CELEX: 31976R2435
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2435/76 of 6 October 1976 authorizing the acidification of certain wine-growing products in zone C I a

No L 276/ 16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          7 . 10 . 76
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2435/76
                                                      of 6 October 1976
                authorizing the acidification of certain wine-growing products in zone C I a
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    tional amount of sunshine and the lack of rain ;
COMMUNITIES,                                                      whereas it is necessary to make use of the abovemen­
                                                                  tioned option for that zone ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      ment Committee for Wine ,
816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­
sions for the common organization of the market in
wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 11 67/76 (2), and in particular Article 20 (4) thereof,
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 20 (2), in years when
climatic conditions have been exceptional, acidifica­             The acidification of fresh grapes, grape must, grape
tion of fresh grapes, grape must, grape must in                   must in fermentation and new wine still in fermenta­
fermentation and new wine still in fermentation may               tion shall be authorized in wine-growing zone C I a .
be authorized in certain wine-growing zones ;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas an initial examination of the harvest reveals
that in the French departments of wine-growing zone               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
C I a, there is a lack of acidity caused by the abnormal          following its publication in the Official Journal of
weather over the last few months, namely the excep­                the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 6 October 1976 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 .
(2 OJ No L 135, 24 . 5 . 1976, p . 42 .