CELEX: 51984PC0020(06)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OF AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) N* 2727/75 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS AND REGULATION ( EEC ) N* 950/68 ON THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF

5.3.84                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No C 62/5
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the
              common organization of the market in cereals and Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the
                                                 Common Customs Tariff
                                                       (84/C 62/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     tion should be put right by providing that in such
COMMUNITIES,                                                    countries, during the month of July, special inter-
                                                                vention measures may be taken to support the
                                                                development of the market in relation to the refer-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-
                                                                ence price for the following marketing year;
pean Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof,
                                                                Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 950/68 and (EEC)
                                                                No 2727/75 should therefore be amended,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-
sion,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
liament,
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is hereby amended
                                                                as follows:
Whereas the provisions of Council Regulation
                                                                I.    Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following:
(EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the com-
mon organization of the market in cereals ('), as last                '2. For a standard quality of each of the prod-
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1451/82 (2),                           ucts listed in Article 1 (a) but not mentioned in
require the same levy to be fixed for triticale as for                paragraph 1 above, except the products falling
buckwheat, millet, canary seed and other cereals to                   within subheading 10.07 D I of the Common
be used solely as feedingstuffs; whereas, in view of                  Customs Tariff, a threshold price shall be fixed
the nature and the use of the cereal in question                      for the Community in such a way that the price
(which is a hybrid of wheat and rye intended for                      for the cereals mentioned in paragraph 1 which
both human and animal consumption) and in view                        are in competition with those products reaches
of the increasing importance of triticale production                  the target price on the Duisburg market.'
at world and Community levels and its competitive
position in relation to the other Community cereals
                                                                 II. The following is added to the first subparagraph
which it may replace, provision should be made for
                                                                      of Article 8 (2):
better protection against imports by applying to triti-
cale the same levy as for rye; whereas, in order that                 'However, in Greece and Italy such measures
the said levy may apply, the Annex headed 'Com-                       may be applied during the month of July, with-
 mon Customs Tariff to Regulation (EEC) No 950/                       out prejudice to the representative rate appli-
 68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       cable for agricultural purposes during that
 3383/83 (4), should be amended to include a specific                 month, in order to support the development of
 heading for the cereal in question;                                  the market in relation to the reference price
                                                                      fixed for the following marketing year.'
 Whereas Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 III. The following        subparagraph    is added   to
 2727/75 provides that special intervention measures
 may be adopted with a view to supporting the                          Article 13(1):
 development of the market in common wheat in                          'However, the levy applicable to rye shall be
 relation to the reference price for the current market-               charged on imports of the product falling within
 ing year; whereas this provision, which is usually                    subheading 10.07 D I of the Common Customs
 applied at the beginning of the marketing year, may                  Tariff.'
 place at a disadvantage producers in certain coun-
 tries where the harvest is early; whereas this situa-
                                                                                            Article 2
 (') OJ No L 281,1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                               The Annex headed 'Common Customs Tariff to
 O OJNoL164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1.                                   Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 is amended as shown
 (3) OJ No L 142, 22. 7. 1968, p. 1.                              in the Annex to this Regulation.
 (4) OJNo L313, 14. 1. 1983, p. 1.
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                         Article 3                                  —    1 July 1984 in the case of the provisions of
                                                                         Article 1 (II),
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
day following its publication in the Official Journal               —    1 August 1984 in the case of the other provi-
of the European Communities.                                            sions.
It shall apply from:                                                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
                                                                    directly applicable in all Member States.
                                                              ANNEX
              Heading No 10.07 of the Common Customs Tariff shall be replaced by the following:
                                                                                              Rate of duty
                 Heading                          Description
                 number                                                          Autonomous %
                                                                                    or levy (L)       Conventional %
                    1                                 2                                  3                   4
                  10.07        Buckwheat, millet, canary seed and grain
                               sorghum; other cereals:
                               A. Buckwheat                                           10 (L)                 —
                               B. Millet                                                8(L)
                               C. Grain sorghum                                         8(L)
                               D. Other:
                                    I. Triticale (wheat/rye hybrid)                     8(L)
                                   II. Other                                            8(L)                 —
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing
                      standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat
                                                           (84/C 62/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Having regard           to    the      proposal  from    the
COMMUNITIES,                                                        Commission,
                                                                    Having regard to the opinion of the European
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-                  Parliament,
pean     Economic Community, and                   particular
Article 43 thereof,                                                 Whereas trends in the production and consumption
                                                                    of cereals require that conditions of intervention be
                                                                    reinforced in the long term; whereas this aim cannot
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        be achieved without introducing stricter require-
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ-                     ments for the standard qualities and hence for the
ization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended               minimum quality stipulated for intervention; wher-
by Regulation (EEC) No 1451/82 (2), and in parti-                   eas for this purpose the moisture content should be
cular Article 3 (6) thereof,                                        reduced, the same moisture content should be laid
                                                                    down for maize, and the criterion of fibre content
                                                                    should be introduced for barley; whereas at the
(i) OJ No L 281,1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                  same time the moisture content for the standard
O OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1.                                   quality of durum wheat should also be laid down;