31977R1018

No L 123 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 17 . 5 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1018 /77 of 16 May 1977 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 3148 /76 on preventive distil­ lation for the wine-growing year 1976/77

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, Regulation (EEC) No 3148/76 is hereby amended as Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No follows : 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ sions for the common organization of the market in (a) In Article 2 ( 1 ) '30 April 1977' is replaced by '30 wine ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No June 1977' ; 528 /77 (2), and in particular Article 6b (4) thereof, (b) In Article 2 (2) ' 15 May 1977' is replaced by ' 15 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3148 /76 July 1977'; of 23 December 1976 on preventive distillation for (c) In Article 2 (3) '31 July 1977' is replaced by '31 the wine-growing year 1 976/ 77 (3) as amended by August 1 977' ; Regulation (EEC) No 548 /77 (4), provides that applica­ (d) In Article 6 ( 1 ) ' 15 June 1977' is replaced by ' 15 tions for approval of distillation contracts should be August 1 977' ; submitted between 26 December 1976 and 30 April 1977 ; whereas this period has been found to be too (e) In Article 6 (4) '30 June 1977' is replaced by ' 10 short, particularly as certain wines that might be used September 1977'. for such distillation were during that time held under short-term storage contracts ; whereas to ensure that Article 2 such distillation has its full effect, the period provided for distillation should be extended by one month and This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its by two months for the other dates ; publication in the Official Journal of the European Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Communities. are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Wines, It shall apply with effect from 1 May 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 1977.

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 69, 16. 1977, p . 1 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 354, 24 . 12 . 1976, p . 20 . (4 ) OJ No L 70, 17 . J. 1977, p. 16 .