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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2421/87

of 10 August 1987

opening intervention buying of cereals in Italy, Greece and Spain

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 (1) thereof,

Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 lays down the conditions in which intervention buying is opened; whereas general rules on intervention are laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1581/86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals (3); whereas detailed implementing rules are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2232/87 of 23 July 1987 laying down detailed rules applying to intervention purchasing of cereals (4); whereas in the light of the abovementioned provisions intervention should be opened in the Member States referred to in Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75;

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 intervention agencies of Italy, Spain and Greece shall buy in common wheat meeting the quality criteria laid down in Article 4a (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 (5), durum wheat, barley and rye offered to them from 1 August 1987.

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 August 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 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 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36.

(4) OJ No L 206, 28. 7. 1987, p. 16.

(5) OJ No L 174, 14. 7. 1987, p. 18.