22. 9. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 254/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2682/84 of 21 September 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 laying down detailed rules for the appli- cation of the quota system in the sugar sector and Regulation (EEC) No 787/83 on communications in the sugar sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82 (%), and in particular Articles 28 (7) and 39 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 434/84 (*), lays down specific time limits for establi- shing and paying advances on production levies and the balance of levies for each marketing year ; whereas, to achieve a closer correspondence between the collec- tion of this revenue in connection with a given budget year on the one hand and expenditure for the related .marketing year on the other, provision should be made to bring forward by four weeks the payment by produ- cers of the balances due on their levies ; whereas the date for payment of advance instalments on levies by the same producers should also be altered ; whereas bringing forward the time limit for payment of the balance requires an amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 787/83 () on communications ; Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion with the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 is hereby amended as follows : ‘ 1. In Article 5§ (3), ‘1 May’ is replaced by ‘1 June’. 2. In Article 5 (4), ‘1 May’ is replaced by ‘1 June’. 3. In Article 7 (1), ‘1 November is replaced by 15 October’. 4. In the first subparagraph of Article 7 (2), ‘15 December’ is replaced by ‘1 November'. 5. In the second subparagraph of Article 7 (2), ‘15 January’ is replaced by ‘15 December’. Article 2 In Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No- 787/83, ‘10 October’ is replaced by ‘5 October’. Article 3 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 Membér States. Done at Brussels, 21 September 1984. () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4 () OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. | () O] No L 158, 9. 6. 1982, p. 17 () O] No L S1, 22. 2. 1984, p. 13 () OJ No L 88, 6. 4. 1983, p. 6 For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission