CELEX: 31967R0172
Language: en
Date: 1967-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 172/67/EEC of the Council of 27 June 1967 on general rules governing the denaturing of wheat and rye of bread-making quality

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    139
2602/67                       OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                       28.6.67
                                REGULATION No 172/67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 27 June 1967
              on general rules governing the denaturing of wheat and rye of bread-making quality
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC                           Whereas when they have been denatured, wheat and
COMMUNITY,                                                     rye have characteristics such that they could be sub­
                                                               stituted for barley or maize for certain uses ; whereas,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­             therefore, care must be taken to ensure that denatur­
pean Economic Community;                                       ing does not cause disturbances on the market for the
                                                               two latter products ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/
EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation                Whereas owing to the interchangeability of denatured
of the market in cereals, and in particular Article            common wheat and barley, the refund . for denatured
7 (4) and Article 16 (5 ) thereof;                             common wheat should be fixed on the basis of that
                                                               granted for barley;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas methods of denaturing should be effective              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
enough to prevent the denatured cereal being placed
again on the market for human consumption in its                                      Article 1
original state or as a processed product; whereas it is
therefore advisable to lay down technical methods of­
fering minimum safeguards in that respect and to               This Regulation lays down the general rules govern­
provide that in no case could the methods actually             ing the denaturing of common wheat and rye of
employed by Member States result in a lesser degree            bread-making quality, referred to in Article 7 (3 ) of
of denaturing;                                                 Regulation No 120/67/EEC.
Whereas in view of the aim pursued denaturing can                                     Article 2
only be justified for bread-making cereals of a certain
minimum quality; whereas, moreover, the costs en­              1.    The methods employed for denaturing must en­
tailed by denaturing and the control thereof can only          sure that denatured wheat and rye can no longer be
be justified for a minimum quantity of cereals ;               used for human consumption .
Whereas a denaturing premium may be granted in re­             2.    These methods must be at least as effective as a
spect of common wheat; whereas the existence of this           standard method to be determined.
premium should be known to possible beneficiaries
from the beginning of the marketing year, in order to
enable them to plan a suitable use for denatured                                      Article 3
common wheat;
                                                               Cereals for denaturing must be of a minimum quality
Whereas denaturing by intervention agencies ' could            and quantity to be determined .
be an advantageous way of marketing cereals which
had been the subject of intervention ; whereas, there­                                Article 4
fore, cereals denatured by them should have the same
minimum qualities as those which are the subject of a          1.    The denaturing premium for common wheat,
denaturing premium;                                            the  amount of which may vary, shall be fixed before
                                                               the  beginning of and for the duration of each market­
                                                               ing  year in accordance with conditions to be deter­
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p . 2269/67.                           mined .
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2. The premium shall be granted at the request of                                   Article 6
the interested party, if the requirements of Articles 2,
3 and 7 are observed .                                       In the case of an export of denatured common wheat,
                                                             the refund shall be calculated on the basis of the re­
3.    Intervention agencies may also undertake the           fund granted for an export of barley.
denaturing of cereals held by them, if the require­
ments of Article 2 and the quality conditions pro­
vided for in Article 3 are observed .                                               Article 7
                                                             To qualify for the premium, denaturing should be
                        Article 5                            effected in agreement with the intervention agency
                                                             and under its supervision.
The price at which intervention agencies shall sell
denatured common wheat and rye and the amount of
the denaturing premium shall be fixed at such a level                               Article 8
as not to cause, disturbances on the barley and maize
markets .                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1967.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 27 June 1967.
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                    Ch. HEGER