CELEX: 51986PC0030(02)
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2731/75 FIXING STANDARD QUALITIES FOR COMMON WHEAT, RYE, BARLEY, MAIZE, SORGHUM AND DURUM WHEAT

No C 53/8                                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                    7.3.86
   7. Article 7 (1) is replaced by the following:                               dure laid down in Article 26. Detailed rules for the
                                                                                application of the Article shall, where appropriate,
      '1.      The intervention agencies designated by the                      be adopted in accordance with the same procedure.'
      Member States shall buy in cereals referred to in
      Article 3 which have been harvested in the
                                                                            10. Article 9 is replaced by the following:
      Community and which are offered to them during
      the period from 1 December to 30 April, provided                           'Article 9
      that the offers comply with conditions, in particular
      in respect of quality and quantity, to be determined                      To the extent required to facilitate the change-over
      in accordance with paragraph 5.                                           from one marketing year to another, the
                                                                                Commission may, in accordance with the procedure
      However, subject to certain conditions and in                             laid down in Article 26, grant a carry-over payment
      respect of certain periods to be determined in                            in respect of stocks of one or more of the following
      accordance with the procedure laid down in Article                        cereals harvested in the Community which remain to
      26, the Commission shall have power to authorize                          the end of the marketing year: common wheat,
      the submission to intervention agencies of others                         durum wheat, rye and barley.'
      including a cancellation clause.'
                                                                            11. The following Article is inserted:
   8. In Article 7 (2):
      (a) 'single intervention           price'  is    replaced   by             'Article 11a
            'intervention price';                                               1.     Aid may be granted for cereals harvested in the
      (b) the third sentence is deleted.                                        Community that are used for research and
                                                                                development work on new industrial uses.
   9. Article 8 is replaced by the following:                                   The amount of the aid shall not exceed that of the
                                                                                export refund for the cereal concerned.
       'Article 8                                                               2.     The Council, acting by a qualified majority on
      1.      Particular intervention measures may be                           a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt rules
      adopted whenever the market situation in certain                          for the application of this Article.'
      regions of the Community so requires.
                                                                                                      Article 2
      2.      The Council, acting by a qualified majority on
      a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt general                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
      rules for the application of this Article.                           following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                           the European Communities.
      3.      The nature and application of the particular
      intervention measures and the conditions and proc-                   It shall apply from 1 July 1986.
      edures for the sale or for any other means of
      disposal of the products subject to those measures                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
      shall be determined in accordance with the proce-                    directly applicable in all Member States.
                 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard
                               qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat
                                                               COM(86) 30 final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 February 1986)
                                                                 (86/C 53/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES;                                   Regulation (EEC) No . . ./. ., and in particular Article 3
                                                                           (5) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                           Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
thereof,
                                                                           Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                               liament,
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi-
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                    Whereas production and consumption trends in the
                                                                           cereals sector call for more stringent intervention
(') O J N o L 2 8 1 , 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                   requirements; whereas this may be achieved only by
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introducing more restrictive requirements for the                                 — the Hagberg falling number is at least 230,
standard quality and, consequently, for the minimum                                     including preparation (agitation) time of 60
quality required for intervention; whereas, to this end,                                seconds;
the requirements relating to moisture content for cereals                     (b) The technical quality for which the target price
as a whole and to specific weight for common wheat and
                                                                                   is fixed is defined as follows:
barley should be tightened up and the definition of the
standard quality should include technical criteria for                            — the dough from such wheat does not stick
common wheat complying with the new guidelines in the                                   during the mechanical kneading process,
cereals sector,                                                                   — the protein content (N x 5,7), in terms of
                                                                                        dry matter, is at least 12,5 % ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                      — the Zeleny index is at least 38,
                                                                                  — the Hagberg falling number is at least 240,
                             Article 1                                                  including preparation (agitation) time of 60
Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 is hereby amended as                                        seconds.'
follows:
                                                                      2. In Articles 2, 3, 4 and 4a, subparagraph (b) is
                                                                          replaced by the following:
 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following text:
                                                                          '(b) Moisture content: 14 %.'
     'Article 1
                                                                      3. In Article 3, subparagraph (d) is replaced by the
    The standard quality for which the intervention price                 following:
    and the target price for common wheat are fixed is
    defined in accordance with the following physical and                 '(d) Specific weight: 69 kilograms per hectolitre.'
    technical criteria:                                               4. In Article 5, subparagraph (d) is replaced by the
                                                                          following:
    1. Physical quality criteria:
                                                                           '(d) Moisture content: 14 %'.
        (a) Common wheat of a sound and fair mer-
             chantable quality, free from abnormal smell              5. In Article 6, subparagraph (b) is replaced by the
             and live pests, of a colour proper to this cereal;            following:
        (b) Moisture content: 14 % ;                                       '(b) The methods necessary for determining:
                                                                                — the matter other than              basic cereals  of
        (c) Total percentage of matter other than basic                              unimpaired quality,
             cereals of unimpaired quality: 5 % of which:                       — moisture content,
             — percentage of broken grains: 2 %,
                                                                                — "mitadine" durum wheat grains,
             — percentage of grain impurities: 1,5 %
                                                                                — tannin content,
                 ("grain impurities" means shrivelled grains,
                 grains of other cereals, grains damaged by                     — dough mechanical kneadability,
                 pests, grains showing discolouration of the                    — protein content,
                 germ and grains heated by drying),                             — the Zeleny index,
             — percentage of sprouted grains: 1 %,                              — the Hagberg number
             — percentage of miscellaneous impurities:                          shall be established according to the procedure
                 0,5 % ("miscellaneous impurities" consist                      laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No
                 of extraneous seeds, damaged, grains,                          2727/75.'
                 extraneous matter, husks, ergot, decayed
                 grains, dead insects and fragments of                                              Article 2
                 insects);
                                                                       Council Regulation          (EEC)    No    1955/81   is  hereby
        d) Specific weight: 76 kilograms per hectolitre.               repealed.
    2. Technical quality criteria:
                                                                                                    Article 3
        (a) The      technical     quality for      which    the
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
             intervention price is fixed is defined as follows:
                                                                       following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
             — the dough from such wheat does not stick                the European Communities:
                 during the mechanical kneading process,
             — the protein content (N x 5,7), in terms of              It shall apply from 1 July 1986.
                 dry matter, is at least 11,5 %,                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
             — the Zeleny index is at least 25,                        directly applicable in all Member States.