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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 359 , 15 . 12 . 1981 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 120 , 1 . 5 . 1981 , P . 7 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3659/81

OF 15 DECEMBER 1981

EXTENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1145/81 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE MINIMUM PRICE FOR TABLE WINE

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 3577/81 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 15A ( 4 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1145/81 ( 3 ) APPLIES ONLY UNTIL 15 DECEMBER 1981 ; WHEREAS AN AMENDMENT OF THE COMMUNITY PROVISIONS IN RESPECT OF DISTILLATION IS ANTICIPATED ; WHEREAS IT THEREFORE SEEMS APPROPRIATE IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES TO EXTEND REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1145/81 BY ONE YEAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE DATE ' 15 DECEMBER 1981 ' IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 22 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1145/81 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THAT OF ' 15 DECEMBER 1982 ' .

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 FROM 16 DECEMBER 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 15 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER