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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 268/84

of 1 February 1984

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3676/83 authorizing the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for certain table wines for the 1983/84 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 1595/83 (2), and in particular Articles 7 (6), 9 (5) and 65 thereof,

Whereas, under Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3676/83 (3), it is possible to conclude a long-term storage contract in respect of wine which was the subject of a short-term contract concluded before the date of entry into force of the said Regulation and expiring after 15 February 1984;

Whereas that requirement may result in large stocks when the next harvest is brought in; whereas it should therefore no longer apply;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of Management Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3676/83 is hereby replaced by the following:

'Article 3

Short-term storage contracts concluded before the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall, at the request of the party concerned, be terminated in respect of those quantities for which at the time of such termination that party enters into a long-term storage contract.

In this event, for the quantities thus placed under a long-term storage contract, entitlement to short-term storage aid shall not be lost in respect of the period during which they were the subject of the short-term contract.'

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 16 December 1983.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 February 1984.

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 366, 28. 12. 1983, p. 47.