CELEX: 51988PC0120(06)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING STANDARD QUALITIES FOR CERTAIN CEREALS AND CATEGORIES OF FLOUR, GROATS AND MEAL AND THE RULES FOR FIXING THE THRESHOLD PRICES OF THESE CATEGORIES OF PRODUCTS

30. 5. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 139/7
2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adjusted                                         Article 3
according to the starch content of the potatoes.
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                             Article 2
                                                                      European Communities.
The detailed rules for the application of this Regulation             It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1988.
will be drawn up in accordance with the procedure
provided for in Article 26 of Council Regulation (EEC) No             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
2727/75.                                                              applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing standard qualities for certain cereals and categories
              of flour, groats and meal and the rules for fixing the threshold prices of these categories of products
                                                          (88/C 139/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              obtained, where appropriate, a fixed amount for the value
                                                                      of meal or flour of inferior quality and other residues of
                                                                      milling;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas, however, when fixing the threshold price for
                                                                      groats and meal of common wheat, a fixed ration
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of               representing the relationship between the price of wheat
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                     flour and the prices of those products on Community
market in cereals ( ! ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          markets should be taken as a basis,
No .../88, and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the threshold prices for oats and the kinds of                                            Article 1
flour, groats and meal specified in Article 1(c) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 should correspond to
specific standard qualities;                                          The standard quality for which the threshold price for oats
                                                                      is fixed is defined as follows:
Whereas the standard qualities for which those prices are
fixed should correspond as far as possible to the average              (a) oats of a sound and fair marketable quality, free from
qualities of those products harvested in the Community;                    abnormal smell and live pests, of a colour proper to this
                                                                           cereal and of a quality corresponding to the average
                                                                           quality of oats harvested under normal conditions in the
Whereas the threshold prices for flour, groats and meal                    Community;
should be so fixed as to enable the target prices for basic
cereals to be attained and the protection of the processing
                                                                       (b) moisture content: 14 % ;
industry to be ensured;
                                                                       (c) total percentage of matter other than basic cereals of
Whereas those objectives may be attained by fixing a                       unimpaired quality: 3 %, of which:
threshold price which allows for the cost of manufacturing
these products and an adequate level of protection for the
                                                                           — grain impurities: 2 % ('grain impurities' means
processing industry;
                                                                               grains of other cereals and grains damaged by pests),
Whereas manufacturing costs may be determined by                           — percentage of miscellaneous impurities: 1 % ('mis-
adding to the value of the cereal an amount representing the                   cellaneous impurities' means weed seeds, damaged
milling margin and by subtracting from the total thus                          grains, extraneous matter, husks, dead insects and
                                                                               fragments of insects);
 (!) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                   (d) specific weight: 49 kilogrammes per hectolitre.
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                           Article 2                                                           Article 4
1. The standard quality for which the threshold price for          1. The standard quality for which the threshold price for
wheat flour is fixed is defined as follows:                        groats and meal of common wheat is fixed is that of a
                                                                   product having a moisture content of 15,50 %.
— wheat flour having an ash content of 550 milligrammes
    per 100 grammes of flour and a moisture content of
                                                                   2. The threshold price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
    15,50 %, called 'type 550 wheat flour'.
                                                                   equal to the threshold price for wheat flour plus 8 %.
2. The threshold price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
calculated by adding together the components determined
in accordance with paragraph 3 and subtracting from the                                        Article 5
amount thus obtained the factor determined in accordance
with paragraph 4.
                                                                   1. The standard quality for which the threshold price for
                                                                   groats and meal of durum wheat is fixed is that of a product
3. The components are the following:                               having a moisture content of 14,50 %.
    (a) the value of common wheat processed into flour,            2. The threshold price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
         calculated from:                                          calculated by adding together the components determined
                                                                   in accordance with paragraph 3 and subtracting from the
         — the quantity of common wheat, assessed at a             amount thus obtained the factors in accordance with
            fixed rate of 1 400 kilogrammes for the produc-        paragraph 4.
            tion of one metric ton of flour,
         — the threshold price for common wheat, taking            3. The components are the following:
            into account the monthly graduation of this
            price;                                                     (a) the value of durum wheat processed into groats and
                                                                           meal, calculated from:
     (b) an amount representing the milling margin, fixed at
         30,22 ECU per metric ton of common wheat for
                                                                           — the quantity of durum wheat, assessed at a fixed
         processing;
                                                                              rate of 1 550 kilogrammes per metric ton of
                                                                              groats and meal obtained,
     (c) an amount intended to ensure protection of the
         processing industry, fixed at 22,67 ECU per metric
         ton of wheat flour.                                               — the threshold price for durum wheat, taking into
                                                                               account any monthly graduation of this price.
4. The factor to be subtracted is the value of the residues,
calculated from:                                                       (b)the components specified in Article 2(3)(b) and (c),
                                                                           the words 'durum wheat' and 'groats and meal of
— the quantity of residues, assessed at a fixed rate of                    durum wheat' being subsituted respectively for the
     372 kilogrammes per metric ton of flour obtained,                     words 'common wheat' and 'wheat flour'.
— a fixed price for residues, whether or not sorted of
                                                                   4. The factors to be subtracted are the following:
     102,76 ECU per metric ton.
5. The threshold price for meslin flour shall be the same              (a) the value of intermediate products, calculated from:
as that for wheat flour.
                                                                           — the quantity of intermediate products, assessed at
                                                                               a fixed rate of 162 kilogrammes per metric ton of
                            Article 3                                          groats and meal of durum wheat obtained,
 1. The standard quality for which the threshold price for                 — the price of these products, calculated by adding
                                                                               together the components determined in accord-
 rye flour is fixed is defined as follows:
                                                                               ance with Article 2(3) (a) and (b) and subtracting
                                                                               therefrom the factor determined in accordance
— rye flour having an ash content of 812 milligrammes per
                                                                               with Article 2(4), the amount thus obtained being
     100 grammes of flour and a moisture content of
                                                                               reduced by 35 % ;
     15.50%.
 2. The threshold price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be            (b) the value of residues, calculated from:
 calculated in accordance with Article 2(3) and (4), the word
 'rye' being substituted for the words 'common wheat'. The                 — the quantity of residues, assessed at a fixed rate of
 fixed price for restidues, whether or not sorted, shall be                    357 kilogrammes per metric ton of groats and
 96,72 ECU per metric ton.                                                     meal of durum wheat obtained,
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       — the price of common wheat residues determined                                        Article 7
           in accordance with the second indent of Article
           2(4), less 1 5 % .                                       1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 2734/75 is hereby
                                                                    repealed.
                           Article 6
                                                                    2. References to the Regulation repealed by paragraph 1
For the purposes of this Regulation:                                shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
(a) matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality
    shall be as defined in Annex I of Council Regulation                                      Article 8
    (EEC) No 2731/75 (»);
(b) the methods for determining of matter other than basic          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    cereals of unimpaired quality and of the moisture               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    content shall be defined in accordance with the                 European Communities.
    procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC)
    No 2727/75.                                                     It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1988.
                                                                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
(*) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 22.                                applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1983/86 laying down
                      general rules for the system of direct aid for small producers in the cereals sector
                                                         (88/C 139/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            small producers must be defined on the basis of the utilized
                                                                    agricultural area;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas the abovementioned Article 4a(2) provides for the
Economic Community,                                                 possibility of granting the aid for small producers in the
                                                                    form of compensation for the co-responsibility levy;
                                                                    whereas the conditions of application should be specified;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1983/86 (2) should
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                   be amended accordingly,
market in cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No ..., and in particular Article 4a(4) thereof,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                            Article 1
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 1983/86 is hereby amended as
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 now provides for                follows:
the establishment of an additional co-responsibility levy;
whereas the system of direct aid for small producers must           1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
be adjusted to offset the effect of the latter levy on their
                                                                        'Article 1
                                                                        1. Small producers of cereals who have borne the
Whereas, moreover, experience has shown the need to                     cereals co-responsibility levy provided for in Articles 4
define the concept of 'small producer' at Community level;              and 4b of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be eligible
whereas, having regard to the criteria laid down for the                for the aid provided for in Article 4a of that Regulation.
fixing of the overall amount of the aid provided for in
Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, the concept of               2. Producers of cereals whose holdings have a utilized
                                                                        agricultural area (UAA) not exceeding 20 hectares shall
C1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                 (2) OJ No L 171, 28. 6. 1986, p. 1.