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( 1 ) OJ NO C 52 , 27 . 2 . 1979 , P . 7 .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 140 , 5 . 6 . 1979 , P . 109 .

( 3 ) OJ NO C 227 , 10 . 9 . 1979 , P . 17 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 48 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 275 , 1 . 11 . 1979 , P . 4 .

( 7 ) OJ NO C 209 , 2 . 9 . 1978 , P . 3 AND OJ NO C 232 , 30 . 9 . 1978 , P . 4 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2594/79

OF 22 NOVEMBER 1979

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE AND REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 338/79 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO QUALITY WINES PRODUCED IN SPECIFIED REGIONS

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 42 AND 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ( 1 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 3 ),

WHEREAS REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 337/79 ( 4 ), AND ( EEC ) NO 338/79 ( 5 ), BOTH OF WHICH WERE LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2397/79 ( 6 ), PERMIT THE ADDITION OF SUCROSE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION TO FRESH GRAPES , GRAPE MUST , GRAPE MUST IN FERMENTATION OR NEW WINE STILL IN FERMENTATION IN ONLY CERTAIN WINE-GROWING REGIONS OF WINE-GROWING ZONE A UNTIL 30 NOVEMBER 1979 ; WHEREAS CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF REORGANIZING THESE ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE 1979 TO 1985 ACTION PROGRAMME ON WHICH THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE IN THE NEAR FUTURE , WITH A VIEW TO GRADUALLY ACHIEVING A BALANCED WINE MARKET ( 7 ); WHEREAS THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR AUTHORIZING THE ADDITION OF SUCROSE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION SHOULD , THEREFORE , BE EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 33 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 AND IN THE FIFTH SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 8 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 338/79 , ' 30 NOVEMBER 1979 ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' 31 DECEMBER 1979 ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 DECEMBER 1979 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 NOVEMBER 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . FITZGERALD