REGULATION , CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THEIR OWN WHICH ARE SUITED TO THEIR OWN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND COMMERCIAL PRACTISES ;
WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1492/71 OF 13 JULY 1971 FIXING THE PROCEDURE AND CONDITIONS FOR THE TAKING OVER OF CEREALS BY INTERVENTION AGENCIES ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1832/76 ( 4 ), HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS ; WHEREAS , IN THE INTEREST OF CLARITY , IT SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THIS REGULATION ;
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
ANY HOLDER OF A HOMOGENEOUS BATCH OF NOT LESS THAN 80 TONNES OF COMMON WHEAT , RYE , BARLEY OR MAIZE OR 15 TONNES OF DURUM WHEAT , HARVESTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY , SHALL BE ENTITLED TO OFFER SUCH CEREALS TO THE INTERVENTION AGENCY . HOWEVER , THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES MAY FIX A GREATER MINIMUM TONNAGE .
ARTICLE 2
1 . IN ORDER TO BE ACCEPTED FOR INTERVENTION , THE CEREALS MUST BE SOUND , FAIR AND OF MARKETABLE QUALITY .
2 . THEY SHALL BE REGARDED AS SOUND , FAIR AND OF MARKETABLE QUALITY IF THEY ARE OF THE TYPICAL COLOUR OF THE CEREAL IN QUESTION , FREE FROM ABNORMAL SMELL AND LIVE PESTS ( INCLUDING MITES ) AT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND IF THEY MEET THE MINIMUM QUALITY REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX HERETO .
3 . FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REGULATION , THE DEFINITIONS OF MATTER OTHER THAN BASIC CEREALS OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY SHALL BE THOSE SET OUT IN ANNEX I TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2731/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 FIXING STANDARD QUALITIES FOR COMMON WHEAT , RYE , BARLEY , MAIZE AND DURUM WHEAT ( 5 ), WITH THE ADDITION , AS REGARDS MAIZE , OF THOSE SET OUT IN THE FIRST AND SECOND INDENTS OF ARTICLE 4 ( C ) OF THAT REGULATION .
4 . IN THE EVENT OF PARTICULARLY UNFAVOURABLE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS , PROVISION MAY BE MADE UNDER THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 26 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 FOR DEROGATIONS FROM PARAGRAPH 2 IN RESPECT OF THE MARKETING YEAR IN QUESTION AND OF SPECIFIED REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY . UNDER SUCH DEROGATIONS :
- THE PERCENTAGE OF MATTER WHICH IS NOT BASIC CEREAL OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY MAY BE INCREASED TO NOT MORE THAN 15 % ,
- THE PERCENTAGE OF SPROUTED GRAINS MAY BE INCREASED TO NOT MORE THAN 12 % ,
- THE PERCENTAGE OF SHRIVELLED COMMON WHEAT OR BARLEY MAY BE INCREASED TO NOT MORE THAN 15 % ,
- THE PERCENTAGE OF ' MITADINE ' GRAINS IN DURUM WHEAT MAY BE INCREASED TO NOT MORE THAN 60 % .
ARTICLE 3
1 . AN OFFER FOR INTERVENTION SHALL BE MADE IN WRITING TO AN INTERVENTION AGENCY .
2 . ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFER BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCY