CELEX: 31973R3556
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3556/73 of the Commission of 21 December 1973 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69 as regards the standard method of denaturing common wheat in Denmark

No L 361 /48                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            29 . 12 . 73
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 3556/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            21 December 1973
               derogating from Regulation ( EEC) No 1403 /69 as regards the standard method
                                              of denaturing common wheat in Denmark
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           up to the end of the current marketing year ; whereas,
COMMUNITIES,                                                             in fact, in its memorandum on adjustments to the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    Common Agricultural Policy, the Commission is
Economic Community ;                                                     making proposals for modifications to the Commu­
                                                                         nity system currently governing denaturing ; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                              in so far as the discussions on this subject are not
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                       finished it does not seem appropriate to require
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                  Denmark to adopt the Community reference method
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article                  since the whole denaturing system may be substan­
7 (5) thereof ;                                                          tially altered before the beginning of the next
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)                         marketing year ;
No 1403/69 (3) of 18 July 1969 laying down detailed                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
rules for the application of the provisions concerning                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
denaturing of common wheat and rye of bread­                             ment Committee for Cereals,
making quality provided for a standard method of
denaturing by colouring ; whereas in Denmark the
obligation to observe this method has run into diffi­                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
culties, the equipment not being converted and the
necessary products not being available in sufficient                                               Article 1
quantities ; whereas for this reason Commission Regu­
lation (EEC) No 621 /73 (4) of 2 March 1973 dero­                         By way of derogation from Article 1 of Regulation
gating from Regulation ( EEC) No 1403/69 as regards                      ( EEC) No 1403/69 , the denaturing process for
the standard method of denaturing common wheat in                        common wheat, set out in the Annex to this Regula­
Denmark provided that as a temporary measure this                         tion , may be used in Denmark until 31 July 1974 in
Member State could have recourse to a method other                        place of the standard method.
than that laid down by the Community Regulations ;
                                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas , however, recent research has revealed that
 this method is not free from health risks ; whereas                      There may be no trade between Member States in
 then it is appropriate not to extend the derogation                      common wheat denatured in accordance with Article
which permitted it ; whereas the professional circles in                  1 , except between Denmark, Ireland and the United
 Denmark are not yet ready to apply the Community                         Kingdom .
 standard method ; whereas in consequence it is appro­
 priate, as a temporary measure, to allow recourse to                                              Article 3
 another method of denaturing by colouring using
 Green S which was also used in this Member State                         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 before Accession ;                                                       publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                           Communities.
 Whereas it seems desirable to provide that this deroga­
 tion from the Community Regulations should extend                        It shall apply from the 1 December 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 21 December 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (')  OJ No  117 , 19 . 6 .  1967, p .  2269 / 67 .
 (2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 .    5 . 1973 ,  p. 9.
 (3 ) OJ No L 180 , 22.     7 . 1969 ,  p. 3.
 (4 ) OJ No L 58 , 3 . 3 .   1973 , p .  10 .
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                                                         ANNEX
                               Denaturing process for common wheat applicable in Denmark
             The common wheat must ibe treated with the colouring matter listed below in such manner
             that < the said common wheat shall contain a quantity of colouring matter at least equal to
             that shown in column 4 and evenly distributed, so that least 5 % of the grains shall be
             coloured and distributed throughout 'the whole quantity.
                                          TABLE OF COLOURING MATTER
                            1                                 2                        3          4
                                                                                   Colour     Minimum
                                                                                     index   quantity in
                 Common name of dye                    Scientific name
                                                                                    ( 1956)   parts per
                                                                                  number      million by
                                                                                               weight
             Green S                        Sodium salt of di-(ip-dimethyl­        44 090         20
                                            aminophenyl)-2-hydroxy-3 : 6-di­
                                            sulphonaphthylmethanol anhy­
                                            dride