8.9.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 248/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1903/98 of 7 September 1998 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1998/99 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 ('), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (%), and in particular Article 5 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 (EC) No 2594/97 (%), in particular fixes a maximum moisture content of 14 % for cereals other than durum wheat; whereas, under Commis- sion Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 of 19 March 1992 tixing the procedure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1612/98 (f), 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 maize and sorghum; 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 authorised to fix a maximum moisture content of 15 % for cereals listed therein and offered for intervention during the 1998/99 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 with effect from 1 July 1998. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 September 1998. OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37. OJ L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 22. OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 10. OJ L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18. OJ L 209, 25. 7. 1998, p. 25. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission