22.12.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL360/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3748/90
of19December 1990
opening,forthe1990/91wineyear,distillationoftablewineasprovidedforin
Article41ofRegulation (EEC)No822/87
definedforthepurposesofcompulsorydistillationopera­
tionsbyRegulation(EEC)No441/88Q,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No2351/89(8),thereisarisk,
becauseofthewayinwhichthetotalvolumeisallocated
amongproducers,thatthismarketsupportoperationwill
beconcentratedinasingleregion;whereassothatits
impactwillbebalancedamaximumvolumeforeach
regionshouldthereforebeset;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforWine,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No822/87of
16March1987onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1325/90(2),andinparticularArticles41(10),47(3)
and81thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2721/88(3),
aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2355/89(4),laysdowndetailedrulesforvoluntarydistilla­
tionasprovidedforinArticles38,41and42ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No822/87;whereasCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No2270/90(*)fixestheprice,theaidandcertain
otherfactorsapplicabletopreventivedistillationforthe
1990/91wineyear;
WhereasArticle41(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
providesthatinyearsduringwhichthedistillationindi­
catedinArticle39thereofisdecidedon,supportdistilla­
tionistobeintroducedassoonasthesaidmeasureenters
intoforce;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No3747/90(*)
openedforthe1990/91wineyeardistillationasindicated
inthesaidArticle39;whereasdistillationasprovidedfor
inArticle41(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87must
thereforebeopened;
Whereasgiventheimprovement inmarketconditions
expectedtoresultfromapplicationinthe1990/91wine
yearoftheprovisionsoncompulsorydistillationofthe
saidArticle39,applicationofthepresentsupportdistilla­
tionmeasureshouldberestrictedtotheregionsinwhich
compulsorydistillationisopened,thetotalquantityof
tablewinethatmaybedistilledshouldberestrictedto
4700000hectolitresandthetotalquantityoftablewine
forwhicheachproducermaysubmitoneormoredeli­
verycontractdeclarationsforapprovalbytheintervention
agencyshouldbelimitedtoanappropriatepercentageof
thequantityoftablewinethatheproducedduringthe
1990/91wineyear;Article1
DistillationunderArticle41(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
822/87isherebyopenedforthe000/9wineyearforall
tablewineuptoamaximumof4700000hectolitres
obtainedfromgrapesgrownintheproductionregionsas
indicatedinArticle4ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No441/88inwhichcompulsorydistillationhasbeen
openedforthe1990/91wineyear.
ThisquantityisallocatedbyregionasdefinedinArticle4
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No441/88,asfollows:
—Region3:1000000hectolitres
—Region4:1450000hectolitres
—Region5:50000hectolitres
—Region6:2200000hectolitres.
Article2
Thetotalquantityoftablewineforwhicheachproducer
mayconcludeoneormorecontractsmaynotexceed12
hectolitresperhectareofareausedfortheproductionof
tablewine.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .Whereasbecauseofthelargedifferencesinyieldsper
hectarerecordedinthedifferentproductionregions
(')OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.
2OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.19.
(3)OJNoL241,1.9.1988,p.88.
OOJNoL222,1.8.1989,p.60.0OJNoL204,2.8.1990,p.35.
(*)Seepage34ofthisOfficialJournal.0OJNoL45,18.2.1988,p.15.
(8)OJNoL222,1.8.1989,p.52.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
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