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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2386/87

of 5 August 1987

fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1987/88 marketing year

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 organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1900/87 (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), fixed, 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 2280/87 (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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Member States referred to in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby authorized to fix the maximum moisture content for each of the cereals offered for intervention during the 1987/88 marketing year at the level set out in the said Annex.

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 1987.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 August 1987.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 40.

(3) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 22.

(4) OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1.

(5) OJ No L 174, 14. 7. 1977, p. 15.

(6) OJ No L 209, 31. 7. 1987, p. 13.

ANNEX

Maximum moisture content for cereals offered for intervention during the 1987/88 marketing year

1.2.3 // // // // Member State // Maximum content // Type of cereal // // // // Belgium // 15,5 % // All // Denmark // 15,5 % // All // Germany // 15,5 % // All // France // 15 % // All // Ireland // 15 % // All // Luxembourg // 15,5 % // All // Netherlands // 15,5 % // All // // //

Amendments and corrections
June 30, 1988	See Art. 1
September 29, 1987	Modified by 31987R2887 - detail
August 7, 1987	Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 2
July 1, 1987	Application - See Art 2

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2386/87 of 5 August 1987 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1987/88 marketing year