Commission Regulation (EC) No 514/2006 of 30 March 2006 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 as regards the period for delivering cereals into intervention in some Member States in the 2005/06 marketing year
Commission Regulation (EC) No 514/2006of 30 March 2006derogating from Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 as regards the period for delivering cereals into intervention in some Member States in the 2005/06 marketing yearTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cerealsOJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 21. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11)., and in particular Article 6 thereof,Whereas:(1)Under Commission Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 of 19 April 2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies and laying down methods of analysis for determining the quality of cerealsOJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 31. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1068/2005 (OJ L 174, 7.7.2005, p. 65)., should an offer be admissible, operators are informed as soon as possible of the delivery schedule. To this end, under Article 4(3) of that Regulation the final delivery to the intervention centre for which the offer is made must take place not later than the end of the fourth month following the month during which the offer was received.(2)The 2005/06 marketing year is the second year of application of the intervention mechanism for cereals in the Member States which joined the European Community on 1 May 2004.(3)Good weather conditions again led to a bumper harvest in 2005 in the new Member States, resulting in domestic market prices below the intervention price. As a result, since the intervention period was opened in November 2005, relatively large quantities of cereals have been offered for intervention. Due to the large quantities offered for intervention and their geographical spread, it is not possible to comply with the delivery deadline of 31 March 2006. To allow sufficient quantities of cereals offered to be taken over, the delivery period should be extended, and a derogation should therefore be made from Regulation (EC) No 824/2000.(4)Given the urgency of the market situation, which requires immediate measures, provision should be made for the immediate application of the measures provided for in this Regulation.(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: