CELEX: 31977R1630
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1630/77 of 20 July 1977 implementing a special intervention measure for common wheat of bread-making quality at the start of the 1977/78 marketing year

21 . 7. 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 181 /29
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1630/77
                                                      of 20 July 1977
              implementing a special intervention measure for common wheat of bread­
                             making quality at the start of the 1977/78 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas the conditions laid down in Commission
COMMUNITIES,                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 of 20 July 1977 on
                                                                detailed rules of application for special intervention
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           measures to support the market in common wheat of
Economic Community,
                                                                bread-making quality (4) are, for the abovementioned
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    reasons, likely to be satisfied at the beginning of the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­               1 977/78 marketing year ;
tion of the market in cereals (x), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1386/77 (2), and in particular              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Article 8 (4) thereof,                                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                ment Committee for Cereals,
Whereas, as part of the reform of the system of fixing
prices in the cereals sector, provision has been made
for supporting the production of common wheat of
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
good bread-making quality ; whereas for this purpose
a reference price has been fixed, on the basis of which
is calculated the target price for common wheat ;                                         Article 1
whereas provision should also be made for supporting
the market prices of common wheat of bread-making               The intervention agencies of all Member States shall
quality, where necessary by reference to the said refer­        buy in at the reference price, taking into account
ence price ;                                                    Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77, any quanti­
Whereas lack of experience with the operation of the            ties of common wheat of bread-making quality offered
new price system, and the insufficient gap allowed              to them during August, September and October of the
between the reference price and the maize target                 1977/78 marketing year.
price, have led to some concern regarding the beha­
viour of the market at the beginning of the marketing           Such purchases shall be made in any of the interven­
                                                                tion centres laid down for common wheat, under the
year ; whereas, therefore, in accordance with Article 8
of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, provision should be             conditions laid down in Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation
made to apply special intervention measures by way of           (EEC) No 2738 /75.
buying in at the reference price any quantities of
common wheat of bread-making quality offered to                                           Article 2
intervention agencies at the beginning of the 1977/78
marketing year ; whereas such purchases should be               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
carried out under the conditions laid down in Article           following its publication in the Official Journal of
 1 and 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2738/75 of               the European Communities.
29 October 1977 laying down general rules for inter­
vention on the market in cereals (3) ;                          It shall apply with effect from 1 August 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 20 July 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 158 , 29. 6. 1977, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49 .                        (■*) See page 26 of this Official Journal.