CELEX: 31971R1493
Language: en
Date: 1971-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1493/71 of the Commission of 13 July 1971 on price increases and reductions applicable to intervention in cereals

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    509
  14.7.71                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 157/21
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1493/71 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 13 July 1971
                           on price increases and reductions applicable to intervention in cereals
 THE     COMMISSION        OF   THE     EUROPEAN       COM­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 MUNITIES,
                                                                                           Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community;                                      When cereals differing from the standard quality for
                                                                   which the intervention price is fixed are bought in by
Having „ regard         to   Council      Regulation     No         intervention agencies, the intervention price shall be
 120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                         increased    or  reduced    in  accordance    with   the
 organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended            provisions of this Regulation.
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2434/702 and in particular
 Article 7 (5 ) thereof;
                                                                                           Article 2
 Whereas common intervention prices are fixed for
cereals of given standard qualities ; whereas                       1.    Price  increases   and     reductions  shall   be
Regulation No 120/67/EEC in Article 7 (2) provides                  calculated by application of the percentages provided
 that where the quality of the cereal bought in by an              for in Articles 3 , 4 and 6 to the basic intervention
 intervention agency is different from the standard                price valid at the beginning of the marketing year.
quality the intervention price shall be increased or               Derived intervention prices shall be increased or
 reduced ;                                                         reduced by the amount of the price increases or
                                                                   reductions thus calculated.
Whereas under an interventiipn price system
provisions can be made for price increases and                     2. Where Article 4 (2) of Regulation No
reductions only in respect of certain basic                        120/67/EEC is applicable, the basic intervention price
 characteristics of cereals, such as the moisture                  for maize shall be replaced by the target price valid at
 content, the specific weight and such impurities as               the beginning of the marketing year, less the
 may be ascertained by ordinary methods ;                          difference between the target , price and the basic
                                                                   intervention price for barley at the beginning of the
Whereas price increases and reductions should be                   marketing year in question.
calculated     with   reference    to  the   effect  of  the
above-mentioned characteristics on the processing
value of cereals of bread-making quality for human                                         Article 3
consumption, and on the value as feed of feed grain;
                                                                   1.    Where the moisture content of common wheat,
Whereas the basis for the calculation of the price                 rye, barley and maize offered for intervention differs
increases    and    reductions     must be the standard            from the moisture content of the standard quality,
qualities determined pursuant to Article 2 (2) of                  the price increases and reductions to be applied shall
 Regulation No 120/67/EEC ;                                        be in accordance with Table I of the Annex. If the
                                                                   dryness of the durum wheat offered for intervention
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation               is higher than the normal dryness, as laid down for
are in accordance with the Opinion of the                          the standard quality, the intervention agency shall
 Management Committee for Cereals ;                                apply the price increases and reductions listed in the
                                                                   above-mentioned Table.
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.                                2. Where the specific weight of common wheat,
2 OJ No L 262, 3.12.1970 , p . 1 .                                 durum wheat, rye and barley offered for intervention
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differs from the specific weight of the standard                                          Article 6
quality, the price increases and reductions to be
applied shall be in accordance with Table II of the             1 . Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 3 ,
Annex.                                                          intervention agencies may apply, on intervention, a
                                                                special increase of 1-50 units of account per metric
3 . Where the application of paragraphs 1 and 2                 ton for rye in production regions of the Community
leads to the simultaneous application of two price              where that cereal is regularly sold for bread-making
increases or two reductions, only the greater price              and where its particularly good quality is suited for
increase or reduction shall apply.                               such use, provided that:
                                                                — the percentage of sprouted grains does not exceed
                                                                     2% ,
                         Article 4
                                                                — the percentage of broken grains does not exceed
1 . Where the percentage of miscellaneous                            5% and the percentage of grain impurities does
impurities (Schwarzbesaiz) exceeds 0:5% for                          not exceed 2% ,
common wheat, durum wheat and rye, and 1% for
barley and maize, a reduction of 0-1% shall be                  — the percentage of spontaneously fermented grains
applied for each excess of 0-1% .                                    does not exceed 0-05% , '
                                                                 — the percentage of heated grains during drying
2. Where, for common wheat and rye, the                              processes does not exceed 0-05% ,
percentage of grain impurities and the percentage of
broken grains together exceed 4% and that of                     — the amylogramme units' are not less than 330
sprouted grains 2-5% , reduction of 0-05% shall be                   units .
 applied for each excess of 0-1% .
                                                                 2.-   For rye of bread-making quality which meets the
3.     Where, for durum wheat, the percentage of                 above-mentioned         minimum        requirements,       the
grain impurities or the percentage of grains of                  intervention agencies may grant in addition to the
common wheat exceeds 4% or the percentage of                     special price increase referred to in paragraph 1 the
sprouted grains exceeds 2-5% , a reduction of 0-05%              following price increases :
shall be applied for each excess of 0-1% .
                                                                 Price increases, calculated as a percentage of the basic
                                                                 price for rye referred to in Article 2 for rye with a specific
4. Where, for maize, the percentage of grain                     weight differing from the specific weight of the standard
impurities or the percentage of broken grains exceeds                                        quality
4% , a reduction of 0-5% shall be applied for each
 excess of 0-1% .                                                                              Rye
                                                                              kg/hi                             %
5 . Where the percentage of durum wheat grains
 which have wholly or partly lost their vitreous aspect          more than 72-0 to 73-0                        0-3
 (mitadine) exceeds 20% but does not exceed 40% , a              more than 73Ό to 74-0                         0-6   -
 reduction of 0-2% shall be applied for each excess of
 1% or fraction of 1% ; if that percentage exceeds               more than 74-0                                0-9
 40% a reduction of 0-3% shall be -applied for each
 excess of 1% or fraction of 1% .
                                                                                            Article 7
 6.    For the varieties of durum wheat listed below
 the following reductions shall be applied :
                                                                  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1415/691 of 22
 — Grifoni : 0-24 units of account/ 100 kg,                       July 1969 on price increases and reductions
                                                                  applicable to intervention in cereals, extended by
 — Marzouli, Timilie and Neri di Sicilia : 1-20 units of          Regulation (EEC) No 1248/702 of 29 June 1970, is
     account/ 100 kg.                                             hereby repealed.
                         Article 5
                                                               " This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
                                                                - 1971 .                                                  '
 The price increases and reductions specified in
 Articles 3 and 4 shall be applied simultaneously                1 OJ No L 182, 24.7.1969, p. 11 .
  subject to the provisions of Article 3 (3 ).                    2 OJ No L 142, 30.6.1970, p. 20.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels, 13 July 1971 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                          Franco M. MALFATTI
                                               ANNEX
                                               TABLE I
         Price increases and reductions, calculated as a percentage of the prices referred to
        in Article 2 of this Regulation, for cereals the moisture content of which differs
                          from the moisture content of the standard quality
                                        Price increases (in % )
          1                2               3                4                5               6
    Moisture           Common           Durum
                                                           Rye          Barley             Maize
     content             wheat           wheat
      15-4                0-1             0-1              0-1             0-1
      15-3 »              0-2             0-2              0-2             0-2 .            —
      15-2                0-3             0-3              0-3             0-3              —
      15-1                0-4             0-4              0-4             0-4              —
      15-0                0-5             0-5              0-5             0-5              —
      14-9                0-6             0-6              0-6             0-6              —
      14-8                0-7             0-7              0-7             07               —
      14-7                0-8             0-8              0-8             0-8              —
      14-6                0-9             0-9              0-9             0 -9             —
      14-5                1-0             10               1-0             1-0              —
      14-4                1-1             1-1              1-1             1-1              0-1
      14-3                1-2             1-2              1-2             1-2              0-2
      14-2                1-3             1-3              1-3             :L-3             0-3
      14-1                1-4             1-4              1-4             1 -4            0-4
      14-0                1-5             1-5              1-5             1-5 '           0-5
      13-9                1-6             1 -6             1-5             1-5             0-5
      13-8                1-7             1-7              1-5             1-5              0-5
      13-7                1-8             1-8              1-5             1-5             0-5
      13-6                1-9             1-9              1-5             1-5              0-5
      13-5                2-0             2-0              1-5             1-5              0-5
      13-4                2-0             2-1              1-5             1 -5             0-5
      13-3                2-0             2-2              1-5             1-5              0-5
      13-2                2-0             2-3              1-5             :ι·5             0-5
      13-1                2-0             2-4              1-5             1-5              0-5
      13-0                2-0             2 -5             1-5             :ι·5             0-5
      12-9                2-0             2 -6             1-5             1-5             0-5
      12-8                2-0             2-7              1-5             1 -5            0-5
      12-7                2-0             2-8              1-5           . 1-5              0-5
      12-6                2-0             2-9              1-5             1-5              0-5
      12-5
     or less              2-0             3-0              1-5             1-5              0-5
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                                           Reductions (in % )
               1                   2                  3                   4                5
           Moisture            Common
                                                     Rye               Barley            Maize
            content             wheat
             15-5                                                                         o-l
             15-6                .—                  —                   —
                                                                                          0-2
             15-7                 —                  —                   —                Ò-4
             15-8                 —                  —                   —
                                                                                          0-5
             15-9                 —
                                                  ', — .                 —
                                                                                          0-6
             16-0                 —                  —                   —
                                                                                          0-8
                                                        »
             16-1                 —                                      —                —
             16-2                 —                  —                   —                —
             16-3
             16-4                 0-8                0-8                0-8               —
             16-5                 1-2                1-2                 1-2              —
             16-6                 1-6                1-6                 1-6              —
             16-7                 1-9                1-9                 1-9              —
             16-8                 2-2                2-2                 2-2              —
             16-9                 2-5                2 -5                2-5              —
             17-0                 2-8                2-8                 2-8              —
             17- 1                3-2                3-2                 3-2              —
             17-2               ! 3-5                3-5                 3-5
             17-3                 3-8                3-8                 3-8              —
             17-4                 3-9                4-1                4-1               —
             17-5                 4-0                4-2                 4-3              —
             17-6                 4-1                4-3                 4-4               —
             17-7                 4-2                4-4                 4-5               — '
             17-8                 4-4                4-6                 4-7               —    .
             17-9                 4-5                4-7                 4-8               —
             18-0                 4-6                4-8                 4-9               —
                                                TABLE II
    Price increases and reductions, calculated as a percentage of the prices referred to in Article 2
    of this Regulation, for cereals the specific weight of which differs from the specific weight
                                         of the standard quality
                        Common wheat                                      Durum wheat
                     kg/hi                   %                        kg/hi                   , %
    Price increases                                        Price increases
    more   than   76-0-77-0                 0-3            more   than  79-0-80Ό              0-3
    more   than   77-0-78-0                 0-6            more   than  80-0-81-0             0 -6
    more   than   78-0-79-0                 0-9            more   than  81-0-82-0             0-9
    more   than   79*0                      1-1            more   than  82-0                   1-1
    Reductions                                             Reductions
    less than 74-0-73-0                     0-75           less than 77-0-76-0                0-75
    less than 73-0-72-0                     1-25
                            Rye                                               Barley
                     kg/hi                   %                       kg/hi                  '   %
    Reductions                                             Reductions .
    less than 70-0-69-0                     0-75           less than 63-0-62-0                0-5
    less than 69-0-68-0                     1-25           less than 62-0-61-0                 1-0
                                                           less than '61-0-60-0                1-5
                                                           less than 60-0-59-0                2-0