2.6.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL144/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1281/76
of1June1976
amendingforthesecondtimeRegulation (EEC)No567/76layingdowngeneral
rulesgoverningthedistillationoftablewinesforwhichthedistillationcontract
mustbeapprovedbefore15April1976
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,majeure,theinterventionagencyoftheMemberState
concernedshouldbeinapositiontoauthorizethe
distilleriesconcernedtoresumedistillationoperations
foranumberofdaysequaltothenumberofdays
duringwhichdistillationwassuspended,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)>No
816/70of28April1970layingdownadditionalprovi­
sionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
wine('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1160/76(2),andinparticularArticle7(1)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticles 1(1)and3ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No567/76of15March1976layingdown
generalrulesgoverningthedistillationoftablewines
forwhichthedistillationcontractmustbeapproved
before15April1976(3),asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No798/76(4),laiddowntimelimitsforthe
conclusionofdistillationcontracts,theirapprovalby
interventionagenciesandtheprogressofdistillation ;
whereassomeproducerswhohesitatedtoavailthem­
selvesoftheoptioncreatedbytheRegulationdidnot
submitanapplicationintime;whereas,therefore,a
quantitysmallerthanthatneededtoclearthemarket
willbedistilled;whereasprovisionshouldtherefore
bemadeforaseconddistillationoperation;
Whereasitisnecessarytoprovidethat,forthesecond
distillationoperation,theminimumbuying-inprice
canbepaidbytheinterventionagencyinone
paymentinordertominimizeadministrative pro­
cedures;
Whereastheprovisionlayingdownadatebywhich
distillationoperationsmustbeterminatedmaycreate
difficultieswhenunforeseeneventscompeldistilleries
tosuspenddistillationforacertainperiod;whereas,
toensuremaximumdistillationefficiency,itisadvis­
ablethatinchancecircumstances orincasesofforceArticle1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No567/76shallbe
replacedbythefollowingparagraph :
'1.Forthefirstoperation,producerswhowish
tohaveallorpartoftheirharvestoftablewine
ditilledshallconcluderevocabledeliverycontracts
withthedistillersoftheirchoicebefore31March
1976.Thesecontractsshallbevalidonlyifthey
areapprovedbytheinterventionagencybefore15
April1976.
Forthesecondoperation,producerswhowishto
haveallorpartoftheirharvestoftablewine
distilledshallconcluderevocabledelivery
contractswiththedistillersoftheirchoicebefore
15June1976.Thesecontractsshallbevalidonly
iftheyareapprovedbytheinterventionagency
before30June1976.'
Article2
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)No567/76shallbe
supplemented bythefollowingparagraph :
'7.Withintheframeworkofthesecondopera­
tionreferredtoinArticle1(1),theminimum
buying-inpricemaybepaidbytheintervention
agencyinonepaymentafterdistillationofthe
totalquantityofwinefiguringinthecontract.'(')OJNoL99.5.5.1970,p.1.
(:)O)NoL135,24.5.1976,p.I.
(3)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.25.h)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.10.

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Article3 oftheMemberStateconcernedmayauthorizeitto
resumedistillationforanumberofdaysequalto
thenumberofdaysduringwhichdistillationwas
suspended.Distillation must,however,be
completedbynolaterthan30September1976.'Article3ofRegulation (EEC)No567/76shallbe
replacedbythefollowing :
'1.Duringthefirstoperation,distillationmay
nottakeplacebefore1Aprilorafter31July1976.
Duringthesecondoperation,distillationmaynot
takeplacebefore15Juneorafter30September
1976.
2.Shouldadistillerybecompelledtosuspend
distillationoperationsasaresultofchancecircum­
stancesorforcemajeuretheinterventionagencyArticle4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallbeapplicablefrom1June1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1June1976
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN