CELEX: 31972R1898
Language: en
Date: 1972-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1898/72 of the Commission of 1 September 1972 on a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71 as regards the quality of cereals of the 1972 crop accepted for intervention

Official Journal of the European Communities                                     957
No L 201/10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 2.9.72
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1898/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 1 September 1972
                     on a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71 as regards the quality
                                   of cereals of the 1972 crop accepted for intervention
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­                                  (a) the total percentage of constituents which are
MUNITIES,                                                                 basic cereals of unimpaired quality is not less
                                                                          than 85 % ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                         (b) the moisture content of which does not exceed
European Economic Community ;                                             a percentage fixed by the intervention agencies
                                                                          at between 14 and 18% according to region ;
Having     regard     to   Council       Regulation     No
120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                        2. Common wheat and barley of the 1972 crop of
organization of the market in cereals, as last amended               which the percentage of sprouted grains does not
by Regulation (EEC) No 796/72,2 and in particular                    exceed :
Article 7 (5) thereof;
                                                                     (a) 8% for common wheat;
Whereas unfavourable weather conditions during the                   (b) 13% for barley.
summer of 1972 have led to a high moisture content
in the common wheat, rye and barley crop and
whereas this must be taken into account when these                                        Article 2
cereals are accepted for intervention under Article 2
(3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1492/713 of                Where intervention agencies accept cereals under the
13 July 1971 fixing the procedure and conditions for             conditions laid down in Article 1 , the price
the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies ;            reductions :
                                                                 (a) for moisture content shall be those set out in
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has                       Table I of the Annex to Commission Regulation
not delivered an Opinion within the time limit set by                  (EEC) No 1493 /714 of 13 July 1971 on price
its Chairman ;                                                         increases and reductions applicable to
                                                                       intervention in cereals ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                 (b) for sprouted common wheat grains shall be those
                                                                       laid down in Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                         Article 1                                     No 1493/71 ;
                                                                  (c) for sprouted barley grains, exceeding 10% but
By way of derogation from Article 2 (2) of                             not exceeding 13% , shall be those laid down for
Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71 and without prejudice                      common wheat in Article 4 (2) of Regulation
to the other quality requirements set out in that                      (EEC) No 1493/71 .
paragraph, the following shall be considered to be of
sound and fair marketable quality in order to be
accepted for intervention :                                                               Article 3
1 . Common wheat, rye and barley of the 1972 crop :              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
                                                                 its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                 European Communities.
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
2 OJ No L 94, 21.4.1972, p. 7.
s OJ No L 157, 14.7.1971, p. 18.                                 4 OJ No L 157, 14.7.1971, p. 21.
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    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable dn all Member
    States.
    Done at Brussels, 1 September 1972.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                         The President
                                                                       S. L. MANSHOLT