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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 360 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 18 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 48 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 281 , 25 . 10 . 1980 , P . 18 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 21 , 24 . 1 . 1981 , P . 11 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 982/81

OF 9 APRIL 1981

AMENDING , FOR THE THIRD TIME , REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2726/80 ON THE GRANTING OF AID FOR CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST AND RECTIFIED CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST USED IN WINE-MAKING DURING THE 1980/81 WINE 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 3456/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 14 ( 2 ) AND 65 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 338/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO QUALITY WINES PRODUCED IN SPECIFIED REGIONS ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3456/80 , AND IN PARTICULAR THE THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 8 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2726/80 ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 182/81 ( 5 ), PROVIDED FOR AID TO BE GRANTED TO GRAPE PRODUCERS WHO EMPLOY CONCENTRATED MUST TO ENRICH THEIR VINTAGE ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE SAID AID , PRODUCERS WHO HAVE LODGED APPLICATIONS MUST SEND THEIR COMPLETE FILES TO THE COMPETENT INTERVENTION AGENCY NOT LATER THAN 31 MARCH 1981 ; WHEREAS THE SAID REGULATION PROVIDES THAT THE MEMBER STATES MAY ADOPT CERTAIN MEASURES IN RESPECT OF ASSOCIATIONS OF PRODUCERS ; WHEREAS DIFFICULTIES OF INTERPRETATION IN THIS RESPECT HAVE DELAYED ADOPTION OF THE NECESSARY NATIONAL MEASURES IN ONE MEMBER STATE AND , ACCORDINGLY , PRODUCERS ARE NOT ALL IN A POSITION TO COMPLY WITH THE TIME LIMITS LAID DOWN FOR SUBMITTING COMPLETE FILES ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ALLOW ALL PRODUCERS TO QUALIFY FOR THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2726/80 , IT SEEMS NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE TIME LIMIT FOR SUBMITTING THE SAID COMPLETE FILES ; WHEREAS IT THEREFORE SEEMS APPROPRIATE TO DEFER THE DATE LAID DOWN FOR COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMISSION ;

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

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2726/80 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . THE DATE ' 31 MARCH 1981 ' GIVEN IN THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' 31 MAY 1981 ' .

2 . THE DATE ' 15 JUNE 1981 ' GIVEN IN ARTICLE 4 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE DATE ' 31 JULY 1981 ' .

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 APRIL 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 9 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION