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7. Article 7 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. The intervention agencies designated by the 
Member States shall buy in cereals referred to in 
Article 3 which have been harvested in the 
Community and which are offered to them during 
the period from 1 December to 30 April, provided 
that the offers comply with conditions, in particular 
in respect of quality and quantity, to be determined 
in accordance with paragraph 5. 
However, subject to certain conditions and in 
respect of certain periods to be determined in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
26, the Commission shall have power to authorize 
the submission to intervention agencies of others 
including a cancellation clause.' 
8. In Article 7 (2): 
(a) 'single intervention price' is replaced by 
'intervention price'; 
(b) the third sentence is deleted. 
9. Article 8 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 8 
1. Particular intervention measures may be 
adopted whenever the market situation in certain 
regions of the Community so requires. 
2. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on 
a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt general 
rules for the application of this Article. 
3. The nature and application of the particular 
intervention measures and the conditions and proc­
edures for the sale or for any other means of 
disposal of the products subject to those measures 
shall be determined in accordance with the proce­dure laid down in Article 26. Detailed rules for the 
application of the Article shall, where appropriate, 
be adopted in accordance with the same procedure.' 
10. Article 9 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 9 
To the extent required to facilitate the change-over 
from one marketing year to another, the 
Commission may, in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 26, grant a carry-over payment 
in respect of stocks of one or more of the following 
cereals harvested in the Community which remain to 
the end of the marketing year: common wheat, 
durum wheat, rye and barley.' 
11. The following Article is inserted: 
'Article 11a 
1. Aid may be granted for cereals harvested in the 
Community that are used for research and 
development work on new industrial uses. 
The amount of the aid shall not exceed that of the 
export refund for the cereal concerned. 
2. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on 
a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt rules 
for the application of this Article.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 July 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard 
qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat 
COM(86) 30 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 February 1986) 
(86/C 53/07) 
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 organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by 
(') OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 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 Par­
liament, 
Whereas production and consumption trends in the 
cereals sector call for more stringent intervention 
requirements; whereas this may be achieved only by 
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introducing more restrictive requirements for the 
standard quality and, consequently, for the minimum 
quality required for intervention; whereas, to this end, 
the requirements relating to moisture content for cereals 
as a whole and to specific weight for common wheat and 
barley should be tightened up and the definition of the 
standard quality should include technical criteria for 
common wheat complying with the new guidelines in the 
cereals sector, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following text: 
'Article 1 
The standard quality for which the intervention price 
and the target price for common wheat are fixed is 
defined in accordance with the following physical and 
technical criteria: 
1. Physical quality criteria: 
(a) Common wheat of a sound and fair mer­
chantable quality, free from abnormal smell 
and live pests, of a colour proper to this cereal; 
(b) Moisture content: 14 %; 
(c) Total percentage of matter other than basic 
cereals of unimpaired quality: 5 % of which: 
— percentage of broken grains: 2 %, 
— percentage of grain impurities: 1,5 % 
("grain impurities" means shrivelled grains, 
grains of other cereals, grains damaged by 
pests, grains showing discolouration of the 
germ and grains heated by drying), 
— percentage of sprouted grains: 1 %, 
— percentage of miscellaneous impurities: 
0,5 % ("miscellaneous impurities" consist 
of extraneous seeds, damaged, grains, 
extraneous matter, husks, ergot, decayed 
grains, dead insects and fragments of 
insects); 
d) Specific weight: 76 kilograms per hectolitre. 
2. Technical quality criteria: 
(a) The technical quality for which the 
intervention price is fixed is defined as follows: 
— the dough from such wheat does not stick 
during the mechanical kneading process, 
— the protein content (N x 5,7), in terms of 
dry matter, is at least 11,5 %, 
— the Zeleny index is at least 25, — the Hagberg falling number is at least 230, 
including preparation (agitation) time of 60 
seconds; 
(b) The technical quality for which the target price 
is fixed is defined as follows: 
— the dough from such wheat does not stick 
during the mechanical kneading process, 
— the protein content (N x 5,7), in terms of 
dry matter, is at least 12,5 %, 
— the Zeleny index is at least 38, 
— the Hagberg falling number is at least 240, 
including preparation (agitation) time of 60 
seconds.' 
2. In Articles 2, 3, 4 and 4a, subparagraph (b) is 
replaced by the following: 
'(b) Moisture content: 14 %.' 
3. In Article 3, subparagraph (d) is replaced by the 
following: 
'(d) Specific weight: 69 kilograms per hectolitre.' 
4. In Article 5, subparagraph (d) is replaced by the 
following: 
'(d) Moisture content: 14 %'. 
5. In Article 6, subparagraph (b) is replaced by the 
following: 
'(b) The methods necessary for determining: 
— the matter other than basic cereals of 
unimpaired quality, 
— moisture content, 
— "mitadine" durum wheat grains, 
— tannin content, 
— dough mechanical kneadability, 
— protein content, 
— the Zeleny index, 
— the Hagberg number 
shall be established according to the procedure 
laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75.' 
Article 2 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1955/81 is hereby 
repealed. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Communities: 
It shall apply from 1 July 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.