Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat

• Published date: 01 November 1975
• Subject Matter: Cereals
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 281, 1 November 1975,Journal officiel des Communautés européennes, L 281, 1 novembre 1975,Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee, L 281, 1 novembre 1975

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Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat

Official Journal L 281 , 01/11/1975 P. 0022 - 0029
Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 6 P. 0162
Greek special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 13 P. 0179
Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 6 P. 0162
Spanish special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 9 P. 0034
Portuguese special edition Chapter 03 Volume 9 P. 0034

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( 1 ) SEE PAGE 1 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 16 OCTOBER 1975 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

( 3 ) OJ NO 279 , 18 . 11 . 1967 , P . 2 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 100 , 28 . 4 . 1969 , P . 8 .

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2731/75 OF THE COUNCIL OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 FIXING STANDARD QUALITIES FOR COMMON WHEAT , RYE , BARLEY , MAIZE AND DURUM WHEAT

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ;

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 ( 1 ) OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) THEREOF ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ) ;

WHEREAS THE COMMON PRICES FOR COMMON WHEAT , RYE , BARLEY , MAIZE AND DURUM WHEAT MUST BE FIXED WITH REFERENCE TO SPECIFIC STANDARD QUALITIES ; WHEREAS THESE SHOULD CORRESPOND AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO THE AVERAGE QUALITIES OF THOSE CEREALS HARVESTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS THE STANDARD QUALITIES WERE FIXED BY COUNCIL REGULATION NO 865/67/EEC ( 3 ) OF 14 NOVEMBER 1967 ; WHEREAS THE DEFINITIONS CONTAINED IN THAT REGULATION OF MATTER OTHER THAN BASIC CEREALS OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO APPLY ; WHEREAS THEY SHOULD THEREFORE BE MADE MORE SPECIFIC AND , MOREOVER , THE METHODS OF DETERMINING SUCH MATTER AND THE MOISTURE CONTENT SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED AND HARMONIZED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR WHICH THE TARGET PRICE AND THE INTERVENTION PRICES FOR COMMON WHEAT ARE FIXED IS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS :

( A ) COMMON WHEAT OF A SOUND AND FAIR MARKETABLE QUALITY , FREE FROM ABNORMAL SMELL AND LIVE PESTS , OF A COLOUR PROPER TO THIS CEREAL AND OF A QUALITY CORRESPONDING TO THE AVERAGE QUALITY OF COMMON WHEAT HARVESTED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ;

( B ) MOISTURE CONTENT : 16 % ;

( C ) TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF MATTER OTHER THAN BASIC CEREALS OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY : 5 % , OF WHICH :

- PERCENTAGE OF BROKEN GRAINS : 2 % ,

- PERCENTAGE OF GRAIN IMPURITIES : 1.5 % ( " GRAIN IMPURITIES " MEANS SHRIVELLED GRAINS , GRAINS OF OTHER CEREALS , GRAINS DAMAGED BY PESTS AND GRAINS SHOWING DISCOLORATION OF THE GERM ) ,

- PERCENTAGE OF SPROUTED GRAINS : 1 % ,

- PERCENTAGE OF MISCELLANEOUS IMPURITIES : 0.5 % ( " MISCELLANEOUS IMPURITIES " CONSIST OF WEED SEEDS , DAMAGED GRAINS , EXTRANEOUS MATTER , HUSKS , ERGOT , DECAYED GRAINS , DEAD INSECTS AND FRAGMENTS OF INSECTS ) ;

( D ) SPECIFIC WEIGHT : 75 KILOGRAMMES PER HECTOLITRE .

ARTICLE 2

THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR WHICH THE TARGET PRICE AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR RYE ARE FIXED IS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS :

( A ) RYE OF A SOUND AND FAIR MARKETABLE QUALITY , FREE FROM ABNORMAL SMELL AND LIVE PESTS , OF A COLOUR PROPER TO THIS CEREAL AND OF A QUALITY CORRESPONDING TO THE AVERAGE QUALITY OF RYE HARVESTED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ;

( B ) MOISTURE CONTENT : 16 % ;

( C ) TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF MATTER OTHER THAN BASIC CEREALS OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY : 5 % , OF WHICH :

- PERCENTAGE OF BROKEN GRAINS : 2 % ,

- PERCENTAGE OF GRAIN IMPURITIES : 1.5 % ( " GRAIN IMPURITIES " MEANS SHRIVELLED GRAINS , GRAINS OF OTHER CEREALS AND GRAINS DAMAGED BY PESTS ) ,

- PERCENTAGE OF SPROUTED GRAINS : 1 % ,

- PERCENTAGE OF MISCELLANEOUS IMPURITIES : 0.5 % ( " MISCELLANEOUS IMPURITIES " CONSIST OF WEED SEEDS , DAMAGED GRAINS , EXTRANEOUS MATTER , HUSKS , ERGOT , DEAD INSECTS AND FRAGMENTS OF INSECTS ) ;

( D ) SPECIFIC WEIGHT : 71 KILOGRAMMES PER HECTOLITRE .

ARTICLE 3

THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR WHICH THE TARGET PRICE AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR BARLEY ARE FIXED IS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS :

( A ) BARLEY OF A SOUND AND FAIR MARKETABLE QUALITY , FREE FROM ABNORMAL SMELL AND LIVE PESTS , OF A COLOUR PROPER TO THIS CEREAL AND OF A QUALITY CORRESPONDING TO THE AVERAGE QUALITY OF BARLEY HARVESTED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ;

( B ) MOISTURE CONTENT...