CELEX: 31976R1832
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1832/76 of 28 July 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71 fixing the procedures and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies

No L 203/26                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 7. 76
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1832/76
                                                        of 28 July 1976
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71 fixing the procedures and conditions
                               for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        requirements for bread-making as defined in Regu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          lation (EEC) No 1831 /76, the following provisions
                                                                      shall apply :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                      Such wheat shall be considered to be of sound and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          marketable quality if it is of the typical colour of
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                    the cereal in question, free from abnormal smell
tion of the market in cereals ^), as last amended by                  and live pests (including mites) at every stage of
Regulation (EEC) No 1 143/76 (2), and in particular                   their development and when :
Articles 4 (3) and 7 (5) thereof,
                                                                      — the total percentage of constituents which are
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71                             basic cereals of unimpaired quality is not less
of 13 July 1971 fixing the procedure and conditions                        than 90 % ;
for the taking over of cereals by intervention agen­                  — the moisture content does not exceed a percen­
cies (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           tage fixed by the intervention agencies at
1422/72 (4), lays down minimum quality requirements                        between 14 and 16% , according to region ;
for common wheat to be processed for human
consumption ; whereas for the 1976/77 marketing                       — the specific weight is not less than a weight
year common wheat which does not meet the condi­                           fixed by the intervention agencies at between
tions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          69 and 72 kg/hi, according to region ;
1831 /76 of 28 July 1976 laying down the method for
determining the minimum bread-making quality of                       — the percentage of sprouted grains does not
                                                                           exceed 6 % ;
common wheat required for intervention in the
1976/77 marketing year (5), shall be considered as a                  — the percentage of impurities consisting of
feed grain and shall be taken over by the intervention                     grains other than shrivelled grains does not
agency at the barley price level ; whereas, as a result,                   exceed 5 % ;
certain of the quality criteria laid down in Article 2 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71 should be amended for                     — the percentage of miscellanous impurities
this type of wheat to make them more compatible                            (Schwarzbesatz) does not exceed 3 % ;
with its intended use in animal feeding ;                             — the percentage of broken grains does not
                                                                           exceed 8 % ;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by                 — the percentage of shrivelled grains does not
its Chairman,                                                              exceed 10 % .'
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                           Article 2
                           Article 1                              Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1492/71 is
                                                                  hereby deleted.
There is hereby added to Regulation (EEC) No
 1492/71 the following Article 2a :
     Article 2a                                                                            Article 3
     By way of derogation from Article 2 (2), if
     common     wheat    does   not     meet   the  minimum       There is hereby added to Article 4 of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 1492/71 the following paragraph 3a :
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1?75, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 130, 19 . 5 . 1976, p. 1 .                                ' 3a. Where common wheat offered to intervention
(3) OJ No L 157, 14. 7. 1971 , p. 18 .
(4) OJ No L 151 , 5. 7. 1972, p. 15.                                  as common wheat of bread-making quality does
(5) See page 20 of this Official Journal .                            not meet the minimum bread-making quality
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    requirements as laid down in Regulation (EEC)                                   Article 4
    No 1831 /76, the offer may be withdrawn.                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    The Member States shall without delay inform the         following its publication in the Official Journal of
    Commission of the number of offers and the quan­         the European Communities.
    tity they represent which are withdrawn.'                It shall be applicable with effect from 1 August 1976.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 28 July 1976.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission