31971R0617

Official Journal of the European Communities 165

25.3.71 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 71/ 15

REGULATION (EEC) No 617/71 OF THE COMMISSION of 24 March 1971 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 on storage contracts for table wine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation MUNITIES, are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Wine ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 1 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organisation of the The following text shall be substituted for the text of market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1437/70 : No 2612/70,2 and in particular Article 37 thereof; ' 1 . A contract may not be concluded for a period beginning before the date of the Whereas Article 8 (l ) of Commission Regulation conclusion of the contract. (EEC) No 1437/703 of 20 July 1970 on storage contracts for table wine, as last amended by However, for the 1970/1971 wine-growing year Regulation (EEC) No 436/71 ,4 provides that for the and from 15 January 1971 , the period of validity 1970/ 1971 wine-growing year and for contract of a contract shall begin on the day that the applications made and accepted since 15 January written application is received by the competent 1971 , the period of validity of a contract shall begin authority. In the case of a contract application on the day that the written application is received by made before 15 January 1971 and in respect of the competent authority; which no contract was concluded by that date, the period of validity of the contract shall begin on 15 January 1971 .' Whereas this provision has placed at a disadvantage those who before 15 January 1971 made applications Article 2 in respect of which contracts were not concluded before that date; whereas, to meet this difficulty, provision should beVnade in such cases for the period This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of validity of the contract to begin on 15 January following its publication in the Official Journal of the 1971 : European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 24 March 1971 . For the Commission

The President

Franco M. MALFATTI

1 OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1. 2 OJ No L 281, 27.12.1970, p. 6. » OJ No L 160, 22.7.1970, p. 16. 4 OJ No L 48, 27.2.1971, p. 73 .