COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2846/79 of 17 December 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2546/79 as regards certain periods of application for the additional measures reserved for holders of long-term storage contracts for certain table wines for the 1978/79 wine-growing year

THE COMMISSION 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 12 (4) thereof,

Whereas the long-term storage contracts for table wines of type R I and R II covered by the provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2187/79 (3) and (EEC) No 2281/79 (4) expired at the latest on 15 November 1979 ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2546/79 (5) extended the time limits laid down in Articles 4 (1) and 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2186/79 (6);

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2546/79 increased to 100 % the quantity which may be distilled ; whereas, in the same Regulation, an extension was provided for of certain periods referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2186/79 for holders of storage contracts which expire before 15 October 1979 so that they might take advantage of this additional distillation opportunity ; whereas, in order to enable this measure fully to attain its aim of rationalizing the market, the periods should also be extended for holders of contracts which expired before 31 October 1979 ; whereas, otherwise, they would have had too short a period in which to decide;

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

In Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2546/79, "15 October 1979" is replaced by "31 October 1979".

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 with effect from 29 November 1979.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1979.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 54, 5.3.1979, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 297, 24.11.1979, p. 4. (3) OJ No L 252, 6.10.1979, p. 14. (4) OJ No L 262, 18.10.1979, p. 22. (5) OJ No L 290, 17.11.1979, p. 47. (6) OJ No L 252, 6.10.1979, p. 10.