COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2205/94 of 9 September 1994 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1994/95 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 organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amanded by Regulation (EC) No 1866/94 (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 (EEC) No 2054/93 (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 3134/93 (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 authorized 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 authorized to fix a maximum moisture content of 15 % for cereals listed therein and offered for intervention during the 1994/95 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 1994.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 September 1994.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.

(2) OJ No L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 1.

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

(4) OJ No L 187, 29. 7. 1993, p. 6.

(5) OJ No L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18.

(6) OJ No L 280, 13. 11. 1993, p. 15.

ANNEX

Maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention during the 1994/95 marketing year

"" ID="1">Belgium> ID="2">All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum"> ID="1">Denmark> ID="2">All cereals except durum wheat, rye, maize and sorghum"> ID="1">Federal Republic of Germany> ID="2">All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum"> ID="1">France> ID="2">All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum"> ID="1">Ireland> ID="2">All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum"> ID="1">Luxembourg> ID="2">All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum"> ID="1">Netherlands> ID="2">All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum"> ID="1">Portugal> ID="2">All cereals except durum wheat, maize and sorghum">