Document ID: 31999R1665

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1665/1999
of 28 July 1999
fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1999/2000 marketing year
THE 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 1253/1999(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
(1) 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 1253/1999, 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(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1664/1999(5), 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 durum wheat, maize and sorghum;
(2) Whereas certain Member States have submitted requests to that end;
(3) 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 1999/2000 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 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999.

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