CELEX: 31972R1761
Language: en
Date: 1972-08-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1761/72 of the Commission of 11 August 1972 on a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71 as regards the percentage of shrivelled grains in barley taken over by intervention agencies for the 1972/73 marketing year

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                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1761/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 11 August 1972
               on a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71 as regards the percentage of
               shrivelled grains in barley taken over by intervention agencies for the 1972/73
                                                       marketing year
THE    COMMISSION         OF    THE    EUROPEAN      COM­         that of other competing feedgrain into account;
 MUNITIES,                                                        whereas, therefore, in order to adapt the price of this
                                                                  barley to its feed value when it is remarketed, a price
                                                                  reduction should be applied as soon as it is offered
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      for intervention :
European Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas, to determine the amount of this reduction,
 120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                        the feed value of barley with a percentage of
organization of the market in cereals, as last amended            shrivelled grains more than 15% but not more than
by Regulation (EEC) No 796/72,2 and in particular                 25% should be compared with standard quality
Article 7 (5 ) thereof;                                           barley by reference to the difference in specific
                                                                  weight; whereas, taking account of this difference
                                                                  which may approximately be evaluated at 4% , and
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71 3                  of the resulting loss in marketing value, the amount
of 13 July 1971 fixing the procedure and conditions               of the price reduction applicable to barley with a
for the taking over of cereals by intervention                    percentage of shrivelled grains more than 15% but
agencies, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  not more than 25% should be fixed at a flat rate
 1422/72,4 restricted the percentage of shrivelled barley         of 2 units of account per metric ton ;
grains to 15% ;
Whereas, owing to the particularly unfavourable                   Whereas the Management Committee for cereals has
climatic conditions during the growth period of the               not delivered an Opinion within the time limit set by
cereals, barley of the 1972 harvest contains a large              its Chairman ;
percentage     of    shrivelled    grains ;  whereas    the
conditions fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71
should therefore be relaxed so that this barley can be
taken over by intervention agencies ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas relaxation of the take over conditions will
mean that large quantities of barley with a relatively
reduced nutritive value owing to the high shrivelled
grain content will be offered for intervention ;
whereas intervention agencies remarketing this barley
will have to take its nutritive value as compared with                                   Article 1
                                                                  By way of derogation from the eleventh indent
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.                               of Article 2 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1492/71 , the
2 OJ No L 94, 21.4.1972, p. 7.                                    percentage of shrivelled grains in barley taken over
3 OJ No L 157, 14.7.1971 , p. 18 .                                by the intervention agencies shall not exceed 25% for
4 OJ No L 151, 5.7.1972, p. 15.                                   the 1972/73 marketing year.
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                      Article 2                                                      Article 3
For barley with a percentage of shrivelled grains            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
more than 15% but not more than 25% , a flat-rate            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
reduction of 2 units of account per metric ton shall         European Communities.
be applied during the 1972/73 marketing year.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 11 August 1972.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                  S. L. MANSHOLT