Commission Regulation (EC) No 23/98 of 7 January 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 fixing the procedure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies
Date: 1998-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Sweden, barley, intervention agency, marketing standard

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Official Journal of the European Communities

8. 1. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 23/98

of 7 January 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 fixing the procedure and conditions for
the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market
in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75
of 29 October 1975 fixing standard qualities for common
wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2594/97 (4), and in
particular Article 6 (a) thereof,

regarding kernel

Whereas, in view of their climatic conditions, the growing
period for barley varieties predominantly produced in
Finland and Sweden is much shorter; whereas the kernel
size of six-row barley varieties is under 2,2 mm in those
two countries; whereas the barley therefore does not meet
the intervention requirements
size;
whereas the immediate application of the Community
rules is accordingly likely to exclude considerable quant-
ities of Finnish and Swedish barley from buying in,
thereby provoking severe difficulties for producers in the
two countries; whereas Finland and Sweden should ac-
cordingly be authorised temporarily to buy in barley of a
kernel size of under 2,2 mm; whereas the acceptance of a
lower kernel size should not lead to barley of inferior
quality being bought in; whereas the barley in question
should acordingly have a specific weight of at least 64
kg/hl;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2507/97 (6),
lays
down the conditions for the taking over of cereals for
intervention and must accordingly be amended;

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

The following subparagraph is hereby inserted after the
first subparagraph of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
689/92:

‘However, notwithstanding point 2 (a) of the Annex to
Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75, in the case of barley
harvested in Finland or Sweden with a specific weight
of at least 64 kg/hl and offered for intervention in
those countries until the end of the 1998/99 mar-
shall mean grains
keting year,
“shrivelled grains”
which, after elimination of all
the other matter
referred to in the Annex to that Regulation, pass
through sieves with apertures measuring 2 milli-
metres.’

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 7 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 10.

(5) OJ L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18.
(6) OJ L 345, 16. 12. 1997, p. 29.