31993R2141

No L 191 / 102 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 7 . 93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2141 /93 of 29 July 1993 amending the time limit laid down for the submission of contracts for the support distillation of table wine opened by Regulation (EEC) No 130/93 for the 1992/93 wine year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 1 992/93 wine year (6) extended that time limit to 1 3 April 1993 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas implementation of the measure, applicable to Portugal for the first time, has provided difficult and risks Havig regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and being compromised ; whereas, therefore, the time limit Portugal, and in particular Article 257 ( 1 ) thereof, laid down for the submission for approval of the contracts concluded should be extended to 31 July 1993 without Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of affecting the ceiling of 1 00 000 hectolitres previously 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the fixed ; whereas this should take effect on 14 April 1993 ; market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1566/93 (2), and in particular Article 41 ( 10) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /88 (3), Committee for Wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2181 /91 (4), lays down detailed rules for voluntary distillation as provided for in Articles 38 , 41 and 42 of Regulation (EEC) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : No 822/87 ; whereas the second subparagraph of Article 6 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation lays down that contracts and Article 1 declarations must be submitted for approval no more than two months after the opening of distillation ; Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /88 , the deadline for the Whereas the distillation of table wine provided for in submission of contracts and declarations for distillation Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 was opened for pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 130/93 for the 1992/93 the 1992/93 wine year on 27 January 1993 by Commis­ wine year in Portugal shall be 31 July 1993. sion Regulation (EEC) No 1 30/93 (5); whereas the above­ mentioned time limit for the submission of contracts and Article 2 declarations expired on 27 March 1 993 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 840/93 of publication in the Official Journal of the European 7 April 1993 amending the time limit laid down the Communities. submission of contracts for the support distillation of table wine opened by Regulation (EEC) No 130/93 for the It shall apply with effect from 14 April 1993.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1993 .

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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