31967R0172

Official Journal of the European Communities 139

2602/67 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 28.6.67

REGULATION No 172/67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL of 27 June 1967 on general rules governing the denaturing of wheat and rye of bread-making quality

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC Whereas when they have been denatured, wheat and COMMUNITY, rye have characteristics such that they could be sub­ stituted for barley or maize for certain uses ; whereas, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ therefore, care must be taken to ensure that denatur­ pean Economic Community ; ing does not cause disturbances on the market for the two latter products ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/ EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation Whereas owing to the interchangeability of denatured of the market in cereals, and in particular Article common wheat and barley, the refund . for denatured 7 (4) and Article 16 (5 ) thereof; common wheat should be fixed on the basis of that granted for barley; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;

Whereas methods of denaturing should be effective HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : enough to prevent the denatured cereal being placed again on the market for human consumption in its Article 1 original state or as a processed product; whereas it is therefore advisable to lay down technical methods of­ This Regulation lays down the general rules govern­ fering minimum safeguards in that respect and to ing the denaturing of common wheat and rye of provide that in no case could the methods actually bread-making quality, referred to in Article 7 (3 ) of employed by Member States result in a lesser degree Regulation No 120/67/EEC . of denaturing;

Whereas in view of the aim pursued denaturing can Article 2 only be justified for bread-making cereals of a certain minimum quality; whereas, moreover, the costs en­ 1 . The methods employed for denaturing must en­ tailed by denaturing and the control thereof can only sure that denatured wheat and rye can no longer be be justified for a minimum quantity of cereals ; used for human consumption .

Whereas a denaturing premium may be granted in re­ 2 . These methods must be at least as effective as a spect of common wheat; whereas the existence of this standard method to be determined . premium should be known to possible beneficiaries from the beginning of the marketing year, in order to Article 3 enable them to plan a suitable use for denatured common wheat ; Cereals for denaturing must be of a minimum quality and quantity to be determined . Whereas denaturing by intervention agencies ' could be an advantageous way of marketing cereals which had been the subject of intervention ; whereas, there­ Article 4 fore, cereals denatured by them should have the same minimum qualities as those which are the subject of a 1 . The denaturing premium for common wheat, denaturing premium; the amount of which may vary, shall be fixed before the beginning of and for the duration of each market­ ing year in accordance with conditions to be deter­ 1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p . 2269/67. mined .

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2. The premium shall be granted at the request of Article 6 the interested party, if the requirements of Articles 2, 3 and 7 are observed . In the case of an export of denatured common wheat, the refund shall be calculated on the basis of the re­ 3 . Intervention agencies may also undertake the fund granted for an export of barley. denaturing of cereals held by them, if the require­ ments of Article 2 and the quality conditions pro­ vided for in Article 3 are observed . Article 7

To qualify for the premium, denaturing should be Article 5 effected in agreement with the intervention agency and under its supervision . The price at which intervention agencies shall sell denatured common wheat and rye and the amount of Article 8 the denaturing premium shall be fixed at such a level as not to cause, disturbances on the barley and maize markets . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1967.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 June 1967 .

For the Council The President

Ch . HEGER