Official Journal of the European Communities 305 4.7.69 ) Official Journal of the European Communities No L 163/1 REGULATION (EEC) No 1265/69 OF THE COMMISSION of 1 July 1969 establishing methods for determining the quality of sugar bought-in by intervention agencies - THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM- MUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community; Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/EEC! of 18 December 1967 on the common organisation of the market in sugar, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2100/682 and -in particular Article 9 (8) thereof; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 782/683 of 26 June 1968 laying down detailed rules of application for the buying-in of sugar by intervention agencies established different quality characteristics for white sugar and raw sugar; whereas, to prevent Member States applying different methods for determining those quality characteristics, it is necessary to provide uniform rules at Community level; Whereas generally accepted methods of analysis should be used for such rules; Whereas the methods in question should be made applicable to buying-in by intervention agencies from the date of entry into force of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC since, in the absence of such methods, "contracts have been concluded on a conditional basis; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for sugar; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The methods for determining the quality characteristics of sugar, referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 782/68, are hereby established as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. For sugar bought-in by intervention agencies it shall apply with effect from 1 July 1968. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable-in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 July 1969. 1 O] No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1. 2 O] No L 309, 24.12.1968, p. 4. 3 OJ No L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 6. For the Commission The President . Jean REY