR ( EXPRESSED IN MG ) * NUMBER OF KG OF COMMON WHEAT PER 1000 KG OF FLOUR

0 TO 520 * 1510

521 TO 600 * 1430

601 TO 900 * 1330

901 TO 1100 * 1230

1101 TO 1650 * 1140

1651 TO 1900 * 1020

2 . WHEN THE REFUND ON RYE FLOUR IS BEING FIXED , THE QUANTITIES OF RYE NECESSARY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF 1000 KG OF THIS PRODUCT SHALL BE , ACCORDING TO THEIR ASH CONTENT REFERRED TO DRY MATTER , AS FOLLOWS :

ASH CONTENT PER 100 G OF FLOUR ( EXPRESSED IN MG ) * NUMBER OF KG OF PER 1000 KG OF FLOUR

0 TO 700 * 1540

701 TO 850 * 1410

851 TO 1150 * 1260

1151 TO 1400 * 1170

1401 TO 1600 * 1120

1601 TO 1800 * 1070

1801 TO 2000 * 1020

3 . WHEN THE REFUND ON WHEAT GROATS AND MEAL ( COMMON WHEAT AND DURUM WHEAT ) IS BEING FIXED , THE QUANTITY OF COMMON WHEAT OR DURUM WHEAT NECESSARY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF 1000 KG OF THESE PRODUCTS SHALL BE 1580 KG .

4 . THE ASH CONTENT OF FLOUR REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 SHALL BE DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD OF ANALYSIS SPECIFIED IN THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY 1967 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 23 JUNE 1967 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

WALTER HALLSTEIN

ANNEX

METHOD OF DETERMINING THE ASH CONTENT OF FLOUR

APPARATUS

1 . LABORATORY SCALES SENSITIVE TO 0.01 MG .

BOX OF CORRESPONDING WEIGHTS .

2 . ELECTRIC MUFFLE KILN , WITH ADEQUATE DRAUGHT AND A TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND REGULATOR .

3 . ROUND , FLAT-BOTTOMED INCINERATION DISHES ( ABOUT 5 CM IN DIAMETER , MAXIMUM HEIGHT 2 CM ) , PREFERABLY OF GOLD AND PLATINUM ALLOY OR OF QUARTZ OR PORCELAIN .

4 . DESICCATOR ( WITH AN INTERNAL DIAMETER OF ABOUT 18 CM ) FITTED WITH A NECK AND A PERFORATED PLATE , IN PORCELAIN OR ALUMINIUM .

DEHYDRATION AGENT : CALCIUM CHLORIDE , PHOSPHORUS PENTOXIDE OR SILICA GEL COLOURED BLUE .

METHOD

1 . THE WEIGHT OF THE TEST SAMPLE SHOULD BE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 G . WHEN IT IS FLOUR OF WHICH THE ASH CONTENT REFERRED TO DRY MATTER IS LIKELY TO BE OVER 1 % , THE WEIGHT OF THE TEST SAMPLE SHOULD BE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 G . THE WEIGHT OF THE TEST SAMPLE MAY BE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST 10 MG ; ALL OTHER QUANTITIES ARE WEIGHED TO THE NEAREST 0.1 MG .

2 . IMMEDIATELY BEFORE USE THE DISHES MUST BE HEATED IN THE MUFFLE KILN AT INCINERATION TEMPERATURE TO CONSTANT WEIGHT ; A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN MINUTES IS USUALLY SUFFICIENT .

THE DISHES ARE THEN COOLED IN THE DESICCATOR TO LABORATORY TEMPERATURE UNDER THE CONDITIONS INDICATED IN PARAGRAPH 7 .

3 . PLACE THE TEST SAMPLE IN THE DISH AND SPREAD IT OUT IN AN EVEN LAYER , WITHOUT HEAPING . IMMEDIATELY BEFORE INCINERATION DAMP THE TEST SAMPLE WITH 1 TO 2 ML OF ETHYL ALCOHOL .

4 . PLACE THE DISHES IN THE MOUTH OF THE KILN , THE DOOR OF WHICH REMAINS OPEN . WHEN THE SUBSTANCE HAS CEASED TO FLAME , PUSH THE DISHES INTO THE KILN . WHEN THE KILN DOOR HAS BEEN CLOSED , AN ADEQUATE DRAUGHT MUST BE MAINTAINED , BUT NOT SO STRONG AS TO BLOW THE SUBSTANCE OUT OF THE DISHES .

5 . INCINERATION MUST RESULT IN THE TOTAL COMBUSTION OF THE FLOUR , INCLUDING ANY SOOTY PARTICLES AMONG THE ASHES . IF SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS COMPLETED WHEN THE RESIDUE IS ALMOST WHITE AFTER COOLING .

6 . THE INCINERATION TEMPERATURE MUST REACH 900* C .

7 . WHEN INCINERATION IS COMPLETED , REMOVE THE DISHES FROM THE KILN AND PLACE THEM ON A SHEET OF ETERNIT FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE TO COOL , THEN PUT THEM IN THE DESICCATOR ( NOT MORE THAN FOUR DISHES AT A TIME ) . THE CLOSED DESICCATOR IS PLACED NEAR THE ANALYSIS SCALES . WEIGH THE DISHES WHEN THEY ARE COMPLETELY COLD ( ABOUT ONE HOUR ) .

RESULTS

1 . MARGIN OF ERROR : IF THE ASH CONTENT DOES NOT EXCEED 1 % , THE RESULTS OF A DOUBLE TEST SHOULD NOT DIFFER BY MORE THAN 0.02 UNITS OF ASH CONTENT ; IF THE ASH CONTENT EXCEEDS 1 % , THE DIFFERENCE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 2 % OF THE ASH CONTENT . IF THE DIFFERENCE EXCEEDS THESE LIMITS THE TEST MUST BE REPEATED .

2 . THE ASH CONTENT SHALL BE STATED PER 100 PARTS OF DRY MATTER AND ROUNDED TO 0.01 .