# Commission Regulation (EC) No 670/2009 of 24 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards public intervention by invitation to tender for the purchase of durum wheat or paddy rice, and amending Regulations (EC) No 428/2008 and (EC) No 687/2008 (repealed) EU Regulation No 670/2009 ยท adopted 24 July 2009 Commission Regulation (EC) No 670/2009 of 24 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards public intervention by invitation to tender for the purchase of durum wheat or paddy rice, and amending Regulations (EC) No 428/2008 and (EC) No 687/2008 (repealed) ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 670/2009 of 24 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards public intervention by invitation to tender for the purchase of durum wheat or paddy rice, and amending Regulations (EC) No 428/2008 and (EC) No 687/2008 (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: PROVISIONS COMMON TO THE APPROVAL OF INTERVENTION CENTRES, PURCHASES AND BIDS ### Section 1: GENERAL RULES ## 1 Scope and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Appointment and approval of intervention centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: PROCEDURE FOR THE PURCHASE OF DURUM WHEAT OR PADDY RICE BY TENDER ## 3 Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Conditions for the submission and admissibility of bids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Verification of bids by the intervention agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Notification of bids to the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Decision on the basis of the tenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Decisions on tenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Release and forfeit of securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: PROCEDURE FOR THE TRANSIT OF PRODUCTS ## 10 Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Transport costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR DURUM WHEAT ## 12 Quality of durum wheat offered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Sampling and tests of offers of durum wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Take-over of offers of durum wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR RICE ## 15 Quality of paddy rice offered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Sampling and tests of offers of paddy rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Take-over of offers of paddy rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: COMMON PROVISIONS FOR TAKE-OVER, INSPECTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS ## 18 Take-over record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Establishing the price to be paid to the bidder and payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Control measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 National rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Communication of the take-overs to the Commission and the intervention agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Communication from the intervention agencies and approved intervention centres to the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Method applicable to communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 25 Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 428/2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 687/2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: (Article 12(2)) ### Division 1: DEFINITION OF CHARACTERISTICS TO BE EXAMINED IN ORDER TO QUALIFY A BASIC CEREAL AS BEING OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY ## 1.1 Broken grains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 Grain impurities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 Sprouted grains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4 Miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.5: Live pests ## 1.6 Piebald grains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.7 Colour of cereal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.8 Contaminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 FACTORS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN DEFINING DURUM WHEAT IMPURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: (Article 13(3)) ## 1 STANDARD METHOD FOR DETERMINING MATTER OTHER THAN BASIC CEREALS OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 STANDARD METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF DURUM WHEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 2.4: Procedure ## Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.5 Method of calculation and formulae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.6 Repetition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 STANDARD METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RATE OF PIEBALDING OF DURUM WHEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Equipment and apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 3.3: Procedure ## (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4 Expression of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5 Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 4: OTHER METHODS APPLICABLE TO DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF DURUM WHEAT ## 4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III: (Article 15(2)(a)) ## BASIC MILLING YIELD OF RICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## MAXIMUM PERCENTAGES OF RICE DEFECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV: (Article 19(1)) ## INCREASES AND REDUCTIONS IN THE PRICE OF DURUM WHEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: (Article 19(1)) ### Division: INCREASES AND REDUCTIONS IN THE PRICE OF RICE ## 1 The increases or reductions in the price of rice shall apply to the intervention price of paddy rice offered for buying-in by multiplying the latter by the sum of the percentages of reductions and increases determined as follows: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI (Article 27, second subparagraph) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/670 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-670 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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