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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 30/81

OF 1 JANUARY 1981

LAYING DOWN TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR THE OBLIGATORY DISTILLATION OF BY-PRODUCTS OF WINE-MAKING IN GREECE IN THE 1980/81 WINE-GROWING YEAR , FOLLOWING THE ACCESSION OF GREECE

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 73 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 39 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE ( 2 ) , LAYS DOWN THAT CERTAIN PRODUCERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISTIL THEIR MARC , LEES AND , WHERE APPLICABLE , THEIR WINE ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 6 OF THE SAME REGULATION LAYS DOWN THAT ONLY PRODUCERS WHO HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE OBLIGATION IN QUESTION FOR A REFERENCE PERIOD ARE TO BE ENTITLED TO BENEFIT FROM INTERVENTION MEASURES ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PERIOD TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE 1980/81 WINE-GROWING YEAR IS FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 1979 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1980 AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 12 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2254/80 ( 3 ) , AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2875/80 ( 4 ) ;

WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY , IN ORDER TO PREVENT GREEK PRODUCERS NOT BEING ENTITLED TO BENEFIT FROM INTERVENTION MEASURES , TO LAY DOWN FOR THE WINE-GROWING YEAR IN PROGRESS CERTAIN TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE ABOVEMENTIONED OBLIGATION ;

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

FOR THE 1980/81 WINE-GROWING YEAR , GREEK PRODUCERS SUBJECT TO THE OBLIGATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 39 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 SHALL BE ENTITLED TO BENEFIT FROM THE INTERVENTION MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN TITLE I OF THE SAME REGULATION PROVIDED THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE OBLIGATIONS LAID DOWN BY THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ON THE SUBJECT DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 1979 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1980 .

ARTICLE 2

FOR THE 1980/81 WINE-GROWING YEAR , GREEK PRODUCERS SUBJECT TO THE OBLIGATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 39 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 SHALL BE DISCHARGED FROM THE OBLIGATION TO DISTIL BY-PRODUCTS OF WINE-MAKING PROVIDED THOSE BY-PRODUCTS ARE DESTROYED OR WITHDRAWN UNDER SUPERVISION AND A QUANTITY OF WINE CONTAINING AT LEAST 6 % OF THE VOLUME OF ALCOHOL NATURALLY CONTAINED IN THE PRODUCTS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WINE ARE DELIVERED BY THE PRODUCERS CONCERNED FOR DISTILLATION .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 1 JANUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

ROY JENKINS

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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , P . 17 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 227 , 29 . 8 . 1980 , P . 15 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 298 , 7 . 11 . 1980 , P . 15 .