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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 359 , 15 . 12 . 1981 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 90 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 333 , 11 . 12 . 1980 , P . 6 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3658/81

OF 15 DECEMBER 1981

AMENDING FOR THE FOURTH TIME REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 351/79 CONCERNING THE ADDITION OF ALCOHOL TO PRODUCTS IN THE WINE SECTOR

THE COUNCIL 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 3577/81 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 42 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , PENDING THE ADOPTION OF PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTING OR HARMONIZING THE DEFINITIONS OF SEMISPARKLING WINES AND OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 22.06 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE TO EXTEND BY ONE YEAR THE PROVISIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 351/79 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3196/80 ( 4 ); WHEREAS , MOREOVER , EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT NO DIFFICULTY SHOULD ARISE FOLLOWING THIS EXTENSION ;

WHEREAS THE CONDITIONS THAT COULD JUSTIFY THE ADDITION OF ALCOHOL TO TABLE WINE AND TO QUALITY WINE PSR DISPATCHED TO THE NON-EUROPEAN AREAS OF MEMBER STATES ARE NO LONGER MET ; WHEREAS THE AUTHORIZATION TO THAT EFFECT GIVEN BY ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 351/79 SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN , WHILST LAYING DOWN A BRIEF TRANSITIONAL PERIOD ALLOWING ALL THE OPERATORS TO ADAPT TO THE NEW PROVISIONS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 351/79 SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' 1 . TABLE WINES AND QUALITY WINES PSR , WHERE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OR CONSUMER HABITS NECESSITATE AN ADDITION OF ALCOHOL AND WHERE :

- THEY ARE EXPORTED TO THIRD COUNTRIES , OR

- THEY ARE DISPATCHED TO THE NON-EUROPEAN AREAS OF MEMBER STATES , ON CONDITION THAT THEY ARE NOT RE-DISPATCHED TO THE EUROPEAN AREAS OF MEMBER STATES ; ' .

2 . IN THE FRENCH AND GREEK VERSIONS , ' VOL ' SHALL BE INSERTED AFTER ' 95 % , ' 52 % ' AND ' 80 % ' IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ).

3 . ARTICLE 4 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' ARTICLE 4

1 . THE SECOND INDENT OF ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) SHALL BE APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 AUGUST 1982 .

2 . THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1982 :

- ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) ( B ) AND ( 3 ),

- THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ), IN SO FAR AS IT REFERS TO THE PRODUCTS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) ( B ),

- ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ), IN SO FAR AS IT REFERS TO THE PRODUCTS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ). '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 15 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER