CELEX: 31977R0548
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 548/77 of 16 March 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3148/76 on preventive distillation for the wine-growing year 1976/77

No L 70 / 16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              17 . 3 . 77
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 548 /77
                                                       of 16 March 1977
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 3148 /76 on preventive distillation 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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Regulation (EEC) No 3148 /76 is amended as 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 ) ' 28 February 1977' is replaced by
wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       '30 April 1977';
2842/76 (2), and in particular Article 6b (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3148/76                     (b) In Article 2(2) ' 15 March 1977' is replaced by ' 15
of 23 December 1976 on preventive distillation for                     May 1977';
the wine-growing year 1976/77 (3 ) provides that appli­
cations for approval of distillation contracts should be           (c) In Article 6(1 ) ' 15 April 1977' is replaced by ' 15
submitted    between      26    December       1976   and  28          June 1977'.
February 19 77 ; whereas this period has been found to
be too short, particularly as certain wines that might
be used for such distillation were during that time
held under short-term storage contracts ; whereas to                                        Article 2
ensure that such distillation has its full effect, the
period initially provided for should be extended by                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
two months ;
                                                                   publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                   Communities.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Wine ,                                          It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 16 March 1977 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 99 ,     5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 327 , 26 . 11 . 1976, p. 2 .
(3 ) OJ No L 3.54, 24 . 12 . 1976 , p. 20 .