31976R2997

No L 342/ 6 11 . 12 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2997/76 of 9 December 1976 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 concerning the addi­ tion of alcohol to products in the wine sector

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES, 3221 /75 (4) ; whereas experience has shown that this can be done without difficulty ; whereas Regulation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (EEC) No 1876/74 should therefore be amended by Economic Community, extending to 31 December 1977 the transitional Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No period due to expire on 31 December 1976, 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 2829/76 (2), and in particular Article 25 (2) thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, In Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74, *31 Whereas, pending the adoption of provisions supple­ December 1976' shall be replaced by '31 December menting or harmonizing the definitions of semi-spar­ 1977'. kling wines and of products falling within heading No 22.06 of the Common Customs Tariff, provision Article 2 should be made to extend the period of application of the provisions referred to in Article 4 of Council Regu­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day lation (EEC) No 1876/74 of 15 July 1974 concerning following its publication in the Official Journal of the addition of alcohol to products in the wine the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 1976. For the Council

The President P. J. J. MERTENS

(•) OJ No L 99, 5 . 5. 1970, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7. 1974, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 326, 25. 11 . 1976, p . 1 . (4) OJ No L 320 , 11 . 12. 1975, p. 4.