CELEX: 31977R2681
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681/77 of 5 December 1977 amending for the second time 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

6. 12. 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 312/7
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2681 /77
                                                      of 5 December 1977
               amending for the second time 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                                      unable to observe the prescribed deadline for distilla­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        tion ; whereas it is therefore desirable in view of these
                                                                    difficulties to extend the deadline for distillation until
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               31 August 1977,
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­               ment Committee for Wine,
sions for the common organization of the market in
wine (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
221 1 /77 (2), and in particular Article 24a (5) thereof,           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Commission Regulation                                               Article 1
(EEC) No 142/77 of 25 January 1977 fixing an addi­
tional rate for determining the quantities of alcohol to            In Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 142/77, the
be delivered as part of the wine deliveries for the                 date ' 15 August 1977' is replaced by '31 August 1977'.
1976/77 wine-growing year (3), as amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 799/77 (4), provides that distillation                                         Article 2
operations must be carried out between 26 January                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
and 15 August 1977 ; whereas the initial application                following its publication in the Official Journal of
of this measure caused difficulties particularly in                 the European Communities.
respect of the delivery of wine to the distilleries ;
whereas certain distilleries were in consequenc.e                   It shall apply with effect from 16 August 1977.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.                                                                                 *
                Done at Brussels, 5 December 1977.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
(•) OJ  No   L 99, 5. 5. 1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 256, 7. 10 . 1977, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No   L 22, 26. 1 . 1977, p. 23.
(4) OJ  No   L 97, 21 . 4. 1977, p. 17.