CELEX: 31976R2997
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/76 of 9 December 1976 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 concerning the addition of alcohol to products in the wine sector

No L 342/ 6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          11 . 12. 76
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2997/76
                                                    of 9 December 1976
              amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 concerning the addi­
                                    tion of alcohol to products in the wine sector
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     3221 /75 (4) ; whereas experience has shown that this
                                                                  can be done without difficulty ; whereas Regulation
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            (EEC) No 1876/74 should therefore be amended by
 Economic Community,                                              extending to 31 December 1977 the transitional
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     period due to expire on 31 December 1976,
 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
 2829/76 (2), and in particular Article 25 (2) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  In Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74, *31
Whereas, pending the adoption of provisions supple­               December 1976' shall be replaced by '31 December
 menting or harmonizing the definitions of semi-spar­             1977'.
 kling wines and of products falling within heading No
 22.06 of the Common Customs Tariff, provision                                              Article 2
should be made to extend the period of application of
the provisions referred to in Article 4 of Council Regu­         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
lation (EEC) No 1876/74 of 15 July 1974 concerning                following its publication in the Official Journal of
the addition of alcohol to products in the wine                   the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 December 1976.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                               P. J. J. MERTENS
(•) OJ No L 99, 5. 5. 1970, p. 1 .                               (3 ) OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7. 1974, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 326, 25. 11 . 1976, p . 1 .                         (4) OJ No L 320 , 11 . 12. 1975, p. 4.