No C 102/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 4. 87 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard 
qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat 
COM(87) 125 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 25 March 1987) 
(87/C 102/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common orga­
nization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No , and in particular Article 3 
(5) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
ment, 
Whereas, in view of the increase in production and 
consumption of durum wheat, more stringent quality 
conditions must be applied for the purposes of 
intervention; whereas this implies modification of the 
standard quality; whereas, therefore, the requirements 
relating to moisture content and specific weight for 
durum wheat should be reinforced and technological 
criteria should be included in the definition of the 
standard quality for that cereal, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 (2) is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 5 is replaced by the following: 
Article 5 
The standard quality for which the target price and 
the intervention price for durum wheat are fixed is 
defined as follows: 
0) OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 22. 1) Physical quality criteria: 
(a) durum wheat of a sound and fair marketable 
quality, free from abnormal smell and live 
pests, amber yellow to brown in colour, with a 
vitreous section of translucent, horny 
appearance; 
(b) total percentage of matter other than durum 
wheat grains of unimpaired quality: 25 %, of 
which: 
— percentage of durum wheat grains which 
have wholly or partly lost their vitreous 
aspect (mitadine): 20 %, 
— percentage of broken grains: 2 %, 
— percentage of grain impurities: 2 % ("grain 
impurities" means shrivelled grains, grains 
damaged by pests, grains showing 
discoloration of the germ, mottled grains, 
grains affected with fusariosis and grains 
overheated during drying), 
— percentage of sprouted grains: 0,5 %, 
— percentage of miscellaneous impurities: 
0,5 % ("miscellaneous impurities" means 
extraneous seeds, damaged grains, extra­
neous matter, husks, ergot, decayed grains, 
dead insects and fragments of insects); 
(c) specific weight: 80 kilogrames per hectolitre; 
(d) moisture content: 13 °/o. 
2) Technological quality criteria: 
(a) protein content (N x 5,7) not less than 
12,5 % of dry matter; 
(b) gluten content not less than 8,75 % of dry 
matter; 
(c) Hagberg falling number not less than 250, 
including 60 seconds preparation (agitation) 
time.' 
2. In Article 6, point (b) is replaced by the following: 
'(b) the methods required for determining: 
— matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired 
quality, 
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— moisture content, 
— durum wheat grains which have lost their 
vitreous aspects, 
— tannia content, 
— the machinability of the dough, 
— the protein content, 
— the gluten content, 
— the Zeleny index, 
— the Hagberg falling number, 
shall be drawn up in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation 
(EEC) No 2727/75.' 
3. In the Annex, at point 2 (b), the second sentence is 
deleted. 
4. In the Annex, point 2 (d) is replaced by the following: 
'Annex 
(d) Grains showing discoloration of the germ, 
mottled grains and grains affected with fusariosis. 
Grains showing discoloration of the germ are 
those of which the tegument is coloured brown 
to brownish black and of which the germ is 
normal and not sprouting. For common wheat, 
grains showing discoloration of the germ are 
disregarded up to 8 %. For durum wheat, 
— mottled grains: are grains which show brown 
to brownish black discoloration on parts 
other than the germ, 
— grains affected with fusariosis: are grains 
whose pericarp is contaminated with Fusarium 
mycelium; such grains look slightly shrivelled, 
wrinkled and have pink or white diffuse 
patches with an ill-defined outline.' 
5. In the Annex, the following point is added: 
'6. Grains which have lost their vitreous aspect 
(mitadine) 
Mitadine grains of durum wheat are grains whose 
kernel cannot be regarded as entirely vitreous.' 
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 July 1987. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.