REGULATION (EEC) No 3548/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 December 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2805/73 determining a list of white quality wines produced in specified regions and of imported white quality wines containing a certain percentage of sulphur dioxide and laying down certain transitional provisions relating to the percentage of sulphur dioxide in wines produced before 1 October 1973

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 (1) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2592/73 (2), and in particular Article 26a (3) thereof;

Whereas Article 26a of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 laid down precise rules concerning the sulphur dioxide content of wines ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2805/73 (3) of 12 October 1973 determining a list of white quality wines produced in specified regions and of imported white quality wines containing a certain percentage of sulphur dioxide and laying down certain transitional provisions relating to the percentage of sulphur dioxide in wines produced before 1 October 1973 provides that this Article shall not apply before 1 January 1974 in respect of wines of which there is proof that they were produced before 1 October 1973 and that they have been marketed for direct human consumption in containers of more than 5 litres;

Whereas it has been found that the quantities of wine to which this provision applies are such that disposal of them is not possible within the period provided for ; whereas this period must therefore be extended to allow for the disposal of the wines in question;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The date "1 January 1974" in the second subparagraph of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2805/73 is replaced by the date "1 June 1974".

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1974.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1973.

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI (1)OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 269, 26.9.1973, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 289, 16.10.1973, p. 21.