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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 297 , 24 . 11 . 1979 , P . 15 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 227 , 29 . 8 . 1981 , P . 10 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2286/81

OF 7 AUGUST 1981

PROVIDING , FOR THE 1981/82 WINE YEAR , FOR THE POSSIBLE TERMINATION OF LONG-TERM STORAGE CONTRACTS FOR GRAPE MUST AND CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST

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 8 ( 3 ) AND 9 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 12 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2600/79 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2252/81 ( 4 ), MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO TERMINATE LONG-TERM STORAGE CONTRACTS FOR GRAPE MUST OR CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST ;

WHEREAS ENRICHMENT OF THE HARVEST , WHERE IT IS NECESSARY , MUST BE CARRIED OUT BEFORE MOST OF THE LONG-TERM STORAGE CONTRACTS FOR GRAPE MUST , OR CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST , HAVE EXPIRED ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE ADVISABLE TO OPEN , FOR THE 1981/82 WINE YEAR , THE POSSIBILITY OF TERMINATING THE CONTRACTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 12 OF THE SAID REGULATION ;

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

1 . THE POSSIBILITY OF TERMINATING LONG-TERM STORAGE CONTRACTS FOR GRAPE MUST AND CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST , AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 12 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2600/79 , IS HEREBY OPENED FOR THE 1981/82 WINE YEAR .

2 . THE STORAGE CONTRACTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE TERMINATED AT THE REQUEST OF THE PRODUCERS CONCERNED . IN SUCH CASES , THE RIGHT TO STORAGE AID SHALL SUBSIST FOR THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE GRAPE MUST AND CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST WERE SUBJECT TO SUCH A CONTRACT .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF 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 , 7 AUGUST 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION