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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 305 , 14 . 11 . 1980 , P . 1 .

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

( 4 ) OJ NO L 320 , 15 . 12 . 1979 , P . 7 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3196/80

OF 8 DECEMBER 1980

AMENDING , FOR THE SECOND TIME , 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 2930/80 ( 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 SEMI-SPARKLING 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 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2817/79 ( 4 ); 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 1981 THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD DUE TO EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1980 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ARTICLE 4 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 351/79 , ' 31 DECEMBER 1980 ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' 31 DECEMBER 1981 ' .

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 , 8 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

C . NEY