No L 187/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.7. 86 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2135/86 of 8 July 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 on price increases and reductions applicable to intervention in cereals THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/7§ of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (3, and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1580/86 (%), lays down more restrictive norms for the standard quality of the cereals in question ; whereas the minimum qualities required for intervention are also altered ; whereas this should lead to changes in the price increases and reduc- tions, notably for common wheat; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 also provides for support for the production of common wheat of superior breadmaking quality and the production of breadmaking rye by means of a special price increase; whereas the specific quality standards which must be met by the rele- vant cereals if they are to qualify for the special price increase should be laid down; Whereas for the 1986/87 marketing year, special arrange- ments may be applied to cereals with regard to their maximum moisture content; whereas the scale of price increases should, accordingly, be altered for this marke- ting year; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2160/84 (), should be amended accordingly ; Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the period set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 is hereby amended as follows : ’ () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 139, 26. 5. 1986, p. 29. () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 22. () OJ No L 139, 23. 5. 1986, p. 34. () OJ No L 174, 14. 7. 1977, p. 18. (% OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1984, p. 21. 1. Article 2 is replaced by the following: Article 2 The price increases or reductions by which the inter- vention price is increaed or decreased shall be calcu- lated by applying the percentages provided for in Articles 3, 4, 4a and 6 to the said price valid at the beginning of the marketing year.’ 2. The following subparagraph is added to Article 3 (1): ‘However, the price increases to be applied for the 1986/87 marketing year shall be those listed in Table II of Annex I’ 3. At the end of Article 3 (2) ‘Table II' is replaced by “Table IIT. 4. The following Article 4a is added: ‘Article 4a 1. A reduction of S % shall be applied to the inter- vention price, valid at the beginning of the marketing year, for common wheat which does not meet the necessary technical and physical requirements as regards quality. Common wheat shall be deemed to meet the necessary technical and physical requirements if the dough obtained from the wheat does not stick during the mechanical kneading process and if it has the follo- wing properties : — Zeleny index of at least 20, — Hagberg falling number of at least 220, including the preparation (agitation) time of 60 seconds, — it contains at least 90 % of common wheat of unimparied quality, ' — the percentage of miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz) does not exceed 3 %, of which at the most 0,05 % are damaged by spontaneous heating and excessive drying, 0,05 % ergot and 0,10 % harmful weed seeds, — the percentage of grains damaged by heat during drying operations does not exceed 0,50 %. 2. Where the protein content of common wheat having the characteristics set out in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 is less than 11,5 %, the reductions to be applied shall be those listed in Table IV of Annex L These reductions shall be applied to the intervention price valid at the beginning of the marketing year.