3.7.91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 174/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1930/91 of 28 June 1991 derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 1569/77 and (EEC) No 1570/77 with regard to the conditions governing the buying-in of cereals by the Portuguese intervention agency THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 of 11 December 1990 introducing transitional measures governing the common organization of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal ('), and in particular Article 10 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (*), and in particular Article 7 (6) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 of 11 July 1977 fixing the procedure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1841/90 (), provides for a minimum intervention quantity of 80 tonnes for common wheat, rye, barley, maize and grain sorghum; Whereas, under the intervention scheme existing in Portugal up to 31 December 1990, there was no lower limit on intervention buying; whereas the Portuguese Government is attempting to promote a better organiza- tion of producers in the cereal sector ; whereas the transi- tion from the national scheme to that resulting from the application of the common organization of the markets may create difficulties, in particular for small Portuguese producers ; whereas to enable these producers to improve their structures, provisions should be adopted permitting a gradual adjustment to Community rules; Whereas, with regard to the minimum characteristics, the gradual transition from the measures applied in Portugal during the first stage to those provided for under the common organization of the markets should be provided for and the necessary conversion allowed for ; whereas, the immediate application of the Community scheme would risk the exclusion of large quantities from intervention ; whereas, therefore, such an application would create considerable difficulties for Portuguese producers and () OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 28. () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. () O] No L 174, 14. 7. 1977, p. 15. () OJ No L 168, 30. 6. 1990, p. 14. would, to a certain extent, go against the aims of the Act of Accession; Whereas the fixing of minimum characteristics different from those applicable in the rest of the Community requires the fixing of a list of specific reductions different to that provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2258/87 (); Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 provides, as a transitional measure, for the possibility of aid for triticale in Portugal ; whereas, therefore, conditions governing the buying-in of this cereal should be laid down; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, ) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  Notwithstanding Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77, offers may be made to the Portuguese inter- vention agency of homogeneous batches of common wheat, rye, triticale, barley, maize and grain sorgho of not less than : — 15 tonnes for the period 1 July 1991 until the end of the 1991/92 marketing vear, — 30 tonnes during the 1992/93 marketing year, and -— 45 tonnes during the 1993/94 marketing year. 2. Notwithstanding Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) . No 1569/77, Portugal is hereby authorized to accept for intervention : — batches of cereals other than maize and grain sorgho harvested in Portugal of which the percentage of matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality does not exceed : — 16 % in 1991/92, — 14 % in 1992/93, ) OJ No L 174, 14. 7. 1977, p. 18. () OJ No L 208, 30. 7. 1987, p. 11.