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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1943/82

of 19 July 1982

applying a special intervention measure for common wheat of bread-making quality at the start of the 1982/83 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 1451/82 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 8 (4) thereof,

Whereas there is some concern about the market for common wheat of bread-making quality at the beginning of the marketing year; whereas, consequently, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, special intervention measures should be applied at the beginning of the 1982/83 marketing year:

- in the form of purchases of common wheat of medium bread-making quality in Italy, since the bread-making wheat grown in Italy is of higher quality and generally reaches medium quality level, and

- in the form of purchases of common wheat of minimum bread-making quality in the rest of the Community;

Whereas the conditions set out 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) should apply to such purchases;

Whereas, for determination of medium bread-making quality, reference should be made to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2062/81 of 15 July 1981 laying down the method for determining the minimum bread-making quality of common wheat (4); whereas for determination of the Zeleny index, reference should be made to ICC method No 118;

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 bread-making quality (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1837/82 (6), will, for the abovementioned reasons, be satisfied at the start of the 1982/83 marketing year;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. In accordance with Articles 4 (3) and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 intervention agencies shall purchase common wheat of bread-making quality offered to them during August, September and October of the 1982/83 marketing year, as follows:

- in Italy, wheat of medium bread-making quality as defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1955/81 (7),

- in the rest of the Community, wheat of minimum bread-making quality as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2062/81.

2. For the purposes of this Regulation, medium bread-making quality as defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1955/81 shall be determined as follows:

- for protein content and Hagberg falling number, by the methods indicated in Regulation (EEC) No 2062/81,

- for the Zeleny index, by the method recognized by the International Association for Cereal Chemistry (ICC), described under heading No 118.

3. Delivery of the quantities offered must take place not later than 30 November 1982. Such purchases shall be made in any of the intervention centres 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 1982, the price payable shall be that for October 1982.

Article 2

Intervention agencies shall, where necessary, adopt additional procedures and conditions for taking over wheat, compatible with the provisions of this Regulation, in order to take account of special conditions 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 1982.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1982.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 281 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49.

(4) OJ No L 201, 22. 7. 1981, p. 6.

(5) OJ No L 181, 21. 7. 1977, p. 26.

(6) OJ No L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 28.

(7) OJ No L 198, 20. 7. 1981, p. 12.