COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1392/79 of 4 July 1979 amending Regulation No 282/67/EEC on detailed rules for intervention for oil seeds

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 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 590/79 (2), and in particular Article 26 (3) thereof,

Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No 282/67/EEC (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1512/78 (4), fixes at 50 tonnes the minimum quantity of a homogeneous lot of colza, rape or sunflower seed which may be offered to the intervention agency ; whereas experience has shown that this quantity is too small, and should accordingly be increased;

Whereas Article 3 of the same Regulation restricts intervention to colza and rape seed with a maximum erucic acid content of 10 % ; whereas the said figure should be reduced by progressive stages to 5 %;

Whereas Article 7 of the said Regulation provides that increases and reductions are to be applied to seeds offered for intervention which do not correspond to the standard quality ; whereas, in view of price developments during the 1978/79 marketing year, the increases and reductions set out in Annex I to Regulation No 282/67/EEC 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

Regulation No 282/67/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. In Article 2, the expression "50 tonnes" is replaced by "100 tonnes".

2. In the first indent of Article 3 (2), the expression "10 %" is replaced by "5 %", and the following sentence is added:

"However, the latter percentage shall be 9 % for the 1979/80 marketing year and 7 % for the 1980/81 marketing year."

3. Part I of Annex I is replaced by the following:

"Oil content

Increase or reduction of 0 7037 ECU for each 0 7100 kg of oil above or below 40 kg per 100 kg of seeds, the weight of which is to be determined in accordance with the method laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1204/72 and the oil content of which is to be adapted accordingly."

4. In Part II of Annex I, the expression "0 7037 unit of account" is replaced, with effect from 1 September 1979, by "0 7050 ECU".

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1979.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 July 1979.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President (1)OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. (2)OJ No L 78, 30.3.1979, p. 1. (3)OJ No 151, 13.7.1967, p. 1. (4)OJ No L 178, 1.7.1978, p. 58.