CELEX: 31970R1011
Language: en
Date: 1970-05-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1011/70 of the Commission of 29 May 1970 on certain quality requirements for maize groats and meal used by the Community brewing industry

Official Journal of the European Communities                                  285
 No L 117/54                        Official Journal of the European Communities                              30.5.70
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1011/70 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 29 May 1970
                 on certain quality requirements for maize groats and meal used by the'Community
                                                   brewing industry
 THE    COMMISSION       OF     THE EUROPEAN      COM­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 MUNITIES,
                                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community;
                                                               To qualify for the production refund on maize used
 Having     regard    to    Council   Regulation     No        by the maize industry for the manufacture of groats
 120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                     and meal for the brewing industry, maize groats and
 organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended        meal must meet the requirements of Articles 2 and 3 .
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69,2 and in particular
 Article 24 thereof;
                                                                                       Article 2
Having regard to Council Regulation No
367/67/EEC,3 as last amended by Regulation No
 852/67/EEC4 of 14 November 1967, fixing                       For the purposes of this Regulation, 'groats and meal'
production refunds on maize groats and meal and                means products obtained in the milling of maize
broken rice used in the brewing industry, and in               grain. They are sharp-edged, granular fragments of
particular Article 3 thereof;                                  the grain kernel and at least 70% are uniform in size.
Whereas the production refund on maize groats and              Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 3,
meal is granted, provided those products are used in           groats and meal shall contain no products other than
the Community brewing industry;                                those obtained in the normal milling process—for
                                                               instance, heat-modified starch, quellmehl or similar
                                                               products .
Whereas the characteristics and, in particular, the
quality and purity criteria which the products must
meet should be specified in order to avoid
unwarranted granting of the refund on a product                                        Article 3
which appears to be maize groats and meal but is in
fact a mixture of these and other products such as
flour or starch, and thereby to ensure uniformity in           Maize groats and meal :
the Community in the granting of the refund;
                                                               1 . must have a fat content calculated on the dry
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation               matter not exceeding 1-3% by weight and a raw
are in accordance with the Opinion of the                          cellulose content calculated on the dry matter not
Management Committee for Cereals ;                                 exceeding 0-8% by weight,
                                                              2. must not comprise more than 30% matter which
                                                                   passes through a 315 micron mesh sieve, and
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
2 OJ No L 312, 12.12.1969, p. 3,
3 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 36.                                 3 . must not comprise more than 5% matter which
4 OJ No 278, 17.11.1967, p. 1 .                                    passes through a 150 micron mesh sieve.
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                        Article 4                                                    Article 5
The methods of inspection and analysis necessary for           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
the application of this Regulation shall be                    day following its publication in the Official Journal
communicated by each Member State to the                       of the European Communities.
Commission within a period of three months from
the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
            . This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .                            •                                            ,
              Done at Brussels, 29 May 1970.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                       Jean REY