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24 . 8 . 76 No L 233 / 19 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2077/76 of 23 August 1976 on transitional measures concerning the holding for sale and putting into circu lation of certain wines produced before 1 September 1976

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ Table wines produced before 1 September 1976 which sions for the common organization of the market in comply with the definition appearing under point 10 wine ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 as appli­ 11 67/76 (2), and in particular Article 37 thereof, cable before that date, and which no longer comply with this definition as applicable after that date, may Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1160/76 of 17 be held for sale and put into circulation until stocks May 1976 (3) amends, with effect from 1 September are exhausted, on condition that all consignments 1976, the definition of table wine appearing under exceeding 10 hectolitres which have not been put into point 10 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ; circulation by 31 December 1976 be declared to the whereas, as a consequence, certain wines produced authorities designated by the Member State before 1 September 1976 will no longer correspond concerned . after this date to the definition in question ; whereas it is necessary, in order to enable such wines to be disposed of, to provide that they may be held for sale and put into circulation until stocks are exhausted ; Article 2

Whereas the measures laid down in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September ment Committee for Wine, 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 23 August 1976 . For the Commission

Henri SIMONET Vice-President

(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 . (-') OJ No L 135, 24 . 5 . 1976, p . 42 . (3 ) OJ No L 135, 24 . 5 . 1976 , p . 1 .