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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2161/81

OF 29 JULY 1981

APPLYING A SPECIAL INTERVENTION MEASURE FOR COMMON WHEAT OF MINIMUM BREADMAKING QUALITY AT THE START OF THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1949/81 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 8 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS THERE EXISTS SOME CONCERN REGARDING THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE MARKET AT THE START OF THE MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 8 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE TO APPLY SPECIAL INTERVENTION MEASURES BY MEANS OF BUYING-IN ANY QUANTITIES OF COMMON WHEAT OF MINIMUM BREADMAKING QUALITY OFFERED TO INTERVENTION AGENCIES AT THE START OF THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS SUCH PURCHASES SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLES 1 AND 2 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2738/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR INTERVENTION ON THE MARKET IN CEREALS ( 3 ) ,

WHEREAS THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1629/77 OF 20 JULY 1977 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES OF APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL INTERVENTION MEASURES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET IN COMMON WHEAT OF BREADMAKING QUALITY ( 4 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2158/81 ( 5 ) , WILL FOR THE ABOVEMENTIONED REASONS , BE SATISFIED AT THE START OF THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR CEREALS HAS NOT DELIVERED AN OPINION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT SET BY ITS CHAIRMAN ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES OF ALL MEMBER STATES SHALL BUY , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 4 ( 3 ) AND ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1629/77 , ANY QUANTITIES OF COMMON WHEAT OF THE MINIMUM BREADMAKING QUALITY DEFINED IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2158/81 OFFERED TO THEM DURING AUGUST , SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER OF THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR .

THE DELIVERY OF THE QUANTITIES OFFERED MUST TAKE PLACE NOT LATER THAN 30 NOVEMBER 1981 . SUCH PURCHASES SHALL BE MADE IN ANY OF THE INTERVENTION CENTRES LAID DOWN FOR COMMON WHEAT , UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLES 1 AND 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2738/75 .

WHERE DELIVERY TAKES PLACE IN NOVEMBER 1981 , THE PRICE PAYABLE SHALL BE THAT FOR OCTOBER 1981 .

ARTICLE 2

THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES SHALL , WHERE NECESSARY , ADOPT ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS FOR TAKINGOVER WHEAT , COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS REGULATION IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF SPECIAL CONDITIONS EXISTING IN THE MEMBER STATES IN WHICH THEY OPERATE .

ARTICLE 3

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 AUGUST 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 29 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

GASTON THORN

( 1 ) OJ NO L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 198 , 20 . 7 . 1981 , P . 2 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 49 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 181 , 21 . 7 . 1977 , P . 26 .

( 5 ) SEE PAGE 32 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .