NoL215/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.8.78
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1862/78
of25July1978
amendingforthesecondtimeRegulation(EEC)No1930/76onthedistillationofthe
by-productsofwine-making
whereapplicationofthefixedpriceleadstothe
difficultiesreferredtoabove;
Whereasrecoursetothisoptionmustnotincrease
theexpenditureincurredbytheinterventionagency
and,hence,bytheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidance
andGuaranteeFund;whereasitistherefore
necessarytocorrelatethepricesdifferentiated
dependingontheoriginofthealcoholandthefixed
price;whereasthiscorrelationmustbesuchthatthe
weightedaverageofthepricesdifferentiated
dependingontheoriginofthealcoholisnotmore
thanthefixedprice,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1861/78(2),andinparticularArticle24(6)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1930/76of20
July1976onthedistillationoftheby-productsof
wine-making (3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1676/77(4),providesthatthepricetobepaidby
interventionagenciestothedistillershallbefixed
annuallybytheCouncilonthebasisofcertaincosts
andoftechnicallosses;whereasthispricemaybe
differentiated accordingtowhethermarc,leesor
wineisdistilledinordertotakeintoaccount,where
necessary,thedifferingcostsandlosses;
Whereasafixedpriceissatisfactoryinseveralregions
oftheCommunity ;whereashoweverinotherregions
therelationbetweenquantitiesofmarcandthoseof
wineandleesissuchthattheaveragedistillation
costsdifferfromthoseusedtocalculatethefixed
price;whereasthissituationmakesorrisksmakingit
economicallyimpossibleincertainoftheseregionsto
achievetheobjectiveoftheobligationtodistilthe
by-productsofwine-making ;
Whereasitisthereforeessentialtoprovideforthe
possibilitythatafixedpricebeestablishedatthe
sametimeaspricesdifferentiateddependingonthe
originofthealcohol,whileleavingittotheMember
StatestodecidewhethertoapplythelatterinregionsArticle1
Thefollowingsubparagraph isherebyaddedto
Article3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1930/76:
'2.Thepriceofthealcoholfromwine
deliveriesshallbefixedasasinglepriceonthe
basisof:
—thecostofdistillation,
—thecostoftransport,
—technicallosses.
However,itmaybedifferentiatedaccordingto
whethermarc,leesorwinearedistilled,inorder
totakeintoaccount,wherenecessary,the
differingcostsandlosses.
Inthecasereferredtointhesecondsubparagraph
above,differentiatedpricesshallbesetatthe
sametimeasthefixedprice.MemberStatesmay
decidetoapplydifferentiated priceswhere
applicationofthefixedpricemakesorthreatens
tomakeitimpossibleinsomeregionsofthe
Communitytodistiloneormoreofthe
by-productsofwine-making .Thepricesfixedfor(»)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
(2)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.
(>)OJNoL211,5.8.1976,p.1.
(4)OJNoL187,27.7.1977,p.5.

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alcoholderivedfromthevariousby-products
shallbesuchthattheirweightedaveragedoesnot
exceedthepriceofthealcoholfromwine
deliveriesreferredtoinparagraph1above.'Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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