31986R0626

No L 60 / 4 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 3 . 86

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 626 / 86

of 28 February 1986

amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1569 / 77 concerning the taking over of cereals by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , enabling the appropriate changes to be made ; whereas the immediate application of the Community system would entail a risk of large quantities being excluded from Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European intervention ; whereas such application would consequently Economic Community , give rise to substantial difficulties for Spanish producers and would , at least in part , be contrary to the objectives of Article Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal , 112 of the Act of Accession ; and in particular Article 90 thereof, Whereas Article 112 of the Act of Accession introduced Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 of special arrangements for a transitional period , concerning 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market the specific weight of barley presented for intervention in in cereals {*), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No Spain ; whereas the purpose of that provision was to enable 3793 / 85 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 7 ( 5 ) thereof, Spanish producers to improve their production structures and to adjust progressively to the Community rules ; whereas Regulation ( EEC ) No 1569 / 77 should therefore be amended Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 1569 / 77 of on the basis of the abovementioned provision and the 11 July 1977 fixing the procedure and conditions for the appropriate specifications relating to its application in taking over of cereals by intervention agencies ( 3 ), as last accordance with the objective pursued should be laid amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2262 / 85 ( 4 ), provides , in down ; the event of intervention , for a minimum quantity of 80 tonnes of common wheat , rye , barley , maize or sorghum ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee Whereas , under the intervention arrangements in force in for Cereals , Spain up to 1 March 1986 , the minimum quantity which may be presented for intervention is 10 tonnes ; whereas the Spanish Government is encouraging better organization of the cereals sector at producer level ; whereas the transition HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : from the national arrangements to those resulting from application of the common organization of the markets may Article 1 create difficulties , particularly for small Spanish growers ; whereas , to enable those growers to undertake structural improvements , provision should be made for a progressive Regulation ( EEC ) No 1569 / 77 is amended as follows : adaptation to the Community rules ; 1 . The following subparagraph is added to Article 1 : Whereas the Annex to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2731 / 75 of 29 October 1975 fixing standard qualities for 'By way of derogation from the first subparagraph , common wheat , rye , barley , maize , sorghum and durum homogeneous batches of common wheat , rye , barley , wheat ( s ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No maize or sorghum weighing not less than 10 tonnes for 1028 / 84 ( 6 ), defined shrivelled grains ; whereas according to the period from 1 March 1986 to the end of the 1985 / 86 that definition shrivelled grains in the case of barley means marketing year and not less than 40 tonnes for the 1986 / 87 marketing year may be presented to the grains which pass through sieves with apertures measuring 2,2 millimetres ; intervention agency in Spain .'

2 . The following subparagraph is added to Article 2 ( 3 ): Whereas in this respect also it should be laid down that the transition from the provisions applied in Spain prior 'However , by way of derogation from the to 1 March 1986 to those laid down by the common abovementioned Regulation ( EEC ) No 2731 / 75 , in the organization of the markets is to be progressive , thereby case of barley harvested in Spain and offered for intervention in that country during the period from 1 March 1986 to the end of the 1986 / 87 marketing year , (*) OJ.No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 . "shrivelled grains" shall mean grains which , after ( 2 ) OJ No L 367 , 31 . 12 . 1985 , p. 19 . elimination from the sample of all the other matter ( 3 ) OJ No L 174 , 14 . 7 . 1977 , p. 15 . referred to in the Annex to the said Regulation , ( 4 ) OJ No L 211 , 8 . 8 . 1985 , p. 23 . ( 5 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 22 . pass through sieves with apertures measuring 2 millimetres .' ( 6 ) OJ No L 107 , 19 . 4 . 1984 , p. 17 .

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3 . The following footnote No 4 is added to the 'barley' Article 2 column of point E of the Annex : This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European '4 . Subject , as regards barley harvested in Spain , to the Communities . first subparagraph of Article 112 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal .' It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1986 .

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

Done at Brussels , 28 February 1986 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President