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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1810/84 of 28 June 1984 on the application of a special intervention measure for common wheat of bread-making quality at the beginning of the 1984/85 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the marketing year to obtain cereals which satisfy the COMMUNITIES, required quality standards, for reasons such as parti­ cular farming or weather conditions ; whereas, in such Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European cases, provision should be made so that the Member Economic Community, States concerned may be exempted from the obliga­ tion to declare the security forfeit ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ Whereas, since the quantities to be purchased must be zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by limited, a procedure must be applied to ensure that Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular the the offers accepted do not exceed the quantitative first subparagraph of Article 8 (4) thereof, limits which have been set ;

Whereas there is some anxiety concerning the state of Whereas, in accordance with the guidelines laid down the market for common wheat of bread-making in connection with the fixing of prices for 1984/85, quality at the beginning of the 1984/85 marketing the differences between the price for common wheat year ; whereas, consequently, in accordance with of the minimum quality and the single common inter­ Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, provision vention price should be 7% for the 1984/85 mar­ should be made for the application of special interven­ keting year ; tion measures at the beginning of the marketing year in question ; Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has Whereas the conditions laid down in Commission not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 of 20 July 1977 laying down detailed rules of application for special interven­ tion measures to support the development of the market in common wheat of bread-making quality (3), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 644/83 (4), will be fulfilled, for the reasons stated above, at the beginning of the 1984/85 marketing year ; whereas Article 1 these special measures will consist of the purchase of quantities of common wheat of the minimum quality ; 1 . The intervention agencies of all the Member Whereas such purchases should be made in accor­ States shall purchase, as provided for in this Regula­ dance with Articles 1 and 2 of Council Regulation tion and in Articles 4 (3) and 5 of Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 2738/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down No 1629/77, subject to a limit of 3 000 000 tonnes, the general rules for intervention on the market in quantities of common wheat offered to them in cereals (*) ; August, September and October of the 1984/85 marketing year, provided that such wheat is of the Whereas, since the quantities to be purchased are minimum bread-making quality defined in Regulation limited, measures must be applied to ensure that (EEC) No 2062/81 (6). bona-fide offers are made to the intervention agencies ; whereas, to this end, provision should be made for the The quantities purchased shall not exceed : lodging, at the time when offers are submitted, of a security which will be forfeit if the offer is withdrawn — 750 000 tonnes in August 1984, or if the offer relates to a quality lower than the — 750 000 tonnes in September 1984, minimum quality or if the offer does not correspond — 1 500 000 tonnes in October 1984, to a quantity actually held in store by the offeror ; subject to the provisions of Article 3 (3). Whereas, however, in certain regions of the Commu­ nity it may be especially difficult at the beginning of 2. Purchases shall be made at any of the interven­ tion centres for common wheat, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EEC) (■) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . No 2738/75. 0 OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 26. (4) OJ No L 160, 18 . 6. 1983, p. 42. 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49. («) OJ No L 201 , 22. 7. 1981 , p. 6.

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— where the offer is withdrawn after the end of the 3. To be valid, offers made to intervention agencies month in which it is made, pursuant to this Regulation must correspond to quan­ tities actually held in store. — where the offer relates to common wheat of a The intervention agencies shall make random checks quality less than the minimum bread-making to verify that this condition has been satisfied. quality, unless the operator can replace it with common wheat of such quality within a time limit 4. Offers for intervention shall be considered only if laid down by the Member State, they are accompanied by proof that a security of 5 — which exceed the quantities actually held in stock, ECU per tonne has been lodged. as verified pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 1 (4). Article 2 2. The security shall be released forthwith in respect The price to be paid for the purchases referred to in of quantities accepted into intervention and quantities Article 1 (1 ) shall be the reference price fixed for the not accepted pursuant to Article 3 (2). 1984/85 marketing year by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1019/84 (') less 17,62 ECU per tonne, the resulting 3. The Commission may authorize a Member State price being subject to the monthly increases applicable not to declare the security forfeit for failure to fulfil to the reference price. the obligation regarding minimum quality if in certain regions of the Community, because of specific farming and weather conditions, it is particularly difficult to Article 3 obtain a cereal which satisfies the quality standards referred to in Article 1 (1 ). 1 . The Member States shall, not later than 12 September, 10 October and 14 November 1984, report 4. Member States shall inform the Commission not to the Commission the quantities offered for interven­ later than 15 December 1984 of the quantities of tion under this Regulation for the preceding month. common wheat which were offered pursuant to this Regulation in August, September and October but 2. On the basis of the information provided for in could not be accepted for reasons of quality. paragraph 1 , the Commission shall forthwith :

— decide whether, in view of the monthly limits laid down in Article 1 , all offers submitted may be Article 5 accepted for the month in question, — lay down, if the total quantity offered in the Delivery of accepted quantities shall take place within Community exceeds the quantity laid down in two months of the date of acceptance of the offer by Article 1 for the month in question, the percentage the intervention agency. Where delivery takes place in by which offers made are to be reduced. December 1984 or later, the price payable is that set out in Article 2 increased by four monthly increments 3. If the quantities offered for August are less than converted into national currency at the representative 750 000 tonnes, the difference shall be added to the rate applicable on 31 December 1984. allocation for September. If the quantities offered for September are less than the allocation for that month, plus any amounts added Article 6 under the preceding subparagraph, the difference shall be carried over to October. Intervention agencies shall lay down such further 4. The intervention agency shall forthwith inform procedures and conditions for taking over wheat as are the operator of the quantities offered which may be required to take account of special conditions in their accepted, subject to compliance with any other provi­ Member State, provided that these procedures and sions applicable. conditions are compatible with the provisions of this Regulation. 5. Acceptance of the offer by the intervention agency shall be made definitive as soon as possible.

Article 7 Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 1 . The security referred to in Article 1 (4) shall be publication in the Official Journal of the European forfeit for those quantities : Communities.

(') OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 4. It shall apply from 1 August 1984.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1984.

i For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission