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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , P . 17 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 324 , 20 . 12 . 1979 , P . 13 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 328 , 4 . 12 . 1980 , P . 12 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 165/81

OF 21 JANUARY 1981

AMENDING FOR THE FIFTH TIME REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2872/79 FIXING AN ADDITIONAL RATE FOR DETERMINING THE QUANTITIES OF ALCOHOL TO BE DELIVERED FOR COMPULSORY DISTILLATION FOR THE 1979/80 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 THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 40 ( 5 ) AND 65 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2872/79 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3128/80 ( 4 ), PROVIDES THAT DELIVERY OF WINES SUBJECT TO CONTRACT WITHIN THE SYSTEM OF ADDITIONAL COMPULSORY WINE DELIVERIES MUST BE EFFECTED NOT LATER THAN 15 DECEMBER 1980 ; WHEREAS DISTILLATION OPERATIONS ARE TO BE EFFECTED BEFORE 15 JANUARY 1981 ; WHEREAS SOME DISTILLERIES DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE TANK CAPACITY AVAILABLE TO KEEP THE QUANTITIES TO BE DISTILLED IN STOCK FOR 30 DAYS ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO DISTIL UP TO THE FINAL DATE LAID DOWN , DELIVERIES OF WINE SHOULD BE PERMITTED UP TO THE END OF THE DISTILLATION PERIOD ;

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

ARTICLE 2 ( 2A ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2872/79 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' 2A . DELIVERY OF THE WINES SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT MUST BE EFFECTED NOT LATER THAN 15 JANUARY 1981 . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM 16 DECEMBER 1980 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 JANUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

GASTON THORN