CELEX: 31977R0799
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 799/77 of 20 April 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 142/77 fixing an additional rate for determining the quantities of alcohol to be delivered as part of the wine deliveries for the 1976/77 wine-growing year

21 . 4. 77                                Official Journal ol the European Communities                              No L 97/ 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 799/77
                                                         of 20 April 1977
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 142/77 fixing an additional rate for determining
              the quantities of alcohol to be delivered as part of the wine deliveries for the
                                                    1976/77 wine-growing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      contracts and to change also the dates concerning the
COMMUNITIES,                                                        distillation operations and the communication from
                                                                    Member States ;
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
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
528/77 (2),
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 142/77 of
25 January 1977 fixing an additional rate for deter­                Regulation (EEC) No 142/77 is amended as             follows :
mining the quantities of alcohol to be delivered as                 (a) In Article 2 ( 1 ) the date ' 15 April 19 77' is replaced
part of the wine deliveries for the 1976/77 wine­                       by ' 15 June 1977' ;
growing year (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 (b) In Article 2 (2) the date '30 April 1977' is     replaced
347/77 (4), provides that applications for approval of                  by '30 June 1977' ;
distillation contracts must be submitted before 15
                                                                    (c) In Article 2 (3) the date '31 July 1977' is      replaced
April 1977 ; whereas the quantities for which                           by ' 15 August 1977';
producers must conclude contracts are to be calcu­
lated by the competent authorities in accordance with               (d) In Article 6 ( 1 ) the date '31 May 19 77' is    replaced
the criteria laid down in that Regulation, namely the                   by '31 July 1977';
yield per hectare, the colour of the wines and the alco­            (e) In Article 6 (4) the date '30 June 1977' is      replaced
holic strength, broken down according to production                     by '30 September 1977'.
region ; whereas, due to the very large number of
producers involved, the authorities cannot supply all                                          Article 2
of them in good time with the information required                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
in order to conclude the contracts ; whereas it is there­
                                                                    publication in the Official Journal of the European
fore necessary, so that producers can comply with the                Communities.
rules, to postpone by two months the date initially
fixed for the submission of application for approval of             It shall apply with effect from 15 April 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
               Done at Brussels, 20 April 1977.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
(•) OJ  No  L 99,  5. 5. 1970, p. 1 .
(*) OJ  No  L 69 , 16. 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
(J) OJ  No  L 22,  26. 1 . 1977, p. 23 .
(«) OJ  No  L 48 , 19 . 3 . 1977, p. 23 .