Document ID: 31975R3025

REGULATION (EEC) No 3025/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 17 November 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 on the drawing and reduction of samples and the determination of oil content, impurities and moisture in oilseeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC (1) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1707/73 (2), and in particular Articles 26 (3) and 27 (5) thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/EEC (3) of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and sunflower seeds, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/72 (4), and in particular Article 6 thereof;
Whereas, in order to be able to determine with precision the proportion of seeds of Sinapis arvensis in any batch of colza or rape seeds, an appropriate method must be laid down;
Whereas, therefore, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 (5) of 23 September 1968 on the drawing and reduction of samples and the determination of oil content, impurities and moisture in oilseeds, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2377/74 (6), should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 is amended to read as follows:
"1. Without prejudice to the subsequent paragraphs, the drawing of samples, the reduction of contract samples to samples for analysis and the determination of impurities and moisture, as required under Article 4 of Regulation No 282/67/EEC, Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 651/71 and Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1204/72, shall be carried out in accordance with the methods set out in Annexes I, II, III, IV and IVa to this Regulation."
Article 2
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 is amended to read as follows:
"1. For the purposes distinguishing seeds of Sinapis arvensis (wild mustard) from colza and rape seed, a lens with a magnifying power of four or more shall be used.
2. In case of doubt the distinction referred to in paragraph 1 shall be effected using the method set out in Annex IVa hereto."
Article 3
Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 is supplemented by the addition of an Annex IVa, the text of which is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 November 1975.

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