No L 199/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 26.7.88 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2269/88 " of 19 July 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1469/70 fixing the percentages and quantities of tobacco taken over by the intervention agencies and the percentage of Community tobacco production above which the procedures laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 -THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2267/88 (2), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3), Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1469/70 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/87 (%), fixes the percentages and quantities of tobacco taken over by the intervention agencies and the percentage of Community tobacco production above which the instruments of market management apply; Whereas, with a view to discouraging an increase in Community tobacco production of the varieties intended to be presented for intervention on account of disposal difficulties, the abovementioned percentages and quantities should be adjusted, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1469/70 shall be replaced by the Annex hereto. 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 the 1988 harvest. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussé]s, 19 July 1988. () OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1. (2) See page 18 of this Official Journal. (3) .OJ No C 139, 30. 5. 1988, p. 96. (*) O] No L 164, 27. 7. 1970, p. 35. (%) OJ No L 357, 19. 12. 1987, p. 1. For the Council The President Y. POTTAKIS