L 197/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 29.7.1999 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 (3, 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 (%), 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 (¥), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 16641999 (°), 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 publica- tion 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. () O] L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 2. () O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18. () O] L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 22. () O] L 79, 20.3.1992, p. 18. () See page 28 of this Official Journal. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission