24. 7. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 194/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2102/84 of 13 July 1984 on harvest production and stock declarations relating to wine-sector products 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 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/84 (%), and in particular Articles 28 (4), 40 (6), 41 (7) and 65 thereof, Whereas, under Article 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, producers of grapes intended for wine making and producers of must and wine are required to make harvest declarations in respect of the most recent harvest ; whereas the said Article also lays down that producers of must and wine, and commercial operators other than retailers, must declare their stocks at the end of the wine-growing year ; whereas the provisions concerning the said declarations are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2408/83 of 25 August 1983 on harvest and stock declarations relating to wine-sector products (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 62/84 (*%; Whereas implementation of the intervention measures referred to in particular in Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 requires more detailed information on the part of both producers and Member States ; whereas the arrangements laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2408/83 should therefore be amended ; () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () O] No L 115, 1. 5. 1984, p. 77. () OJ No L 236, 26. 8. 1983, p. 21. " O] No L 9, 12. 1. 1984, p. 12. Whereas further amendments to the said arrangements are also required, in order: — to make a clearer distinction between the declara- tions which must be made by grape producers and those which must be made by wine producers, and to clarify the arrangements applicable in the case of cooperative wineries, — to assist Member States by drawing up forms to be used for forwarding to the Commission the summaries of the data provided by operators in connection with the different declarations, — to improve, in terms of clarity, the layout of the provisions applicable ; Whereas, in the light of the amendments being consi- dered, the provisions concerned should be redrafted ; Whereas the information provided by way of the declarations must in particular enable the Commission to draw up, at the beginning of each year, the forward estimate laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79; Whereas, in order to facilitate market management operations, a time limit should be laid down for making declarations ; whereas, given that harvesting takes place at different times as between Member States, the deadlines for declarations by producers should be staggered ; Whereas the persons who are required to make the different declarations should be specified, while ensur- ing that producers who can provide all the necessary information by way of a single declaration, namely that relating to wine production, are not required to make both a grape-production declaration and a wine-production declaration ;