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14.7.71 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 157/21

REGULATION (EEC) No 1493 /71 OF THE COMMISSION

of 13 July 1971

on price increases and reductions applicable to intervention in cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : MUNITIES, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community; When cereals differing from the standard quality for which the intervention price is fixed are bought in by Having „ regard to Council Regulation No intervention agencies, the intervention price shall be 120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common increased or reduced in accordance with the organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended provisions of this Regulation. by Regulation (EEC) No 2434/702 and in particular Article 7 (5 ) thereof; Article 2 Whereas common intervention prices are fixed for cereals of given standard qualities ; whereas 1 . Price increases and reductions shall be Regulation No 120/67/EEC in Article 7 (2) provides calculated by application of the percentages provided that where the quality of the cereal bought in by an for in Articles 3 , 4 and 6 to the basic intervention intervention agency is different from the standard price valid at the beginning of the marketing year. quality the intervention price shall be increased or Derived intervention prices shall be increased or reduced ; reduced by the amount of the price increases or reductions thus calculated. Whereas under an interventiipn price system provisions can be made for price increases and 2. Where Article 4 (2) of Regulation No reductions only in respect of certain basic 120/67/EEC is applicable, the basic intervention price characteristics of cereals, such as the moisture for maize shall be replaced by the target price valid at content, the specific weight and such impurities as the beginning of the marketing year, less the may be ascertained by ordinary methods ; difference between the target , price and the basic intervention price for barley at the beginning of the Whereas price increases and reductions should be marketing year in question. calculated with reference to the effect of the above-mentioned characteristics on the processing Article 3 value of cereals of bread-making quality for human consumption, and on the value as feed of feed grain; 1 . Where the moisture content of common wheat, Whereas the basis for the calculation of the price rye, barley and maize offered for intervention differs increases and reductions must be the standard from the moisture content of the standard quality, qualities determined pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the price increases and reductions to be applied shall be in accordance with Table I of the Annex. If the Regulation No 120/67/EEC ; dryness of the durum wheat offered for intervention is higher than the normal dryness, as laid down for Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the standard quality, the intervention agency shall are in accordance with the Opinion of the apply the price increases and reductions listed in the Management Committee for Cereals ; above-mentioned Table.

1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67. 2. Where the specific weight of common wheat, 2 OJ No L 262, 3.12.1970 , p . 1 . durum wheat, rye and barley offered for intervention

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differs from the specific weight of the standard Article 6 quality, the price increases and reductions to be applied shall be in accordance with Table II of the 1 . Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 3 , Annex. intervention agencies may apply, on intervention, a special increase of 1-50 units of account per metric 3 . Where the application of paragraphs 1 and 2 ton for rye in production regions of the Community leads to the simultaneous application of two price where that cereal is regularly sold for bread-making increases or two reductions, only the greater price and where its particularly good quality is suited for increase or reduction shall apply. such use, provided that:

— the percentage of sprouted grains does not exceed 2% , Article 4 — the percentage of broken grains does not exceed 1 . Where the percentage of miscellaneous 5% and the percentage of grain impurities does impurities (Schwarzbesaiz) exceeds 0:5% for not exceed 2% , common wheat, durum wheat and rye, and 1% for — the percentage of spontaneously fermented grains barley and maize, a reduction of 0-1% shall be does not exceed 0-05% , ' applied for each excess of 0-1% . — the percentage of heated grains during drying 2. Where, for common wheat and rye, the processes does not exceed 0-05% , percentage of grain impurities and the percentage of broken grains together exceed 4% and that of — the amylogramme units' are not less than 330 units . sprouted grains 2-5% , reduction of 0-05% shall be applied for each excess of 0-1% . 2.- For rye of bread-making quality which meets the 3 . Where, for durum wheat, the percentage of above-mentioned minimum requirements , the grain impurities or the percentage of grains of intervention agencies may grant in addition to the common wheat exceeds 4% or the percentage of special price increase referred to in paragraph 1 the sprouted grains exceeds 2-5% , a reduction of 0-05% following price increases : shall be applied for each excess of 0-1% . Price increases, calculated as a percentage of the basic price for rye referred to in Article 2 for rye with a specific 4. Where, for maize, the percentage of grain weight differing from the specific weight of the standard impurities or the percentage of broken grains exceeds quality 4% , a reduction of 0-5% shall be applied for each excess of 0-1% . Rye kg/hi % 5 . Where the percentage of durum wheat grains which have wholly or partly lost their vitreous aspect more than 72-0 to 73-0 0-3 (mitadine) exceeds 20% but does not exceed 40% , a more than 73Ό to 74-0 0-6 reduction of 0-2% shall be applied for each excess of more than 74-0 0-9 1% or fraction of 1% ; if that percentage exceeds 40% a reduction of 0-3% shall be -applied for each excess of 1% or fraction of 1% .

Article 7 6. For the varieties of durum wheat listed below the following reductions shall be applied : Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1415/691 of 22 — Grifoni : 0-24 units of account/ 100 kg, July 1969 on price increases and reductions applicable to intervention in cereals, extended by — Marzouli , Timilie and Neri di Sicilia : 1-20 units of Regulation (EEC) No 1248/702 of 29 June 1970, is account/ 100 kg. hereby repealed.

" This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August Article 5 - 1971 . '

The price increases and reductions specified in Articles 3 and 4 shall be applied simultaneously 1 OJ No L 182 , 24.7.1969, p. 11 . subject to the provisions of Article 3 (3 ). 2 OJ No L 142 , 30.6.1970 , p . 20.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 1971 .

For the Commission

The President

Franco M. MALFATTI

ANNEX

TABLE I

Price increases and reductions, calculated as a percentage of the prices referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation, for cereals the moisture content of which differs from the moisture content of the standard quality

Price increases (in % )

1 2 3 4 5 6

Moisture Common Durum wheat Rye Barley Maize content wheat

15-4 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 15-3 » 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2 . — 15-2 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 — 15-1 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4 — 15-0 0-5 0-5 0-5 0-5 — 14-9 0-6 0-6 0-6 0-6 — 14-8 0-7 0-7 0-7 07 — 14-7 0-8 0-8 0-8 0-8 — 14-6 0-9 0-9 0-9 0 -9 — 14-5 1-0 10 1-0 1-0 — 14-4 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 14-3 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-2 14-2 1-3 1-3 1-3 :L-3 0-3 14-1 1-4 1-4 1-4 1 -4 0-4 14-0 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 ' 0-5 13-9 1-6 1 -6 1-5 1-5 0-5 13-8 1-7 1-7 1-5 1-5 0-5 13-7 1-8 1-8 1-5 1-5 0-5 13-6 1-9 1-9 1-5 1-5 0-5 13-5 2-0 2-0 1-5 1-5 0-5 13-4 2-0 2-1 1-5 1 -5 0-5 13-3 2-0 2-2 1-5 1-5 0-5 13-2 2-0 2-3 1-5 :ι·5 0-5 13-1 2-0 2-4 1-5 1-5 0-5 13-0 2-0 2 -5 1-5 :ι·5 0-5 12-9 2-0 2 -6 1-5 1-5 0-5 12-8 2-0 2-7 1-5 1 -5 0-5 12-7 2-0 2-8 1-5 . 1-5 0-5 12-6 2-0 2-9 1-5 1-5 0-5 12-5 or less 2-0 3-0 1-5 1-5 0-5

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Reductions (in % )

1 2 3 4 5

Moisture Common content Rye Barley Maize wheat

15-5 o-l 15-6 .— — — 0-2 15-7 — — — Ò-4 15-8 — — — 0-5 15-9 — — 0-6 ', — . 16-0 — — — 0-8 — » — — 16-1 16-2 — — — — 16-3 16-4 0-8 0-8 — 0-8 16-5 1-2 1-2 1-2 — 16-6 1-6 1-6 1-6 — 16-7 1-9 1-9 — 1-9 16-8 2-2 2-2 2-2 — 16-9 2-5 2 -5 2-5 — 17-0 2-8 2-8 2-8 — 17- 1 3-2 3-2 3-2 — 17-2 ! 3-5 3-5 3-5 17-3 3-8 3-8 3-8 — 17-4 3-9 4-1 4-1 — 17-5 4-0 4-2 4-3 — 17-6 4-1 4-3 4-4 — 17-7 4-2 4-4 4-5 — ' 17-8 4-4 4-6 4-7 — . 17-9 4-5 4-7 4-8 — 18-0 4-6 4-8 4-9 —

TABLE II Price increases and reductions, calculated as a percentage of the prices referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation, for cereals the specific weight of which differs from the specific weight of the standard quality

Common wheat Durum wheat kg/hi % kg/hi , %

Price increases Price increases more than 76-0-77-0 0-3 more than 79-0-80Ό 0-3 more than 77-0-78-0 0-6 more than 80-0-81-0 0 -6 more than 78-0-79-0 0-9 more than 81-0-82-0 0-9 more than 79*0 1-1 more than 82-0 1-1 Reductions Reductions less than 74-0-73-0 0-75 less than 77-0-76-0 0-75 less than 73-0-72-0 1-25

Rye Barley kg/hi % kg/hi ' %

Reductions Reductions . less than 70-0-69-0 0-75 less than 63-0-62-0 0-5 less than 69-0-68-0 1-25 less than 62-0-61-0 1-0 less than '61-0-60-0 1-5 less than 60-0-59-0 2-0