Commission Regulation (EC) No 2107/2000 of 4 October 2000 derogating, as regards the maximum moisture content of certain cereals offered for intervention during the 2000/01 marketing year, from Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies and laying down methods of analysis for determining the quality of cereals
Date: 2000-10-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: barley, common wheat, derogation from EU law, intervention agency, product quality, rye

5.10.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2107/2000

of 4 October 2000

derogating, as regards the maximum moisture content of certain cereals offered for intervention
during the 2000/01 marketing year, from Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 establishing procedures for
the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies and laying down methods of analysis for
determining the quality of cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

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 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 of 19 April
2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of
cereals by intervention agencies and laying down
methods of analysis for determining the quality of
cereals (3) sets the maximum moisture content of cereals
at 14,5 % and lays down reductions in the intervention
price for cereals with a moisture content of more than
14 %.

The 2000 harvest of some cereals was carried out in
certain regions in unusual weather conditions, resulting
in an above-normal moisture content, exceeding the
maximum level

laid down for intervention.

The situation described above is likely disproportionately
to reduce market prices and the Member States
concerned should therefore be permitted to derogate
for common
from the moisture-content requirement

wheat, barley and rye and extend the list of price reduc-
tions.

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

1.
Notwithstanding Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 824/
2000, Member States are authorised to set the maximum mois-
ture content for common wheat, barley and rye offered for
intervention during the 2000/01 marketing year at 15 %. In
that case, the price reductions given in the Annex hereto shall
apply.

2. Member States deciding to apply the derogation provided
for in paragraph 1 shall notify the Commission thereof before
1 November 2000.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 November 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 31.

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ANNEX

Price reductions for moisture content

Moisture content
(%)

Price reduction
(EUR/t)

15,0

14,9

14,8

14,7

14,6

2,0

1,8

1,6

1,4

1,2