Commission Regulation (EC) No 1424/98 of 3 July 1998 amending Reglation (EEC) No 689/92 fixing the procedures and conditions for the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies
Date: 1998-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, intervention agency, product quality

L 190/14

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Official Journal of the European Communities

4. 7. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1424/98

of 3 July 1998

amending Reglation (EEC) No 689/92 fixing the procedures 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,

Whereas, when verifying the weight by volumetric meas-
uring, account should also be taken of any differences in
the rates of various impurities compared with the rate
observed during weighing;

the minimum criteria for

intervention are
Whereas
important instruments for conducting policy to improve
the quality of Community production; whereas produc-
tion quality will become more and more important in a
market increasingly open and competitive;

Whereas, in the case of durum wheat, the rate of loss of
vitreous aspect is determined for the yield in groats and
the main products processed from this cereal;
meal,
the intervention
whereas to facilitate the disposal of
product to processing industries in cases of resale on the
internal market, this rate of loss of vitreous aspect should
be adjusted;

Whereas in the case of rye, there has been an appreciable
increase in production and disproportionate deliveries to
intervention, given the share of rye production in cereal
production as a whole;

Whereas it is recognised that the deliveries to interven-
tion involve primarily fodder rye; whereas this trend
should be counteracted by setting the minimum criteria
at a level closer to bread-making quality;

Whereas, with a view to balance, the minimum quality for
common wheat should also be adjusted;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 23/98 (4), fixes the
conditions for the taking over of cereals into intervention;
whereas it is therefore necessary to amend this Regula-
tion;

Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit laid down by
its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 is amended as follows:

1. the first indent in the second subparagraph of Article

3(6)(b) is replaced by:
‘(cid:190) the rate to be recorded shall be that entered in the
stock records, adjusted, where appropriate, to take
account of any difference between the moisture
impurities
rate of
content
(Schwarzbesatz)
the moment of
recorded at
weighing and those determined on the basis of the
representative sample,';

and the

various

2. the Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.

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, 3 July 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 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 4, 8. 1. 1998, p. 48.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Durum wheat Common wheat

Rye

Barley

Maize

Sorghum

A. Maximum moisture content

14,5 %

14,5 %

14,5 %

14,5 %

14,5 %

14,5 %

B. Maximum percentage of matter which is not

basic cereal of unimpaired quality

12 %

12 %

12 %

12 %

12 %

12 %

Of which:
1. Broken grains

2. Impurities consisting of grains (other than

indicated at 3)

Of which:
(a) shrivelled grains

(b) other cereals

(c) grains damaged by pests

(d) grains

in which the germ is dis-

coloured

5 %

7 %

6 %

5 %

3 %

5 %

5 %

(cid:190)

(e) grains overheated during drying

0,50 %

0,50 %

1,5 %

3. Mottled grains and/or grains affected with

fusariosis

Of which:
(cid:190) grains affected with fusariosis

4. Sprouted grains

5. Miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz)

5 %

1,5 %

4 %

3 %

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

4 %

3 %

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

4 %

3 %

5 %

10 %

10 %

12 %

5 %

(cid:190)

3 %

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

6 %

3 %

5 %

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

3 %

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

6 %

3 %

5 %

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

3 %

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

6 %

3 %

Of which:

(a) extraneous seeds:
(cid:190) noxious
(cid:190) other

(b) damaged grains:

0,10 %

0,10 %

0,10 %

0,10 %

0,10 %

0,10 %

(cid:190) grains damaged by spontaneous
too extreme heating

heating or
during drying

0,05 %

0,05 %

(cid:190) other

(c) extraneous matter

(d) husks

(e) ergot

(f) decayed grains

(g) dead insects and fragments of insects

C. Maximum percentage of wholly or partially

mitadine grains

D. Maximum tannin content

0,05 %

0,05 %

0,05 %
(cid:190)

27 %

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

E. Minimum specific weight

78 kg/hl

72 kg/hl

68 kg/hl

62 kg/hl

F. Protein content

11,5 % (1)

G. Hagberg falling number

H. Zeleny index

(1) Percentage calculated on the dry matter.'

220

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

220

20

(cid:190)

100

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

1 % (1)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)