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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1961/82

of 19 July 1982

amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 on price increases and reductions applicable to intervention in cereals

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 Article 7 (5) thereof,

Whereas, in conformity with the change made to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/82 (4), Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 241/80 (6), should be adapted;

Whereas in Table II in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 a scale of reductions was set for barley with a specific weight of less than 63 kilograms but not less than 59 kilograms per hectolitre; whereas, in accordance with the provisions of footnote 3 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 of 11 July 1977 fixing the procedure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3525/81 (8), the specific minimum weight of winter barley may not, from 1 August 1982, be fixed by the intervention agencies at a level lower than 63 kilograms per hectolitre; whereas the reductions for barley of a specific weight of less than 63 kilograms per hectolitre given in Table II in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 should therefore be withdrawn;

Whereas the trend in Community barley production is more and more towards varieties of winter barley, particularly of 6-row barley, of less value as fodder; whereas, because of present day animal feed quality requirements, the proportion of barley in the production of compound feeds is steadily declining owing to replacement by cereals or cereal substitutes with higher energy values and a more favourable price/quality relationship; whereas the competitiveness of barley on the feed grain market should consequently be improved by gradually adjusting the buying-in price of the qualities presented for intervention to their actual commercial value on the animal feed market; whereas, for this purpose, a reduction of 1 % should be made for barley with a specific weight of less than 64 kilograms but not less than 63 kilograms per hectolitre;

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

Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 6 (1) is replaced by the following:

'1. Without prejudice to Article 3, intervention agencies may on intervention apply a special increase of 5;44 ECU per tonne for rye in production regions of the Community where that cereal is regularly sold for bread-making and where its particularly good quality makes it suitable for this use, provided that:

- the percentage of sprouted grains does not exceed 2;5 %,

- the percentage of broken grains does not exceed 5 % and the percentage of grain impurities does not exceed 3 %,

- the percentage of grains which have deteriorated through spontaneous generation of heat and by too extreme drying does not exceed 0;05 %,

- the percentage of grains overheated during drying does not exceed 0;50 %,

- the number of amylogram units based on full milling including the germ and at a starch hardening temperature of at least 63 °C is not less than 200.'

2. Table II in the Annex, dealing with reductions in the price of barley, is replaced by the following table:

Barley

1.2 // Kilograms per hectolitre // % // // // Reductions: // // Less than 64;0 - 63;0 // 1 // //

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 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. 22.

(4) OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 11.

(5) OJ No L 174, 14. 7. 1977, p. 18.

(6) OJ No L 27, 2. 2. 1980, p. 25.

(7) OJ No L 174, 14. 7. 1977, p. 15.

(8) OJ No L 355, 10. 12. 1981, p. 34.