No L 59/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 3. 78 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 423/78 of 28 February 1978 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1297/77 amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70 on detailed rules for establishing free- at-frontier offer prices and fixing the countervailing charge in the wine sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ) ~ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi- sions for the common organization of the market in wine (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (?), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1297/77 of 16 June 1977 amending for the fourth time Regula- tion (EEC) No 1019/70 on detailed rules for esta- blishing free-at-frontier - offer prices and fixing the countervailing charge in the wine sector(3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2888/77 (%), deleted Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70 with effect from 1 March 1978 ; Whefeas, as 1 March 1978 draws near, it appears that the technical and monetary problems have not yet been solved and that there is little likelihood of a definitive solution by that date though probably there will be within a period of two months; whereas, to avoid any interruption in the traditional imports of certain liqueur wines from non-member countries, the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1297/77 should be postponed for this period ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Wine, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 In Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1297/77 the date ‘l March 1978’ is amended to read ‘1 May 1978’ Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1978. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 February 1978. OJ No L 99, 5. 5. 1970, p. 1. J No L 303, 28. 11. 1977, p. 1. No L 149, 17. 6. 1977, p. 10. N O] No L 332, 24. 12. 1977, p. 33. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH - Vice-President