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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1665/1999
of 28 July 1999
fixingthemaximummoisturecontentofcerealsofferedforinterventionincertainMemberStates
during the 1999/2000 marketing year
(OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 30)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 2082/1999 of 30 September 1999 L 256 46 1.10.1999
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1665/1999
of 28 July 1999
fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for inter-
vention in certain Member States during the 1999/2000 marketing
year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June
1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1253/1999 (2), and in
particular Article 5 thereof,
(1)Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of 29 October1975 fixingstandard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley,maize, sorghum and durum wheat(
3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1253/1999, in particular fixes a maximum moisturecontent of 14 % for cereals other than durum wheat; whereas,under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 of 19 March1992 fixingthe procedure and conditions for the takingover ofcereals by intervention agencies(
4), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1664/1999 (5), a maximum moisture content of
14,5 % was fixed; whereas Article 2(4) of that Regulation alsoprovides that the Member States may be authorised at theirrequest and under certain conditions to apply a moisture contentof 15 % for cereals offered for intervention, with the exception ofdurum wheat, maize and sorghum;
(2)Whereas certain Member States have submitted requests to thatend;
(3)Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the Management Committee forCereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Member States listed in the Annex hereto are hereby authorised to
fix a maximum moisture content of 15 % for cereals listed therein andoffered for intervention duringthe 1999/2000 marketingyear.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 79, 20.3.1992, p. 18.
(5) See page 28 of this Official Journal.
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ANNEX
Maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention during the 1999/2000 marketing
year
Member State Cereal
Austria All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum
Belgium All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum
Denmark All cereals except durum wheat, maize, sorghum and rye
Federal Republic of
GermanyAll cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum
Ireland All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum
France All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum
Netherlands All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum
LuxembourgAll cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorg hum
United Kingdom All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum