31976R2435

No L 276/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 7 . 10 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2435 / 76 of 6 October 1976 authorizing the acidification of certain wine-growing products in zone C I a

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tional amount of sunshine and the lack of rain ; COMMUNITIES , whereas it is necessary to make use of the abovemen­ tioned option for that zone ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Wine , 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ sions for the common organization of the market in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : wine ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 11 67/76 (2), and in particular Article 20 (4) thereof, Article 1 Whereas , pursuant to Article 20 ( 2), in years when climatic conditions have been exceptional , acidifica­ The acidification of fresh grapes, grape must, grape must in fermentation and new wine still in fermenta­ tion of fresh grapes, grape must, grape must in fermentation and new wine still in fermentation may tion shall be authorized in wine-growing zone C I a . be authorized in certain wine-growing zones ; Article 2 Whereas an initial examination of the harvest reveals that in the French departments of wine-growing zone This Regulation shall enter into force on the day C I a, there is a lack of acidity caused by the abnormal following its publication in the Official Journal of weather over the last few months, namely the excep­ the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 6 October 1976 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 . (2 OJ No L 135, 24 . 5 . 1976, p . 42 .