CELEX: 31998R1903
Language: en
Date: 1998-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1903/98 of 7 September 1998 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1998/99 marketing year

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31998R1903

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1903/98 of 7 September 1998 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1998/99 marketing year  

Official Journal L 248 , 08/09/1998 P. 0005 - 0006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1903/98 of 7 September 1998 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1998/99 marketing yearTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 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 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2594/97 (4), in particular fixes a maximum moisture content of 14 % for cereals other than durum wheat; whereas, under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 of 19 March 1992 fixing the procedure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1612/98 (6), a maximum moisture content of 14,5 % was fixed; whereas Article 2(4) of that Regulation also provides that the Member States may be authorised at their request and under certain conditions to apply a moisture content of 15 % for cereals offered for intervention, with the exception of maize and sorghum;Whereas certain Member States have submitted requests to that end;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 The Member States listed in the Annex hereto are hereby authorised to fix a maximum moisture content of 15 % for cereals listed therein and offered for intervention during the 1998/99 marketing year.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 1998.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 7 September 1998.For the CommissionFranz FISCHLERMember of the Commission(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.(3) OJ L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 22.(4) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 10.(5) OJ L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18.(6) OJ L 209, 25. 7. 1998, p. 25.ANNEX >TABLE>