Commission Regulation (EC) No 1664/1999 of 28 July 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 fixing the procedure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies
Date: 1999-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, intervention agency, product quality

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Official Journal of the European Communities

29. 7. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1664/1999

of 28 July 1999

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,

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Cereals,

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 Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 1253/1999, and in particular Article 6
(a) thereof,

(1) 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 require-
ments regarding kernel size; whereas the immediate
application of the Community rules is accordingly likely
considerable quantities of Finnish and
to exclude
Swedish barley from buying in,
thereby provoking
severe difficulties for producers in the two countries;
whereas Finland and Sweden should accordingly 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
accordingly have a specific weight of at least 64 kg/hl;

(2) Whereas implementation from the 1993/94 marketing
year of the reform of the common agricultural policy in
the cereals sector may lead to difficulties for producers
of certain cereals in certain areas of the Community;
whereas, to lessen the impact of these mechanisms on
the income of the said producers, provision should be
made for exemptions from certain provisions relating to
quality once again in the 1999/2000 marketing year, as
was done in 1998/1999;

(3) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1612/98 (5), lays
down the conditions for the taking over of cereals for
intervention and must accordingly be amended;

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 74, 20.3.1992, p. 18.
(5) OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 25.

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 682/92 is amended as follows:

1. The following subparagraph is hereby inserted after the first

subparagraph of Article 2 (3):

‘However, notwithstanding point 2(a) of the Annex to Regu-
lation (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 1999/2000 marketing year, “shrivelled grains”
shall mean grains which, after elimination of all the other
matter referred to in the Annex to that Regulation, pass
through sieves with apertures measuring 2 millimetres.'

2. The text of Article 2(4) is replaced by the following:

Notwithstanding paragraph 2, and for the 1999/2000

‘4.
marketing year:

— at the request of the Member State, a decision shall be
taken in accordance with the procedure provided for in
Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, to fix the
maximum moisture content at 15 % for cereals offered
for
intervention with the exception of maize and
sorghum,

— the reduction provided for in the case of barley of a
specific weight less than 64 kg/hl referred to in Annex
II, Table III shall not apply.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from l July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission