No L 196/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 7. 92 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1940/92 of 14 July 1992 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1992/93 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/92 (3, and in particular Article 7 (6) 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 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (%), 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 (°), 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 all cereals with the exception of durum wheat; 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 1992/93 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 from 1 July 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 July 1992. () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 180, 1. 7. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 22. () O No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission