7.2.97 [ EN | Official Journal of the European Communities No L 37/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 225/97 of 6 February 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1294/96 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 as regards harvest, production and stock declarations relating to wine-sector products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1592/96 (3, and in particular Articles 3 (4), 36 (6), 39 (7) and 81 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1294/96 (%), as corrected by Regulation (EC) No 2050/96 (%), lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, in particular as regards harvest, production and stock declarations relating to wine products; Whereas checks on Arsticle 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1294/96 have revealed differences between the various language versions as compared with the definition in force prior to that Regulation; whereas it should be stipu- lated that the harvest declaration is to be submitted by the producer of the grapes; whereas, consequently, this should be indicated to avoid any ambiguity; 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 Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1294/96 is hereby replaced by the following: ‘1. Natural or legal persons or groups of such persons who produce grapes, hereinafter referred to as “harvesters”, shall submit each year to the competent authorities designated by the Member States a harvest declaration in the administrative unit specified, containing at least the information specified in Table A of Annex I and, where appropriate, Table Aa of Annex L Member States may, where appropriate, authorize the presentation of one declaration per holding.’ 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 from 2 September 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 February 1997. oL 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. o L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 31. o L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 14. o L 274, 26. 10. 1996, p. 17. ) 2222 For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission