THE WHOLE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES RECORDED DURING THE MEASURING PROCESS, BETWEEN 25*C AND 90*C OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, BETWEEN 48*C AND 75*C, SINCE IT IS DURING THE LATTER STAGE THAT THE HARDENING INCREASES OR DECREASES MORE SHARPLY . ACCORDINGLY, IT IS SUFFICIENT IF, AT A HARDENING TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 63*C, THE UNITS ON A DESCENDING AMYLOGRAM CURVE ARE NOT LESS THAN 200 .
10 ON THE OTHER HAND, THE FEDERAL OFFICE AND THE COMMISSION MAINTAIN THAT THE EXPRESSION "HARDENING TEMPERATURE" REFERS SOLELY TO THE TEMPERATURE REACHED AT THE TIME OF MAXIMUM VISCOSITY .
11 IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 OF THE COUNCIL OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1975, L*281, P . 1 ), AS AMENDED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1143/76 OF 17 MAY 1976 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1976, L*130, P . 1 ), PROVIDES IN PARTICULAR THAT IF THE QUALITY OF THE CEREAL IS DIFFERENT FROM THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR WHICH THE INTERVENTION PRICE HAS BEEN FIXED, THE INTERVENTION PRICE IS TO BE ADJUSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCALES OF PRICE INCREASES AND REDUCTIONS . IN ADDITION, THE AFORESAID ARTICLE PROVIDES THAT, WHEN THE INTERVENTION PRICE IS FIXED, A SPECIAL PRICE INCREASE MAY BE APPLIED FOR BREAD-MAKING RYE WITH CERTAIN QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS .
12 AS REGARDS THAT SPECIAL PRICE INCREASE, ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 1570/77 DEFINES THE QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED, THAT IS TO SAY THE RYE MUST BE OF PARTICULARLY GOOD QUALITY, WHICH IS DEFINED IN DETAIL, AND THUS BE SUITABLE FOR BREAD-MAKING .
13 ACCORDINGLY, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 1570/77 IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT ONLY RYE THE QUALITY OF WHICH IS NOT ONLY HIGHER THAN THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR WHICH THE INTERVENTION PRICE IS FIXED, BUT IS PARTICULARLY HIGH, QUALIFIES FOR A SPECIAL PRICE INCREASE .
14 THE QUALITY REQUIREMENT THUS LAID DOWN IS, MOREOVER, REINFORCED BY A COMPARISON WITH ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1629/77 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1977, L*181, P . 26 ) CONCERNING COMMON WHEAT OF BREAD-MAKING QUALITY, WHICH MUST BE "SOUND, FAIR AND OF MARKETABLE QUALITY" IN ORDER TO BE ACCEPTED FOR BUYING-IN AT THE SPECIAL INTERVENTION PRICE .
15 RAIFFEISEN' S INTERPRETATION OF THE PROVISION IN QUESTION FAILS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE QUALITY OBJECTIVES REFERRED TO THEREIN . IT IS CLEAR FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE EXPERTS AT THE HEARING THAT, IN GENERAL, APART FROM CERTAIN VERY SPECIAL SITUATIONS, WHERE THE NUMBER OF AMYLOGRAM UNITS IN PRODUCTS IS HIGH BUT THE HARDENING TEMPERATURE OF THOSE PRODUCTS IS LESS THAN 63*C AT THE SUMMIT OF THE AMYLOGRAM CURVE, THE CRUST DETACHES ITSELF APPRECIABLY, THERE IS TENDENCY FOR WATER TO ACCUMULATE BENEATH THE CRUST AND THE ELASTICITY OF THE CRUMB IS VERY WEAK OR EVEN DEFECTIVE .
16 IT FOLLOWS FROM THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO THE COURT THAT