Commission Regulation (EC) No 520/1999 of 9 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2486/98 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1998/1999 wine year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 520/1999 of 9 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2486/98 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1998/1999 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1627/98 (2), and in particular Article 38(5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2486/98 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 69/1999 (4), has opened the preventive distillation provided for in Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87;
Whereas the final data on supplies for the current wine year are now known; whereas based on these data the provisional total volume of Community table wine should be increased from 8 million hl to 8,9 million hl;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,