COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1809/80 of 10 July 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2186/79 laying down detailed rules for the application of the additional measures applicable to holders of long-term storage contracts for table wine 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 459/80 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,

Whereas Article 4 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2186/79 (3) provides that distillation operations carried out pursuant to Article 2 (2) of that Regulation must be carried out between 1 October 1979 and 30 June 1980;

Whereas, as a result of the volume of certain distillation operations carried out in particular at the beginning of the marketing year, difficulties have arisen which have prevented certain distilleries from carrying out distillation in time;

Whereas it is therefore appropriate, in fairness, to allow those distilleries more time to meet their obligations and to set a new closing date for carrying out the said distillation operations;

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 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2186/79, "30 June 1980" is replaced by "15 September 1980".

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 1 July 1980.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 July 1980.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President (1) OJ No L 54, 5.3.1979, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 57, 29.2.1980, p. 32. (3) OJ No L 252, 6.10.1979, p. 10.