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( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 17 SEPTEMBER 1976 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 135 , 24 . 5 . 1976 , P . 34 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2428/76 OF 4 OCTOBER 1976 AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 ON THE GRANTING OF A CONVERSION PREMIUM IN THE WINE SECTOR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

WHEREAS THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 OF 17 MAY 1976 ON THE GRANTING OF A CONVERSION PREMIUM IN THE WINE SECTOR ( 2 ) , PROVIDES THAT APPLICATIONS FOR PREMIUMS SHALL BE LODGED WITH THE APPOINTED DEPARTMENTS BY THE MEMBER STATES BY 1 SEPTEMBER 1976 FOR THE 1976/77 WINE YEAR ; WHEREAS A THOROUGH EXAMINATION WHICH COULD NOT BE COMPLETED WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HAD TO BE CARRIED OUT BEFORE THE DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SAID REGULATION COULD BE DRAWN UP ; WHEREAS BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IN INFORMING THOSE CONCERNED OF THE IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS THE TIME LIMIT OF 1 SEPTEMBER 1976 SHOULD BE DEFERRED TO 1 DECEMBER 1976 ; WHEREAS FOR THE 1976/77 WINE YEAR THE DEADLINE LAID DOWN FOR THE GRUBBING UP OF VINES SHOULD CONSEQUENTLY BE DEFERRED TO 1 MAY 1977 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 , THE DATE OF 1 SEPTEMBER 1976 IS REPLACED BY 1 DECEMBER 1976 .

ARTICLE 3

THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT :

" - BY 1 MAY 1977 IN RESPECT OF THE 1976/77 WINE YEAR AND BY 1 APRIL OF THE YEAR FOLLOWING THAT IN WHICH AN APPLICATION IS LODGED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING WINE YEARS , HE WILL GRUB UP OR HAVE GRUBBED UP THE VINES ON THE AREAS FOR WHICH THE PREMIUM HAS BEEN REQUESTED , " .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 4 OCTOBER 1976 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

A . P . L . M . M . VAN DER STEE