CELEX: 31971R2504
Language: en
Date: 1971-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2504/71 of the Council of 22 November 1971 amending Regulation No 24 and Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 on the common organisation of the market in wine

962                                Official Journal of the European Communities
 26.11.71                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 261 / 1
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 2504/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                of 22 November 1971
                     amending Regulation No 24 and Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 on the common
                                          organisation of the market in wine
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                      into during the period from 1 • December to 31
                                                                January of the same wine-growing year; whereas if
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           the date for submitting the forward estimate is put
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                back, the period during which the said contracts may
thereof;                                                        be entered into should also be put back;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 Haying regard to the Opinion of the European                                          Article 1
 Parliament1 ;
                                                                In Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 24, the date
Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 242 on the             10 December shall be substituted for the         date
progressive establishment of a common organisation              25 November.
of the market in wine, as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 816/703, laid down 25 November of each
year as the final date for the submission of the                                       Article 2
forward estimate; whereas experience has shown that
drawing up this estimate at a later date makes it               In the second subparagraph of Article 5 (5) of Regu­
possible to achieve a better evaluation of the situation        lation (EEC) No 816/70, the words 'the period from
and consequently to make more accurate estimates ;              16 December to 15 February' shall be substituted
whereas the date originally fixed should therefore be           for the words 'the period from 1 December to
put back;                                                       31 January.'
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 5 (5 ) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 of 28 April                                         Article 3
 1970 laying down additional provisions for the
common organisation of the market in wine, as last              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2312/714, lays                 - following its publication in the Official Journal of
down that long-term contracts may only be entered               the European Communities. ■
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 22 November 1971 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                      P. SILVESTRI
1 OJ No   C 114, 11.11.1971, p. 27.
2 OJ No   30, 20.4.1962, p. 989/62.
3 OJ No   L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1 .
4 OJ No   L 244, 30.10.1971, p. 9 .