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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)684 final.
Brussels-7December1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingforthefifthtimeRegulation (EEC)No1876/74concerning
theadditionofalcoholtoproductsinthewinesector
w;-v
>..-ν(submittedtothe"Council^>VtheCommission )
C0M(78)684final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Intheabsenceofacommonorganization ofthemarketinalcoholandinthe
absencealsoofprovisionsaligningthedefinitionsofaromatizedwines,
theexistingprovisionsconcerningtheadditionofalcoholtoproductsin
thewinesectorshould "beextendedtoapplyforafurtheryear.-Inthe
currentsituationnodifficulties willariseinthisconnection.
Nofinancialoonsequenoes .

Proposalfor
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingfor"thefifthtimeRegulation(EEC)„N°1876/74
concerningtheadditionofalcoholtoproductsinthe
winesector
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)N°8I6/7Oof28April1970
layingdownadditionalprovisionsforthecommonorganization ofthemarket
inwine(l)aslastamended "byRegulation(EEC)N°I86I/78(2),andin
particularArticle25(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,pendingtheadoptionofprovisionssupplementing orharmonizing
thedefinitionsofsemi-sparkling winesandofproductsfallingwithin
headingN°22.06oftheCommonCustomsTariff,provisionshouldbemadeto
extendtheperiodofapplicationoftheprovisionsreferredtoinArticle4
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)Na1876/74(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2804/77(4);whereasexperiencehasshownthatthiscanbedone
withoutdifficulty;whereasRegulation(EEC)No1876/74shouldtherefore
beamendedbyextendingto31December1979thetransitionalperioddue
toexpireon31December1978,
•/.
OJN»L99,5.5.1970,p.Ï,
(2)OJN°L215,4.8.1978,p.,/.
(3)OJN«L198,20.7.1974,p.
(4)OJN°L322,17.12.1977,P.2

HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
InArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)N°1876/74,"31DecemberI978"shallbe
replacedby"31December1979"•
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday.followingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates*
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident