Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat
Official Journal L 281 , 01/11/1975 P. 0022 - 0029
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( 1 ) SEE PAGE 1 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .
( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 16 OCTOBER 1975 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .
( 3 ) OJ NO 279 , 18 . 11 . 1967 , P . 2 .
( 4 ) OJ NO L 100 , 28 . 4 . 1969 , P . 8 .
REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2731/75 OF THE COUNCIL OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 FIXING STANDARD QUALITIES FOR COMMON WHEAT , RYE , BARLEY , MAIZE AND DURUM WHEAT
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ;
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 ( 1 ) OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) THEREOF ;
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ;
HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ) ;
WHEREAS THE COMMON PRICES FOR COMMON WHEAT , RYE , BARLEY , MAIZE AND DURUM WHEAT MUST BE FIXED WITH REFERENCE TO SPECIFIC STANDARD QUALITIES ; WHEREAS THESE SHOULD CORRESPOND AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO THE AVERAGE QUALITIES OF THOSE CEREALS HARVESTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ;
WHEREAS THE STANDARD QUALITIES WERE FIXED BY COUNCIL REGULATION NO 865/67/EEC ( 3 ) OF 14 NOVEMBER 1967 ; WHEREAS THE DEFINITIONS CONTAINED IN THAT REGULATION OF MATTER OTHER THAN BASIC CEREALS OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO APPLY ; WHEREAS THEY SHOULD THEREFORE BE MADE MORE SPECIFIC AND , MOREOVER , THE METHODS OF DETERMINING SUCH MATTER AND THE MOISTURE CONTENT SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED AND HARMONIZED ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR WHICH THE TARGET PRICE AND THE INTERVENTION PRICES FOR COMMON WHEAT ARE FIXED IS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS :
( A ) COMMON WHEAT OF A SOUND AND FAIR MARKETABLE QUALITY , FREE FROM ABNORMAL SMELL AND LIVE PESTS , OF A COLOUR PROPER TO THIS CEREAL AND OF A QUALITY CORRESPONDING TO THE AVERAGE QUALITY OF COMMON WHEAT HARVESTED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ;
( B ) MOISTURE CONTENT : 16 % ;
( C ) TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF MATTER OTHER THAN BASIC CEREALS OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY : 5 % , OF WHICH :
- PERCENTAGE OF BROKEN GRAINS : 2 % ,
- PERCENTAGE OF GRAIN IMPURITIES : 1.5 % ( " GRAIN IMPURITIES "