31975R2135

No L 217 / 22 15 . 8 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2135 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 14 August 1975 amending Regulation No 282/67 / EEC on detailed rules for intervention for oil seeds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN oilseeds, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES , 1 528 /74 (4), should therefore be amended accordingly ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Economic Community ; Fats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman , Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC ( 1 ) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­ ment of a common organization of the market in oils HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 707/73 (2), and in particular Article 26 (3) thereof ; Article 1 Whereas in its Opinion on colza oil the Scientific Committee for Food recommended that where this oil The following first indent of Article 3 (2) of Regula­ tion No 282/ 67 / EEC is amended to read as follows : is used in food preference should be given to varieties of oil having a low erucic acid content ; '— colza and rape seed with a maximum of 2 % impurities, of 9 % moisture and of which the Whereas , in order to encourage Community producers oil has an erucic acid content, calculated on to use varieties of colza seed having a low erucic acid the total level of fatty acids in the fat compo­ content when next sowing their crops, intervention nent , of 15% maximum .' should be limited to colza seeds not exceeding a certain erucic acid content ; Article 2 Whereas therefore Regulation No 282/ 67/ EEC ( 3 ) of 11 July 1967 on detailed rules for intervention for This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 14 August 1975 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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