CELEX: 31986R0626
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 626/86 of 28 February 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 as concerning the taking over of cereals by the Spanish intervention agency

No L 60 / 4                                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                          1 . 3 . 86
                                                COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 626 / 86
                                                               of 28 February 1986
                      amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1569 / 77 concerning the taking over of cereals by the Spanish
                                                                intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                  enabling the appropriate changes to be made ; whereas the
                                                                              immediate application of the Community system would
                                                                              entail a risk of large quantities being excluded from
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                              intervention ; whereas such application would consequently
Economic Community ,
                                                                              give rise to substantial difficulties for Spanish producers and
                                                                              would , at least in part , be contrary to the objectives of Article
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ,                 112 of the Act of Accession ;
and in particular Article 90 thereof,
                                                                              Whereas Article 112 of the Act of Accession introduced
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 of                   special arrangements for a transitional period , concerning
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market                      the specific weight of barley presented for intervention in
in cereals {*), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No                      Spain ; whereas the purpose of that provision was to enable
3793 / 85 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 7 ( 5 ) thereof,                   Spanish producers to improve their production structures
                                                                              and to adjust progressively to the Community rules ; whereas
                                                                              Regulation ( EEC ) No 1569 / 77 should therefore be amended
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 1569 / 77 of                         on the basis of the abovementioned provision and the
11 July 1977 fixing the procedure and conditions for the                      appropriate specifications relating to its application in
taking over of cereals by intervention agencies ( 3 ), as last                accordance with the objective pursued should be laid
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2262 / 85 ( 4 ), provides , in               down ;
the event of intervention , for a minimum quantity of 80
tonnes of common wheat , rye , barley , maize or sorghum ;
                                                                              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
                                                                              accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee
Whereas , under the intervention arrangements in force in                     for Cereals ,
Spain up to 1 March 1986 , the minimum quantity which
may be presented for intervention is 10 tonnes ; whereas the
Spanish Government is encouraging better organization of
the cereals sector at producer level ; whereas the transition                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
from the national arrangements to those resulting from
application of the common organization of the markets may                                                    Article 1
create difficulties , particularly for small Spanish growers ;
whereas , to enable those growers to undertake structural
improvements , provision should be made for a progressive                     Regulation ( EEC ) No 1569 / 77 is amended as follows :
adaptation to the Community rules ;
                                                                               1 . The following subparagraph is added to Article 1 :
Whereas the Annex to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
 2731 / 75 of 29 October 1975 fixing standard qualities for                        'By way of derogation from the first subparagraph ,
common wheat , rye , barley , maize , sorghum and durum                            homogeneous batches of common wheat , rye , barley ,
wheat ( s ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No                              maize or sorghum weighing not less than 10 tonnes for
 1028 / 84 ( 6 ), defined shrivelled grains ; whereas according to                 the period from 1 March 1986 to the end of the 1985 / 86
 that definition shrivelled grains in the case of barley means                     marketing year and not less than 40 tonnes for the
 grains which pass through sieves with apertures measuring                         1986 / 87 marketing year may be presented to the
 2,2 millimetres ;                                                                 intervention agency in Spain .'
 Whereas in this respect also it should be laid down that                      2 . The following subparagraph is added to Article 2 ( 3 ):
 the transition from the provisions applied in Spain prior
 to 1 March 1986 to those laid down by the common                                  'However , by way of derogation from the
                                                                                   abovementioned Regulation ( EEC ) No 2731 / 75 , in the
 organization of the markets is to be progressive , thereby                        case of barley harvested in Spain and offered for
                                                                                   intervention in that country during the period from
                                                                                    1 March 1986 to the end of the 1986 / 87 marketing year ,
 (*) OJ.No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 .                                           "shrivelled grains" shall mean grains which , after
 (2)  OJ No  L  367 ,  31 . 12 . 1985 , p. 19 .                                     elimination from the sample of all the other matter
 (3)  OJ No  L   174 , 14 . 7 . 1977 , p. 15 .                                      referred to in the Annex to the said Regulation ,
 (4)  OJ No  L  211 ,  8 . 8 . 1985 , p. 23 .
 (5)  OJ No  L  281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 22 .                                      pass   through       sieves   with    apertures   measuring
                                                                                    2 millimetres .'
 (6 ) OJ No  L   107 , 19 . 4 . 1984 , p. 17 .
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3 . The following footnote No 4 is added to the 'barley'                                         Article 2
     column of point E of the Annex :
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
                                                                      publication in the Official Journal of the European
     '4 . Subject , as regards barley harvested in Spain , to the     Communities .
          first subparagraph of Article 112 of the Act of
          Accession of Spain and Portugal .'                          It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1986 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels , 28 February 1986 .
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                              Vice-President