NoL198/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.7.75
REGULATION (EEC)No1933/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of22July1975
ongeneralrulesgoverningthespecialdistillationoftablewinesreferredtoin
Article33aofRegulation (EEC)No816/70
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ThedecisiontodistilreferredtoinArticle33a
ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70shallbeadopted
whenthesupplysituationincludingimportsofwine
fromtheMaghrebcountriesissuchastodisturbthe
Communitymarketwithinthemeaningofparagraph
2below.Thissituationshallbestudiedtwiceayear,
thefirsttimebefore15December,onthebasisofthe
forwardestimates,thesecondtimebefore15April,on
thebasisofthecorrectedforwardedestimates.Itmay
bedecided,however,tocarryoutanadditionalassess­
mentbefore15Septemberifthequantitiesimported
between15aprilandtheaforesaiddateareabnor­
mallyhigh.Thedatesinquestionarehereinafter
referredtoas'assessment'dates.
2.DisturbanceoftheCommunitymarketshallbe
deemedtohaveoccurredwhentheaveragepriceof
tablewinewithanalcoholicstrengthofnotlessthan
11°,onrepresentative marketstobedetermined ,
remains,foratleasttwoconsecutiveweeksina
month,belowtheaverageactivatingpricesfixedfor
thetablewinesoftypesRIandRII.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70(l)of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inwine,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1932/75(2),andinparticularArticle33a(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasArticle33a(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
816/70providesforthespecialdistillationoftable
wines,forproducerassociationsonly,whenthetotal
volumeofsuppliesavailableintheCommunity
includingimportsofwinefromAlgeria,Moroccoand
Tunisia—hereinafterreferredtoastheMaghreb
countries—issuchastodisturbtheCommunity
market;whereastheconditionsinwhichthespecial
distillationmaytakeplaceshouldbedefined;
Whereasthecriteriaforinitiatingdistillationandin
particulartheconceptofdisturbanceofthemarket
shouldbedefined;
Whereasthecriteriafordeterminingthequantitiesto
bedistilledmustalsobelaiddown;
Whereasthetypeofwinewhichisindirectcompeti­
tionwithwinesfromtheMaghrebshouldbedeter­
mined;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeforamethodof
calculationthequotaofeachproducerassociationin
thetotalquantitytobedistilled;
Whereasthepricetobepaidforthedistilledwine
shouldbespecified;
Whereas,ifthispricedoesnotallowtheproducts
obtainedfromthisoperationtobemarketedunder
normalconditions,itwillbenecessarytoprovideaid;
Whereasanorganizationshouldbemaderesponsible
forapplyingtheseprovisionsineachMemberState
concerned,Article2
Thequantityofwinesqualifyingforspecialdistilla­
tionshallcorrespondtothequantityimportedfrom
theMaghrebcountriesbetweentwoassessmentdates
duringthecalendarmonthsinwhichadisturbance
withinthemeaningofArticle1(2)hasbeenascer­
tained.
Whereimportstatisticsarenotavailable,anestimate
maybemadeonthebasisofimportlicencesissued.
Thisquantityshallbemultipliedbyastandardalco­
holicstrengthof12°.
Article3
1.Producerassociationsproducingredwinewith
analcoholicstrengthofnotlessthan11°wishingto
takeadvantageofspecialdistillationarrangements
shallmakeadeclarationtothecompetentinterven­
tionagency.Thedeclarationshallspecify:(')OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
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—theaveragevolumeofwinewithanalcoholic
strengthof11°oroverproducedduringaperiod
tobedetermined ;
—theaveragealcoholicstrengthofthewineinques­
tion.
2.Theinterventionagenciesshallnotifythe
Commissionofdeclarationsmade,specifyingthetotal
quantitybrokendownbytenthsofadegree,the
weightedtotalalcoholicstrengthandthetotalquan­
tityexpressedindegreesofpurealcohol.
3.Theauthorizationtodistilshallbegrantedby
theCommission asfollows:
—infullforeachdeclarationwherethetotalquan­
tityoftablewineresultingfromthedeclarations
submitteddoesnotexceedthetotalquantitydeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle2;
—withaproratareductionforeachdeclaration
wherethetotalquantityoftablewineresulting
fromthedeclarationssubmittedexceedsthequan­
titydeterminedinaccordancewithArticle2.
4.Theauthorization shallbeexpressedindegrees
ofpurealcohol.
Article4
1.Producerassociationshavingobtainedacertain
quotamayconcludedeliverycontractsfortablewines
producedbythesaidasssociationsthemselvesforthe
quantityinquestion,whereappropriatethroughthe
interventionagency,withthedistillersoftheircoice.
2.Undersuchcontracts :
(a)thedistillershallpurchasethequantityoftable
winestatedinthecontract;
(b)thedistillershalldistilsuchwineandpayforitat
apricewhichshallnotbelessthantheprice
referredtoinArticle5.
3.Thecontractsshallspecify:
(a)thequantity,colourandactualalcoholicstrength
ofthetablewinestobedistilled;
(b)thenameandaddressoftheproducer;(c)theplaceatwhichthewineisstored;
(d)thenameofthedistillerortheregisteredbusiness
orcompanynameofthedistillery;
(e)theaddressofthedistillery.
Article5
1.Theminimumbuying-inpricefortablewines
forspecialdistillationshallbeequaltotheactivating
pricefortablewinesoftypeRI.
2.Thispriceshallapplytounpackedgoods,ex-pro­
ducer'spremises.
Article6
Productsresultingfromspecialdistillationmusthave
analcoholicstrengthof95°ormorewithatolerance
of0-4°.
Article7
1.Aidshallbepaidbytheinterventionagencyfor
eachdegree/hectolitreofwinedistilled.
2.Theamountoftheaidshallbefixedtakinginto
accountthedifferencebetweentheactivatingpricefor
tablewineoftypeRIandthepricelevelofvinous
aicohol.
Article8
1.TheMemberStatesconcernedshallappointan
interventionagencytoapplytheprovisionsofthis
Regulation .
2.TheinterventionagencyoftheMemberStatein
whoseterritorythedistillationtakesplaceshallbe
responsibleforpaymentoftheaid.
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingthedayofitspublicationintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22July1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA
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