51994PC0010(33)

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2332/92 as regards sparkling wines produced in the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88 on the preparation and marketing of liqueur wines produced in the Community (94/C 83/33)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,

Whereas Articles 11 and 16 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2332/92 (1) and Article 6 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1568/93 (3), fix the maximum sulphur dioxide content of sparkling wines and of liqueur wines; whereas those Articles provide for the presentation by 1 April 1994 of a report from the Commission to the Council on those contents, together, where appropriate, with proposals; whereas the measures proposed should be consistent with others that the Commission is required to draft in the near future; whereas the abovementioned deadline should be postponed to that end; whereas the same is true for the deadline of 1 September 1994 laid down in Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2332/92,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2332/92 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 11 (3), '1 April 1994` and '1 September 1994` are replaced respectively by '1 April 1995` and '1 September 1995`;

2. In Article 16 (3), '1 April 1994` and '1 September 1994` are replaced respectively by '1 April 1995` and '1 September 1995`;

3. In Article 17 (3), '1 September 1994` is replaced by '1 September 1995`.

Article 2

Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88 is hereby amended as follows:

In Article 6 (2), '1 April 1994` and '1 September 1994` are replaced respectively by '1 April 1995` and '1 September 1995`.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 September 1994.

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

Done at . . . For the Council

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(1) OJ No L 231, 13. 8. 1992, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1988, p. 59.

(3) OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 42.