# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1572/2006 of 18 October 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies and laying down methods of analysis for determining the quality of cereals, Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
1.. In Article 3, point 3.9 is replaced by the following:
3.9. ‘the standard method for determining the specific weight shall comply with ISO 7971/2:1995 and, in the case of maize, with the traditional methods applied.’
2.. In Article 5, the following paragraph 6 is added:
‘6. The last take-over shall take place at the latest at the end of the second month following the month of the final delivery referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 4(3), and in any event not later than 31 July in Spain, Greece, Italy and Portugal and 31 August in the other Member States.’
3.. In Article 9, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:
(a) ‘where the moisture content of cereals offered for intervention is less than 13 % for maize and sorghum and 14 % for other cereals, the price increases to be applied shall be those listed in Table I of Annex VII. Where the moisture content of these cereals offered for intervention is higher than 13 % and 14 % respectively, the price reductions to be applied shall be those listed in Table II of Annex VII;
(b) where the specific weight of cereals offered for intervention differs from the weight/volume ratio of 76 kg/hl for common wheat, 73 kg/hl for maize and 64 kg/hl for barley, the reductions to be applied shall be those listed in Table III of Annex VII.’
4.. The following Article 11a is inserted:
‘Article 11a Each Member State shall forward by electronic means, for every cereal listed in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003:
(a) information on the state of intervention stocks by 12.00 (Brussels time) every Wednesday, in particular concerning:
(i) the quantities offered into intervention during the previous week, in accordance with Article 2 of this Regulation;
(ii) the quantities offered, where the tender is withdrawn by the tenderer after the start of the intervention period;
(iii) the total quantities offered for intervention after the start of the intervention period, net of the quantities referred to in point (ii);
(iv) the total quantity taken over since the start of the intervention period, in accordance with Article 5 of this Regulation;
(b) the quantities put up for tender in accordance with Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 on the Wednesday following the publication of the invitation to tender;
(c) the quantities intended for distribution free of charge to the most deprived persons in the Community in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 on the Wednesday following the date on which the member state defines the lots concerned;
(d) the average results of specific weight, moisture content, percentage of broken grains and protein content recorded for the lots of cereals taken over, by region set out in Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90, by the end of the month following the take-over deadline referred to in Article 5(6) of this Regulation.’
5.. Annexes I and VII are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1572/article/1 (the official version)
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