31977R2207

No L 255/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 6 . 10 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2207/77 of 5 October 1977 authorizing the conclusion of short-term private storage contracts for grape must and concentrated grape must

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 816/70 are fulfilled, it is appropriate that the conclu­ COMMUNITIES, sion of short-term storage contracts for grape must and concentrated grape must be permitted in accor­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European dance with the rules laid down in Commission Regula­ Economic Community, tion (EEC) No 2015/76 of 13 August 1976 on storage Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No contracts for table wine, grape must and concentrated 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ grape must (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No sions for the common organization of the market in 2206/77 (5) ; wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 1 679/77 (2), and in particular Article 5a (3) thereof, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Wine, Whereas, under Article 5a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70, the conclusion of short-term storage contracts for grape must and concentrated grape must may be HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : permitted if the market situation so requires, and in particular when preventive distillation is decided on Article 1 pursuant to Article 6b of the said Regulation ; Short-term contracts may be concluded for grape Whereas, as regards the market situation, the weighted must and concentrated grape must produced during average price of the most representative types of table the wine-growing year 1977/78 . wine is below the activating price ; whereas, moreover, preventive distillation has been decided on by Regula­ Article 2 tion (EEC) No 2205/77 (3) ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas, since the conditions laid down in the first publication in the Official Journal of the European indent of Article 5a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 October 1977. For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(•) OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5. 1970, p. 1 . 2) OJ No L 187, 27. 7. 1977, p . 15. (4) OJ No L 221 , 14. 8 . 1976, p. 20 . (3) See page 1 1 of this Official Journal . (5) See page 13 of this Official Journal.