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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1953/83

of 15 July 1983

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2290/82 laying down detailed rules for the application of the additional measures applicable to holders of long-term storage contracts for table wine for the 1981/82 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1595/83 (2), and in particular Articles 12a (5) and 65 thereof,

Whereas Articles 4 (3) and 7 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2290/82 (3) provide that operations relating to the distillation referred to in the second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 12a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 must be completed on 30 June 1983 for wine and 31 July 1983 for wine for distillation respectively;

Whereas, because of the quantities to be distilled as a result of measures decided on during the present marketing year, it will not be possible to meet the deadlines set; whereas the said deadlines should be put back and certain other dates set in Regulation (EEC) No 2290/82 adjusted accordingly;

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 2290/82 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 4 (3), the date '30 June 1983' is replaced by '31 July 1983'.

2. In the second and third subparagraphs of Article 6 (7), the date '1 March 1984' is replaced by '1 April 1984'.

3. In Article 7 (3), the date '31 July 1983' is replaced by '31 August 1983'.

4. In Article 9 (4), the date '30 September 1983' is replaced by '31 October 1983'.

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 30 June 1983.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 July 1983.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 66.

(3) OJ No L 245, 20. 8. 1982, p. 8.