No L 186/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 8.7.78 .COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1600/78 of 7 July 1978 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1569/77 and (EEC) No 1570/77 on intervention S 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 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza- tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (3), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof, Whereas Article 2 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 of 11 July 1977 fixing the proce- dure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies (?) provides that in the event of particularly unfavourable climatic conditions deroga- tions, from paragraph 2 of the said Article may be made for the marketing year in question ; whereas this provision may not be applied to cereals harvested before 1 August of the following marketing year in different climatic conditions ; Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 provides that the price to be paid by the intervention agency to the seller is that valid for the month of delivery ; whereas, in the case of offers made during May, the intervention agency may specify that delivery of the cereal shall take place during June, for which ~ month the price valid is that for August of the current marketing year; whereas provision should therefore be made for sellers who have to deliver in June to receive for their goods the price valid for May; Whereas in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 the minimum specific weight of -barley is fixed at 63 kilograms per hectolitre ; whereas the inter- vention agencies of the Member States are however permitted by the Annex to fix the minimum specific weight for winter barley at 59 kilograms per hecto- litre ; whereas, in view of the technical and economic requirements of the Community market, reductions (1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (3) O] No L.156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1. (%) OJ No L 174, 14. 7. 1977, p. 15. should be fixed that more accurately reflect the price differences between winter barley of low specific weight and standard quality barley ; whereas the reduc- tions for barley fixed in Table II of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 of 11 July 1977 on price increases and reductions applicable to intervention in cereals (*) should therefore be adjusted appropriately ; Whereas, following the fixing of ‘prices by the Council for the 1978/79 marketing year, the increase that may be applied for rye sold for bread-making under Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 should be adjusted ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Cereals, ‘ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. The following subparagraph is added to Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 : \ ‘These derogations may be made only for cereals offered for intervention before 1 June of the marketing year in question. 2. The following sentence is added to the first subparagraph of Article 3 (3): ‘However, when the delivery is made during a month for which the intervention price is lower than that for the month in which the offer was made, the latter price shall be paid’ . Article 2 1. In Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77, the figure ‘3-11° shall read ‘4-50’. () OJ No L 174, 14. 7. 1977, p. 18.