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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 297 , 24 . 11 . 1979 , P . 4 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 90

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2817/79

OF 10 DECEMBER 1979

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 351/79 CONCERNING THE ADDITION OF ALCOHOL TO PRODUCTS 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 337/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2594/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 42 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , PENDING THE ADOPTION OF PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTING OR HARMONIZING THE DEFINITIONS OF SEMISPARKLING WINES AND OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 22.06 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 351/79 ( 3 ); WHEREAS , MOREOVER , EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT THIS CAN BE DONE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY ; WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 351/79 SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED BY EXTENDING TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD DUE TO EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1979 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ARTICLE 4 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 351/79 , ' 31 DECEMBER 1979 ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' 31 DECEMBER 1980 ' .

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 , 10 DECEMBER 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

T . HUSSEY