" 2. 2. 84 Official Journal of the Eurbpean Communities . No L 31/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 268/84 of .1 February 1984 amendlng Regulation (EEC) No 3676/83 authorlznng the conclusion of long -term private storage contracts for certain table wines for the 1983/84 wine year " THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN * COMMUNITIES, . Having regard to the Treaty establlshmg the European Economic Commumty, 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 1595/83 (3, and in particular Articles 7 (6), 9 (5) and 65 thereof, Whereas, under Article 3 of Commission Reguia_tion (EEC) No 3676/83 (%), it is possible to conclude a long- term storage contract in respect of wine which was the subject of a short-term contract concluded before the date of entry into force of the said Regulation and expmng after 15 February 1984; Whereas that requnrement may result in large stocks . when the next harvest is brought in ; whereas it should therefore no longer apply; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of Management Committee for Wine, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Artz'cle 1 Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3676/83 is hereby replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 Short-term storage contracts concluded before the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall, at the request of the party concerned, be terminated in respect of those quantities for which at the time of such termination that party enters into a long- term storage contract. In this event, for the quantities thus placed under a long-term storage contract, entitlement to short- ‘term storage aid shall not be lost in respect of the period during whnch they were the subject of the - short-term contract.’ Article 2 This‘Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shali apﬁly with effect from 16 December 1983. This Regulation shall be binding in its ent1rety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 February 1984. () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p 48. () OJ No L 366, 28. 12. 1983, p. 47. For the Commission "Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission