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

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

( 3 ) OJ NO L 174 , 14 . 7 . 1977 , P . 15 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 27 , 2 . 2 . 1980 , P . 24 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3255/81

OF 13 NOVEMBER 1981

DEROGATING FROM REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1569/77 FIXING THE PROCEDURE AND CONDITIONS FOR THE TAKING OVER OF CEREALS BY THE DANISH INTERVENTION AGENCY

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 ARTICLE 7 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1569/77 OF 11 JULY 1977 FIXING THE PROCEDURE AND CONDITIONS FOR THE TAKING OVER OF CEREALS BY INTERVENTION AGENCIES ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 240/80 ( 4 ) PROVIDES FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DEROGATING FROM THE CRITERIA FOR THE MINIMUM QUALITY SET OUT IN THE ANNEX THERETO ; WHEREAS , AS A RESULT OF THE PARTICULARLY UNFAVOURABLE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS DURING ITS GROWTH PERIOD , THE 1981 CROP OF SPRING BARLEY IN CERTAIN CLEARLY DEFINABLE REGIONS OF DENMARK HAS AN ABNORMALLY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF UNFILLED GRAINS ; THE DANISH INTERVENTION AGENCY SHOULD THEREFORE BE AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE SPRING BARLEY CONTAINING UP TO 15 % OF SHRIVELLED GRAINS ; WHEREAS TO THIS END THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF MATTER WHICH IS NOT BASIC CEREAL OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY SHOULD BE INCREASED TO 15 % ;

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

DURING THE MARKETING YEAR 1981/82 THE DANISH INTERVENTION AGENCY IS AUTHORIZED TO APPLY FOR BARLEY THE DEROGATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF MATTER WHICH IS NOT BASIC CEREALS OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY , AND ALSO THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE FOR SHRIVELLED GRAINS , AS SET OUT IN THE FIRST AND THIRD INDENTS OF ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1569/77 .

THIS DEROGATION IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO BARLEY HARVESTED AND OFFERED TO INTERVENTION IN THE FOLLOWING REGIONS :

FREDERIKSBORG , KOEBENHAVN , ROSKILDE , STORSTROEM , VESTSJAELLAND , FYN , VEJLE , AARHUS .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 13 NOVEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION