CELEX: 31972R1899
Language: en
Date: 1972-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1899/72 of the Commission of 1 September 1972 on special provisions regarding the denaturing of common wheat of the 1972 crop

Official Journal of the European Communities                                   959
  2.9.72                              Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 201 / 11
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1899/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 1 September 1972
                   on special provisions regarding the denaturing of common wheat of the 1972 crop
  THE    COMMISSION       OF     THE  EUROPEAN       COM­        out in Article 2 (a), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EEC)
  MUNITIES,                                                      No 1403 /69 should therefore be laid down and the
                                                                 reductions to be applied to the denaturing premium
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1533/72®
  European Economic Community;                                   of 18 July 1972 fixing the denaturing premium for
                                                                 common wheat for the 1972/73 marketing year
  Having regard to Council Regulation No                         should be fixed; whereas, as regards sprouted grains,
  120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                      intervention agencies should be authorized to accept
  organization of the market in cereals, as last amended         higher percentages than those specified in Article 2
  by Regulation (EEC) No 796/72,2 and in particular              (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69 in view of the
  Article 7 (5) thereof;                                         regional effect of the unfavourable weather
                                                                 conditions ;
  Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation No
  172/67/EEC3 of 27 June 1967 on general rules                   Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
  governing the denaturing of wheat and rye of                   not delivered an Opinion within the time limit set by
  bread-making quality, as last amended by                       its Chairman;
  Regulation (EEC) No 2096/68,4 provides that cereals
  for denaturing must be of a minimum quality and                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  quantity to be determined; whereas Article 4 of that
  Regulation allows the denaturing premium to be
                                                                                         Article 1
  adjusted during the crop year where there is a threat
  of disturbance on the Community cereals market;
                                                                 By way of derogation from Article 2 of Regulation
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69?                (EEC) No 1403/69, for denaturing operations for
  of 18 July 1969 laying down detailed rules for the             common wheat of the 1972 crop :
, application of the provisions concerning denaturing            — the lower limit of the specific weight shall be
  of common wheat and rye of bread-making quality                    reduced to 68 kg/hi;
  determined the quality conditions with which the
  cereals to be denatured must comply ;                          — the upper limit for moisture content shall be raised
                                                                     to 24% .
  Whereas the unfavourable weather conditions which
  prevailed throughout the summer of 1972 have led to                                    Article 2
  the arrival on the market of a considerable quantity                         »
  of common wheat of the 1972 crop with a high
  moisture content, a particularly low specific weight,          By way of derogation from Article 2 (d) of
  and an abnormally high proportion of sprouted                  Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69, intervention agencies
  grains; whereas, as regards such wheat for                     may accept for denaturing common wheat of the
  denaturing, rules of quality different from those set          1972 crop qualifying for a denaturing premium, with
                                                                 a content of sprouted grains, other cereals and
                                                                 various impurities of up to 15% , of which not more
                                                                 than 3% shall be other cereals and not more than
  1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
                                                                 3% shall be various impurities ;
  2 OJ No L 94, 21.4.1972, p. 7.
  3 OJ No 130, 28.6.1967, p. 2602/67.
  4 OJ No L 308, 23.12.1968, p. 12.
  5 OJ No L 180, 22.7.1969, p. 3.                                   OJ No L 163, 19.7.1972, p. 12.
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                       Article 3                             — 1-00 unit of account for more than 21% and up
                                                                to and including 24% .
Where intervention agencies accept a moisture
content exceeding 18% , the amount of the applicable                               Article 4
denaturing premium shall be reduced by:
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
— 0-50 unit of account for more than 18% and up             its publication in the Official journal of the
    to and including 21% :                                   European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 1 September 1972.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                S. L. MANSHOLT