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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2757/83

of 3 October 1983

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2406/83 on the grant of aid for the use in wine-making of concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must in respect of the 1983/84 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 Article 14 (4) thereof,

Whereas the first paragraph of Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2406/83 (3) states that applications for aid are to be made to the intervention agency within two months following the day on which the concentrated must or rectified concentrated must was used; whereas this may well force producers who carry out a number of enrichment operations to present a number of applications and so impose an undesirable administrative burden on the intervention agencies; whereas this provision should therefore be adjusted to stipulate presentation of a single application covering all operations;

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 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2406/83 is hereby replaced by the following:

'Article 3

Producers wishing to take advantage of the aid provided for in Article 1 shall present to the competent intervention agency an application covering all operations to increase alcoholic strength to which that Article applies. The application must reach the intervention agency within two months of the date on which the last operation was carried out.

The application shall be accompanied by the documents relating to the operations in respect of which aid is requested.'

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 September 1983.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 October 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. 48.

(3) OJ No L 236, 26. 8. 1983, p. 13.