No L 50/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 2. 76 ' COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 409/76 of 23 February 1976 establishing Community methods for the determination of the moisture content of raw tobacco THE COMMISSION 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 ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession (?), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 3 (3) and Article 7 (4) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 of 25 August 1970 on intervention procedure for raw tobacco (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 408/76 (%), fixes the moisture content to be taken into consideration for determining the net weight of leaf tobacco and of baled tobacco; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70 of 25 August 1970 on the procedure for granting the premium for leaf tobacco (°), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 408/76, refers to the same moisture content as a basis for determining the net weight of tobacco in respect of which a premium has been applied for; Whereas, in order to ensure the uniform application of the rules relating to the common organization of the market in tobacco, Article la (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70 provides that the Commission shall establish one or more Community methods for the determination of the moisture content of raw tobacco; Whereas two such methods which have so far been the subject of scientific studies at Community level have very similar qualities and provide valid results which are comparable ; whereas these two methods should therefore be adopted, without prejudice to the future adoption of other methods which are the subject of similar studies and which give comparable results ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Raw Tobacco, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. Determination of the moisture content of tobacco for the purpose of calculating the net weight as referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70 and in Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 and which is fixed in Annex IV to the latter Regulation shall be carried out in accordance with one or other of the two methods now accepted and described in Annex I to this Regulation. 2. The method to be used for taking samples for use in one or other of the two said methods shall be that described in Annex 1l hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall apply with effect from the 1976 harvest. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 Febrary 1976. OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1. O_] No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14 O] See ) ) 3 No L 191, 27. 8. 1970, p. 5. ) ) For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission