Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat
Date: 1993-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, common wheat, intervention price, product quality, target price, threshold price

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(93) 122final 

Brussels, 25  March 1993 

Proposal  for a 

milNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard qualities 
for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat 

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(presented by the Commission) 

A 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Following the adoption of the new basic regulation on the common 
organization of the market in cereals, the regulation fixing the 
standard qualities for the cereals for which common prices are fixed 
should be adapted. 

For common wheat it is proposed to use one single standard quality for 
the intervention price, target price and threshold price, based on the 
standard quality currently used for intervention.  For the other 
cereals, it is proposed that the standard quality currently applicable 
to the intervention and target prices be extended to the threshold 
price. 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) No 

/93 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard qualities 
for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat 

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 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the 

common organization of the market in cereals, and in particular Article 3(4) 

thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the commission^), 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament<2), 

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social committee(3), 

Whereas Regulation  (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that a target price, a threshold 

price and an intervention price are to be fixed at the same level for the main 

cereals; whereas, as a result, it is no longer necessary to specify different 

qualities of common wheat for the various types of price; 

Whereas the threshold price is no longer derived from the target price and the 

standard quality fixed for the intervention price and the target price should 

also be applied to the threshold price, 

(1) OJ No L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 22 
(2) OJ No L 
(3) OJ No L 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

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Article 1 

Regulation  (EEC) No 2731/75 is hereby amended as follows: 

1.  Article 1 is replaced by the following: 

"Article 1 

The standard quality for which the intervention price, the target price and 

the threshold price for common wheat are fixed shall be defined in accordance 

with the following physical and technical criteria: 

1. Physical quality criteria: 

(a) common wheat of a sound and fair merchantable 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: 7€ kilograms per hectolitre; 

•) OJ  NO L 281, 1.11. 197S r\ 

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2. Technical quality criteria: 

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." 

2.  "The target price and the intervention price" in Articles 2, 3, 4a and 5 is 

replaced by "The target price, the intervention price and the threshold 

price". 

3.  "in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation  (EEC) 

No 2727/75" in Article 6(b) is replaced by "in accordance with the procedure 

laid down in Article 23 of Regulation  (EEC) No 1766/92". 

This Regulation shall enter into fore on 1 July 1993. 

Article 2 

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

Member states. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

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1.  &DGET HEADIN3:  101  (Article) 

APPROPRIATIONS: tiCU  z  144 ni 11 ion 

2.  TITLE: Draft Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard qualities for 

cannon wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorgrun and durum wheat 

3. LEGAL BASIS: Article 43 of the Treaty 

4. AIMS OF PROJECT: 

To fix standard qualities 

5.  FINANCIAL  IK/PLICATIONS 

(ECUm) 

Period of 12 months 

Current Financial  Year 
1993 

Fol lowing Financial Year 
1994 

5.0 EXPENDITURE 

- CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET 
- (XXXXXXX/INTERVENTION) 

5.0.1  ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1  ESTIMATED REVENUE 

5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION: 

p.m. 

1995 

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

1996 

p.m. 

1997 

199B 

p.m. 

p.m. 

6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? 
YESXXX 

6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? 

6.2  IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY? 

6.3 WiLL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY? 

OBSERVATIONS: 

xxxxx* 

XXXXND 

YESXXX 

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