15. 8. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 231/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2351/81 of 12 August 1981 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1295/81 on detailed rules governing the distilla- tion of table wine as referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of § February 1979 on the organization of the market in wine(!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3456/80 (%), and in particular Article 15 (3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 878/77 on the exchange rates to be applied in agricul- ture (?), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 850/81 (*), and in particular Article § (1) thereof, Whereas Commission  Regulation (EEC) No 1295/81 (%) laid down detailed rules for implementing the exceptional distillation measures provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1144/81 of 24 April 1981 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2328/81(7); whereas that amendment deferred the date for submission of delivery contracts and the date for completion of distillation and introduced addi- tional aid for distillers ; whereas, accordingly, certain dates in Regulation (EEC) No 1295/81 should be deferred in order to align them on the new dates fixed by the Council Regulation and the procedure for paying the additional aid should be laid down; Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 878/77, the new representative rate for the German mark, fixed by the said Regulation, is to apply in respect of wine as from 16 December 1981 ; whereas, however, other dates may be laid down for distillation measures ; Whereas the distillation operations provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1144/81 are to continue beyond 15 December 1981 ; whereas, however, Article 6 (3) of () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 360, 31. 12. 1980, p. 18. () OJ No L 106, 29. 4. 1977, p. 27. (9 OF No L 90, 4. 4. 1981, p. 1. () OJ No L 129, 15. 5. 1981, p. SI. () O No L 120, 1. 5. 1981, p. I. () OJ No L 230, 14. 8. 1981, p. 1. Regulation (EEC) No 1295/81 provides for application of a single representative rate for all payments connected with distillation operations, which is suffi- cient to ensure that there is no discrimination between the operators in question ; 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1295/81 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The second subparagraph of Article 4 (3) is deleted. 2. The date ‘1 August 1982° in the first and second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 4 (5) is replaced by ‘1 November 1982’ 3. The following paragraph is added to Article 4: ‘6. The aid referred to in Article 5 (3) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1144/81 shall be paid within 30 days from the date when the distiller provides proof that all the wine given in the contract has entered the distillery. 4. The date ‘30 September 1981’ in Article § (1) is replaced by ‘31 December 1981’. 5. The date ‘16 December 1981 in Article 6 (1) is replaced by ‘28 February 1982’ 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 with effect from 17 August 1981.