No L 38/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 343/85 ' of 8 February 1985 | - amending Regulation (EEC) No 3007/84 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium for producers of sheepmeat THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871/84 (3, and in particular Article 5(10) thereof; Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3007/84 (°) fixes at 100 days the duration of the - period during which the producer undertakes to keep on the holding a specific number of ewes in respect of which he is applying for the premium for producers of sheepmeat ; whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regula- tion (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits (*) lays down that where the last day of a period is a public holiday, Sunday or Saturday the period shall end with the expiry of the last hour of the following working day ; whereas the application of this provision could oblige the producer to tolerate an unjustifiable burden ; whereas it could give rise to inequalities in treatment; whereas it is therefore proposed that this provision be waived as regards the determination of the period of 100 days provided for in Article 2 of Regulatlon (EEC) No 3007/84 referred to above ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 ‘The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3007/84 : ‘Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 shall not apply for the determination of the period of 100 days referred to in the first para- graph. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official journal of the European Communztzes : This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 February 198S5. () OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. () O No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 35 () O] No L 283, 27. 10. 1984, p. 28. () OJ No L 124, 8. 6. 1971, p. 1 For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President