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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1837/82

of 7 July 1982

amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 laying down detailed rules of application for special intervention measures to support the development of the market in common wheat of bread-making quality

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1451/82 (2), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,

Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2158/81 (4), set out the special intervention measures that could be taken; whereas, should there be special intervention measures in the form of purchases of wheat meeting a minimum bread-making quality, the support level for this quality should, for the 1982/83 marketing year, in accordance with the Council's express desire, be fixed at a level of the reference price less 10;40 ECU per tonne;

Whereas, pursuant to the amendment brought about to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing the standard quality of common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/82 (6), it is necessary to make the alterations to Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77;

Whereas, as from the 1982/83 marketing year, resale by intervention agencies of common wheat of breadmaking quality bought in by them pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is to be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 (7); whereas Article 5 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 should accordingly be deleted;

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

Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In point 3 of Article 4:

- the words '1981/82 marketing year' are replaced by '1982/83 marketing year',

- the amount '7;88 ECU' is replaced by '10;40 ECU'.

2. The sixth indent of Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following:

'- the total percentage of miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz) does not exceed 3 % of which a maximum of 0;05 % of grains which have deteriorated through spontaneous generation of heat or by too extreme drying, 0;05 % of ergot and 0;10 % of harmful extraneous seeds'.

3. The eighth indent of Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following:

'- the percentage of grains overheated during drying does not exceed 0;50 %'.

4. Article 5 (6) is deleted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 August 1982.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 July 1982.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 181, 21. 7. 1977, p. 26.

(4) OJ No L 210, 30. 7. 1981, p. 32.

(5) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 22.

(6) OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 11.

(7) See page 23 of this Official Journal.