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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 530/77

OF 14 MARCH 1977

AMENDING FOR THE THIRD TIME REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 AS REGARDS THE EXTENSION OF THE TIME LIMITS FOR LODGING APPLICATIONS FOR CONVERSION PREMIUMS IN THE WINE SECTOR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 OF 17 MAY 1976 ON THE GRANTING OF A CONVERSION PREMIUM IN THE WINE SECTOR ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3141/76 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 PROVIDES THAT APPLICATIONS FOR CONVERSION PREMIUMS ARE TO BE LODGED FOR THE 1977/78 AND 1978/79 WINE YEARS BY 1 APRIL OF THE YEAR PRECEDING THE GRUBBING-UP OPERATIONS ; WHEREAS THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS A FURTHER HARVEST BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION AND THE GRUBBING-UP OPERATION ; WHEREAS EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT VINE GROWERS PREFER TO TAKE THIS DECISION ON GRUBBING-UP AFTER THE HARVEST ; WHEREAS THE TIME LIMITS FOR LODGING THE APPLICATIONS SHOULD THEREFORE BE EXTENDED TO 31 DECEMBER ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN THE SECOND AND THIRD INDENTS OF ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 THE DATES " 1 APRIL 1977 " AND " 1 APRIL 1978 " ARE HEREBY REPLACED BY " 31 DECEMBER 1977 " AND " 31 DECEMBER 1978 " RESPECTIVELY .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD 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 BRUSSELS , 14 MARCH 1977 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . SILKIN

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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 354 , 24 . 12 . 1976 , P . 5 .