CELEX: 31973R0368
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 368/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69 as regards the standard method of denaturing common wheat in Ireland and the United Kingdom

No L 39/28                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              12. 2. 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 368/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 31 January 1973
              derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69 as regards the standard method of
                             denaturing common wheat in Ireland and the United Kingdom
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Cereals ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/
EEC (x) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization                                        Article 1
 of the market in cereals, as last amended by the Act (2)
 annexed to the Treaty ( 3) on the Accession of new               By way of derogation from Article 1 of Regulation
Member States to the European Economic Community                   (EEC) No 1403/69, the denaturing process for common
 and the European' Atomic Energy Community, signed                wheat, set out in the Annex to this Regulation may,
 at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular                until 30 April 1973 , be used in Ireland and the United
Article 7 (5) thereof,                                            Kingdom in place of the standard method.
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)                                          Article 2
No 1403/69 (4) of 18 July 1969 laying down detailed               There may be no trade between Member States in
rules for the application of the provisions concerning            common wheat denatured in accordance with Article 1,
denaturing of common wheat, and rye of bread­                     except between Ireland and the United Kingdom.
making quality provided for standard method, set
out in Annex I ; whereas to give the professional
circles concerned enough time to convert their                                            Article 3
denaturing establishments and to obtain sufficient
quantities of the necessary products, a temporary                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
derogation should be authorized for Ireland and                   its publication in the Official Journal of the European
the United Kingdom as regards the method of denaturing            Communities .
common wheat used in the European Community as
originally constituted ;                                          This Regulation shall apply from 1 February 1973.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
i1)  OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.
(2)  OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
( 3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
(4)  OJ No L 180 , 22. 7. 1969, p. 3 .
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                                                           ANNEX
                Denaturing process for common wheat applicable in Ireland and the United Kingdom
            The common wheat must be treated with one of the colouring matters listed below in such manner
            that the said common wheat shall contain a quantity of colouring matter at least equal to that
            shown in column 4 and evenly distributed, so that at least 5 % of the grains shall be coloured and
            distributed throughout the whole quantity.
                                        TABLE OF COLOURING MATTERS
                   1                                   2                                  3              4
                                                                                      Colour         Minimum
             Common name
                                               Scientific name
                                                                                      Index         quantity in
                of dye                                                                ( 1956 )    parts per mil­
                                                                                     number       lion by weight
            Amaranth         trisodium salt of 1-(4-sulpho-1-naphthylazo)-
                             2-naphthol-3 : 6-disulphonic acid                       16 185              20
            Green S          sodium salt of di-(p-dimethylaminophenyl)-2­
                             hydroxy-3 : 6-disulphonaphthylmethanol
                             anhydride                                               44 090              20
            Indigo           disodium salt of indigotin-5 : 5-disulphonic acid       73 015             20
            Carmine
            Orange G         disodium salt of l-phenylazo-2-naphthol-6 : 8
                             disulphonic acid                                        16 230            100