Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2332/92 as regards sparkling wines produced in the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88 on the preparation and marketing of liqueur wines produced in the Community
23. 3. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 87/15 Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. of. 98/0042(CNS) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2332/92 as regards sparkling wines produced in the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88 on the preparation and marketing of liqueur wines produced in the Community (98/C 87/10) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard Parliament, to the opinion of the European Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2322/92 is hereby amended as follows: 1. In Article 11 (3), ‘1 April 1998’ and ‘1 September 1998’ are replaced respectively by ‘1 April 1999’ and ‘1 September 1999’. 2. In Article 16 (3), ‘1 April 1998’ and ‘1 September 1998’ are replaced respectively by ‘1 April 1999’ and ‘1 September 1999’. Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, Article 2 Whereas Articles 11 and 16 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2332/92 (1) and Article 6 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1594/96 (3), fix the maximum sulphur dioxide content of sparkling wines and of liqueur wines; whereas those Articles provide for the presentation by 1 April 1998 of a report from the Commission to the Council on together, where appropriate, with those contents, proposals; whereas the measures proposed should be consistent with others that the Commission is required to draft; whereas the abovementioned deadline should be postponed to that end; whereas the same is true for the deadlines laid down in Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88, Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88 is hereby amended as follows: 1. In Article 4 (2), ‘1 April 1998’ and ‘1 September 1998’ are replaced respectively by ‘1 April 1999’ and ‘1 September 1999’. 2. In Article 6 (2), ‘1 April 1998’ and ‘1 September 1998’ are replaced respectively by ‘1 April 1999’ and ‘1 September 1999’. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at. For the Council. (1) OJ L 231, 13. 8. 1992, p. 1. (2) OJ L 373, 31. 12. 1988, p. 59. (3) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 35