31978R3065

28 . 12. 78 No L 366/9 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 3065/78 of 21 December 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 'Article 6 (e) COMMUNITIES, 1 . If it appears necessary, on the basis of crop Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European forecasts, to enrich a considerable proportion of Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 production , an aid may be granted for concen­ and 43 thereof, trated grape must produced within the Commu­ nity which is used to increase the alcoholic Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­ strength referred to in Article 18 of this Regula­ sion ( J ), tion and in Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ 817/70 . The grant of this aid may be reserved for ment (2), concentrated grape must produced in Community vine-growing zone C III if the current trade Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and patterns in concentrated grape must and blending Social Committee (3), wines cannot be guaranteed without this measure. Whereas in order to ensure comparable conditions of 2 . The amount of and conditions for aid as well competition between the different products that may as any other arrangements for applying this Article be used to increase alcoholic strength, provision shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure should be made for the granting of aid, under speci­ laid down in Article 7 of Regulation No 24.' fied conditions, for the use of concentrated grape must whose price entails higher production costs for producers who are obliged to use it, Article 2

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of Article 1 the European Communities.

Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 shall be supplemented It shall apply from the beginning of the 1978 /79 by the following Article : wine-growing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1978 .

For the Council

The President

Otto Graf LAMBSDORFF

(>) OJ No C 209 , 2. 9 . 1978 , p. 3 . (2) Opinion delivered on 15 December 1978 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) Opinion delivered on 30 November 1978 (not yet published in the Official Journal ).