Commission Regulation (EC) No 1572/2006 of 18 October 2006 amending 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: 2006-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: barley, common organisation of markets, common wheat, devaluation, durum wheat, intervention agency, maize, quality control of agricultural products, sorghum

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1572/2006

of 18 October 2006

amending 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,

minimum weight criterion should be laid down for
maize.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
the
in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 and the
market
second paragraph of Article 24(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The conditions under which cereals are offered to and
taken over by the intervention agencies must be as
uniform as possible throughout
the Community in
order to avoid any discrimination between producers.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 (2) does not
explicitly specify the deadline for taking over cereals
offered into intervention. This deadline
should be
specified in order to avoid any ambiguity.

Cereals of inadequate quality for use or storage should
not be accepted into intervention. To this end, account
should be taken of the new situation regarding inter-
vention,
in particular the long-term storage of certain
cereals and its effects on product quality.

suitability

Therefore, in order to protect intervention products from
deterioration and to maintain their
for
subsequent use, the quality criteria for maize set out in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 should be
upgraded. To this end, the maximum moisture content
and the maximum percentage of broken grains and
grains overheated during drying should be reduced.
sorghum and
Given the
maize, and in the interests of consistency,
the same
measures should be laid down for sorghum. Moreover,
in the interests of consistency with the other cereals that
are eligible for the intervention scheme, a new specific

similarities of

agronomic

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 31. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1068/2005 (OJ L 174, 7.7.2005, p. 65).

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The level of price increases and reductions applicable to
maize and sorghum set out in Tables I, II and III of
Annex VII
to Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 should
also be amended accordingly.

Details should be given of the information that Member
States must forward to the Commission so that a fort-
nightly statistical report on the state of
intervention
stocks of cereals can be compiled.

in the

interests of

Specific information should be obtained and listed on a
sound
standard regional basis,
management of the cereals intervention scheme. To this
end, the regional
levels set out in council Regulation
(EEC) No 837/90 of 26 March 1990 concerning
information to be supplied by the Member
statistical
States on cereals production (3) should be used, and
Member States should be asked to forward this infor-
mation to the Commission.

In the interests of sound management of the system, the
information required by the Commission should be sent
by electronic means.

Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The amendments provided for in this Regulation should
apply to cereals offered into intervention as from 1
November 2006. This Regulation should therefore enter
into force on the date of its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Union.

(10)

The Management Committee
for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

(3) OJ L 88, 3.4.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 3, point 3.9 is replaced by the following:

‘3.9. the standard method for determining the specific
weight shall comply with ISO 7971/2:1995 and,
in
the case of maize, with the traditional methods applied.’

(a)

information on the state of
12.00 (Brussels time) every Wednesday,
concerning:

intervention stocks by
in particular

(i) the quantities offered into intervention during the
previous week, in accordance with Article 2 of this
Regulation;

(ii) the

quantities offered, where

is
withdrawn by the tenderer after the start of the
intervention period;

tender

the

2. In Article 5, the following paragraph 6 is added:

(iii) the total quantities offered for intervention after the
start of the intervention period, net of the quan-
tities referred to in point (ii);

‘6.
The last take-over shall take place at the latest at the
end of the second month following the month of the final
delivery referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 4(3),
and in any event not later than 31 July in Spain, Greece,
Italy and Portugal and 31 August
in the other Member
States.’

3. In Article 9, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:

‘(a) where the moisture content of cereals offered for inter-
vention is less than 13 % for maize and sorghum and
14 % for other cereals, the price increases to be applied
shall be those listed in Table I of Annex VII. Where the
moisture content of these cereals offered for intervention
is higher than 13 % and 14 % respectively, the price
reductions
to be applied shall be those listed in
Table II of Annex VII;

(b) where

the

specific weight of

cereals offered for
intervention differs from the weight/volume ratio of
76 kg/hl for common wheat, 73 kg/hl for maize and
64 kg/hl for barley, the reductions to be applied shall
be those listed in Table III of Annex VII.’

4. The following Article 11a is inserted:

‘Article 11a

(iv) the total quantity taken over since the start of the
intervention period, in accordance with Article 5 of
this Regulation;

(b)

the quantities put up for tender in accordance with
Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2131/93 (*) on the Wednesday following the publi-
cation of the invitation to tender;

(c)

(d)

the quantities intended for distribution free of charge to
in the Community in
the most deprived persons
accordance with Council Regulation
(EEC) No
3730/87 (**) on the Wednesday following the date on
which the member state defines the lots concerned;

the average results of specific weight, moisture content,
percentage of broken grains and protein content
recorded for the lots of cereals taken over, by region
set out in Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No
837/90 (***), by the end of the month following the
take-over deadline referred to in Article 5(6) of this
Regulation.

___________

(*) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(**) OJ L 352, 15.12.1987, p. 1.
(***) OJ L 88, 3.4.1990, p. 1.’

Each Member State shall
for every cereal
No 1784/2003:

forward by electronic means,
listed in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC)

5. Annexes I and VII are hereby amended in accordance with

the Annex to this Regulation.

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

Article 2

It shall apply from 1 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 October 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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Annexes I and VII are hereby amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

A. Maximum moisture content

14,5 %

14,5 %

14,5 %

13,5 %

13,5 %

B. Maximum percentage of matter which is not basic

12 %

12 %

12 %

12 %

12 %

Durum
wheat

Common
wheat

Barley

Maize

Sorghum

5 %

7 %

5 %

12 %

cereal of unimpaired quality:

1. Broken grains

2. Impurities consisting of grains

(other

than

indicated at 3)

of which:

(a) shrivelled grains

(b) other cereals

6 %

5 %

3 %

(c) grains damaged by pests

(d) grains in which the germ is discoloured

(e) grains overheated during drying

0,50 %

0,50 %

3. Mottled grains and/or grains affected with

5 %

fusariosis,

of which:

— grains affected with fusariosis

4. Sprouted grains

5. Miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz),

1,5 %

4 %

3 %

—

—

4 %

3 %

5 %

5 %

—

—

—

5 %

5 %

—

—

—

0,50 %

0,50 %

—

—

—

6 %

3 %

—

6 %

3 %

5 %

—

3 %

—

—

6 %

3 %

of which:

(a) extraneous seeds:

— noxious

— other

(b) damaged grains:

0,10 %

0,10 %

0,10 %

0,10 %

0,10 %

— grains damaged by spontaneous heating
or too extreme heating during drying

0,05 %

0,05 %

— other

(c) extraneous matter

(d) husks

(e) ergot

(f) decayed grains

0,05 %

0,05 %

(g) dead insects and fragments of insects

C. Maximum percentage of wholly or partially

27 %

—

piebald grains

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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D. Maximum tannin content (1)

E. Minimum specific weight (kg/hl)

F. Minimum protein content (1):

— 2000/01 marketing year

— 2001/02 marketing year

Durum
wheat

Common
wheat

—

78

—

73

11,5 %

10 %

11,5 %

10,3 %

Barley

Maize

Sorghum

—

62

—

—

—

71

—

—

1 %

—

—

—

— 2002/03 marketing year and onwards

11,5 %

10,5 %

G. Hagberg falling number (seconds)

H. Minimum Zeleny index (ml)

(1) As % of dry matter.’

220

—

220

22

—

—

—

2.

In Annex VII, Tables I, II and III are replaced by the following:

‘TABLE I

Price increases for moisture content

Maize and sorghum

Other cereals

Moisture content
(%)

Increases
(EUR/tonne)

Moisture content
(%)

Increases
(EUR/tonne)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

12,4

12,3

12,2

12,1

12,0

11,9

11,8

11,7

11,6

11,5

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

0,1

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,5

0,6

0,7

0,8

0,9

1

13,4

13,3

13,2

13,1

13,0

12,9

12,8

12,7

12,6

12,5

12,4

12,3

12,2

12,1

12,0

11,9

11,8

11,7

11,6

11,5

0,1

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,5

0,6

0,7

0,8

0,9

1,0

1,1

1,2

1,3

1,4

1,5

1,6

1,7

1,8

1,9

2,0

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Maize and sorghum

Other cereals

Moisture content
(%)

Increases
(EUR/tonne)

Moisture content
(%)

Increases
(EUR/tonne)

11,4

11,3

11,2

11,1

11,0

10,9

10,8

10,7

10,6

10,5

10,4

10,3

10,2

10,1

10,0

1,1

1,2

1,3

1,4

1,5

1,6

1,7

1,8

1,9

2,0

2,1

2,2

2,3

2,4

2,5

11,4

11,3

11,2

11,1

11,0

10,9

10,8

10,7

10,6

10,5

10,4

10,3

10,2

10,1

10,0

2,1

2,2

2,3

2,4

2,5

2,6

2,7

2,8

2,9

3,0

3,1

3,2

3,3

3,4

3,5

TABLE II

Price reductions for moisture content

Maize and sorghum

Other cereals

Moisture content
(%)

Reduction
(EUR/tonne)

Moisture content
(%)

Reduction
(EUR/tonne)

13,5

13,4

13,3

13,2

13,1

1,0

0,8

0,6

0,4

0,2

14,5

14,4

14,3

14,2

14,1

TABLE III

Price reductions for specific weight

1,0

0,8

0,6

0,4

0,2

Cereal

Specific weight (kg/hl)

Price reduction
(EUR/tonne)

Common wheat

Maize

Barley

Less than 76 to 75

Less than 75 to 74

Less than 74 to 73

Less than 73 to 72

Less than 72 to 71

Less than 64 to 62

0,5

1,0

1,5

0,5

1,0

1,0’