No L 248/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 8. 92 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2486/92 of 27 August 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 fixing the procedure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals ("), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1941/92 (%), lays down the conditions for the acceptance of cereals into interven- tion ; Whereas the intervention price is fixed for a standard quality laid down for each cereal ; whereas this price may be adjusted by increases or reductions for cereals not complying with this quality; Whereas cereals offered for intervention must comply with quality standards permitting appropriate use or storage ; whereas, as a result, a minimum quality should be laid down; Whereas, when determining the minimum quality, the differences in climatic conditions in the regions of the Community should be taken into account as far as possible ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 introduced a single intervention price system for all cereals ; whereas this should be taken into account in respect of common wheat by laying down the breadmaking quality as the minimum quantity ; . Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1581/86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (%), will be repealed with effect from 1 July 1993 ; whereas some of the provisions of this Regulation should be included in the detailed rules for application ; Whereas, under an intervention price system, there can be quality increases and reductions only for certain essential cereal characteristics ; Whereas the required minimum intervention quality may be achieved by mixing different qualities of the cereals in question ; whereas this risk is particularly great in the case of common wheat ; whereas, as a result, the machinability () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. () OJ No L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18. () OJ No L 196, 15. 7. 1992, p. 20. () OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36. () OJ No L 201, 31. 7. 1990, p. S. test should be maintained in the case of batches of common wheat of poor quality; Whereas, in order to simplify application of the interven- tion system,'the price increases and reductions and the conditions for taking over should be incorporated into a single regulation ; Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the period set by its chairman, N HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 is hereby amended as follows : 1. ‘The Annex hereto’ in the first subparagraph of Atticle 2 (2) is replaced by ‘Annex I. 2. The Annex is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation. Annexes II and III to this Regulation are added. 3. The last two subparaéraphs of Article 2 (2) are replaced by the following: ‘In addition, in cases where analyses indicate that the Zeleny index of a batch of common wheat is between 20 and 30, in order to be deemed sound, fair and of marketable quality within the meaning of paragraph 1, the dough obtained from this wheat must be judged to be non-sticky and machinable in accordance with the method laid down in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 1908/84 of the Commission (7). () OJ No L 178 of 5. 7. 1984, p. 6. 4. The third subparagraph of Article 3 (7) is replaced by the following : “The offerer shall bear the costs relating to: — determination of the tannin content of sorghum, — the amylasic activity (Hagberg) test, — determination of the protein content in the case of durum wheat and common wheat, — the Zeleny test, — the machinability test.’ S. Article 4 is replaced by the following: Article 4 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the price payable to the offerer shall be the intervention price referred to in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC)