CELEX: 31986R1580
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1580/86 of 23 May 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat

No L 139 / 34                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                       24 . 5 . 86
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1580/86
                                                               of 23 May 1986
                    amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731 /75 fixing standard qualities for common wheat,
                                                rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                     1.  Physical quality criteria :
                                                                                 ( a ) common wheat of a sound and fair mer­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                  chantable quality, free from abnormal
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                                       smell and live pests , of a colour proper to
thereof,                                                                               this cereal ;
                                                                                 ( b) moisture content : 14 % ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC )
 No 2727 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­                             ( c ) Total percentage of matter other than basic
 ization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                              cereals, of unimpaired qualitiy : 5 % of
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 1 579 / 86 (2), and in particular                               which ;
 Article 3 ( 5 ) thereof,                                                              — percentage of broken grains ; 2 %,
                                                                                       — percentage of grain impurities : 1,5%
 Having        regard       to     the      proposal     from    the
 Commission ( 3 ),
                                                                                             ("grain impurities '' means shrivelled
                                                                                             grains, grains of other cereals , grains
                                                                                             damaged by pests , grains showing dis­
 Having regard to the opinion of the European                                                colouration of the germ and grains
 Parliament (4),                                                                             heated by drying),
                                                                                       — percentage of sprouted grains ; 1 %
 Whereas production and consumption trends in the
 cereals sector call for more stringent intervention                                   — percentage of miscellaneous impuri­
requirements ; whereas this may be achieved only by                                          ties : 0,5 % (" miscellaneous impurities "
 introducing more restrictive requirements for the stand­                                     consist of extraneous seeds , damaged
 ard quality and , consequently, for the minimum quality                                     grains, extraneous matter, husks , ergot,
required for intervention ; whereas , to this end , on the                                   decayed grains, dead insects and frag­
 one hand, the requirements relating to moisture content                                      ments of insects);
 for cereals as a whole and to specific weight for com­                          (d ) Specific weight : 76 kilograms per hecto­
 mon wheat and barley should be tightened up ; where­                                  litre .
 as , on the other hand , the definition of the standard
 quality should include technical criteria for common                         2.  Technical quality criteria :
 wheat complying with the new guidelines in the cereals                          (a) The technical quality for which the inter­
 sector.                                                                               vention price is fixed shall be defined as
                                                                                       follows :
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                          — the dough from such wheat does not
                                                                                              stick during the mechanical kneading
                                                                                              process ,
                                Article 1
                                                                                       — the protein content (N x 5,7 ), in terms
Regulation ( EEC) No 2731 / 75 ( 5 ) is hereby amended as                                     of dry matter, is at least 1 1,5 %,
follows :                                                                              — the Zeleny index is at least 25 ,
                                                                                       — the Hagberg falling number is at
1.    Article 1 is replaced by the following :                                                least 230, including preparation (agita­
                                                                                             tion ) time of 60 seconds ;
       'Article 1
                                                                                 (b) The technical quality for which the target
                                                                                       price is fixed is defined as follows :
      The standard quality for which the intervention
      price and the target price for common wheat are                                  — the dough from such wheat does not
      fixed shall be defined in accordance with the fol­                                      stick during the mechanical kneading
                                                                                              process ,
      lowing physical and technical criteria :
                                                                                       — the protein content (N x 5,7), in terms
                                                                                              of dry matter, is at least 12,5 %,
  ')   OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 .                                            — the Zeleny index is at least 38 ,
  :)   See page 29 of this Official Journal .
  3)  OJ No C 53 , 7 . 3 . 1986, p. 8 .                                                — the Hagberg falling number is at
  4)  OJ No C 120, 20. 5 . 1986 .                                                             least 240, including preparation ( agita­
  5)  OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 22 .                                                   tion ) time of 60 seconds .'
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2.    In Articles 2, 3 , 4 and 4a, (b) is replaced by the                     — protein content,
      following :                                                             — the Zeleny index ,
      '(b) Moisture content : 14 %'.                                          — the Hagberg number
                                                                              shall be established according to the procedure
3.    In Article 3 , (d) is replaced by the following :                       laid down in Article 26 of Regulation ( EEC )
      '(d) Specific weight : 67 kilogrammes per hectolitre .'                 No 2727 / 75 .'
4.    In Article 5 , (d) is replaced by the following :
                                                                                                   Article 2
      '(d) Moisture content : 14%'.
                                                                    Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1995 / 81 (') is hereby
5.     In Article 6, (b) is replaced by the following :             repealed .
      '(b) The methods necessary for determining :
            —   the   matter other than     basic   cereals of                                     Article 3
                unimpaired quality,
            — moisture content ,                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
            — " mitadine" durum wheat grains ,                       publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                     Communities.
            — tannin content ,
            — dough mechanical kneadability,                         It shall apply from 1 July 1986 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                   Done at Brussels , 23 May 1986 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                   G. BRAKS
                                                                     (')  OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7 . 1981 , p. 2 .