Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2469/88 of 5 August 1988 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1988/89 marketing year

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2469/88
of 5 August 1988
fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1988/89 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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 organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2221/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (7) 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 (EEC) No 2094/87 (4), fixes, inter alia, the maximum moisture content of cereals other than durum wheat at 14 %; whereas, under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 of 11 July 1977 fixing the procedure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2391/88 (6), the maximum moisture content was fixed at 14,5 %; whereas Article 2 (4) of the said Regulation also provides that the Member States may be authorized, on request and under certain conditions, to apply a higher moisture content;
Whereas certain Member States have submitted applications to that effect;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,