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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 118/90

of 17 January 1990

opening, for the 1989/90 wine year, distillation of table wine as provided for in Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (2), and in particular Articles 41 (10), 47 (3) and 81 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2355/89 (4), lays down detailed rules for voluntary distillation as provided for in Articles 38, 41 and 42 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2484/89 (5) fixes the prices, the aid and certain other factors applicable to preventive distillation for the 1989/90 wine year;

Whereas Article 41 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provides that in years during which the distillation indicated in Article 39 thereof is decided on, support distillation is to be introduced as soon as the said measure enters into force;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 117/90 (6) opened for the 1989/90 wine year distillation as indicated in the said Article 39; whereas distillation as provided for in Article 41 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 must therefore be opened;

Whereas given the improvement in market conditions expected to result from application in the 1988/89 wine year of the provisions on compulsory distillation of the said Article 39, the application of the present support distillation measure should be restricted to the regions in which compulsory distillation is opened, the total quantity of table wine that may be distilled should be restricted to 3 000 000 hectolitres the total quantity of table wine for which each producer may submit one or more delivery contract declarations for approval by the intervention agency should be limited to an appropriate percentage of the quantity of table wine that he produced during the 1989/90 wine year;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Distillation under Article 41 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 is hereby opened for the 1989/90 wine year for all table wine up to a maximum of 3 000 000 hectolitres obtained from grapes grown in the production regions as indicated in Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 441/88 (7) in which compulsory distillation is opened for the 1989/90 wine year.

Article 2

The total quantity of table wine for which each producer may conclude one or more contracts may not exceed 6 hectolitres per hectare of area used for the production of table wine.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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 Brussels, 17 January 1990.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 128, 11. 5. 1989, p. 31.

(3) OJ No L 241, 1. 9. 1988, p. 88.

(4) OJ No L 222, 1. 8. 1989, p. 60.

(5) OJ No L 238, 15. 8. 1989, p. 12.

(6) See page 10 of this Official Journal.

(7) OJ No L 45, 18. 2. 1988, p. 15.