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29.10.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL243/1
REGULATION (EEC)No2292/71OFTHECOUNCIL
of26October1971
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1171/71asregardstotalorpartialexemptionfromthe
obligationtodistiltheby-productsofAvine-making
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereasproducerswhodelivertheirgrapemarcsfor
themanufactureofoenocyaninegenerallysupply
unfermentedgrapemarcs;whereastheprocessesto
whichthesearesubjectedinordertoextractthe
oenocyaninerenderthemthereafterunsuitablefor
fermentationanddistillation;whereassuchproducers
shouldbeexemptproratafortheirproductionof
grapemarcs;whereasanexactcalculationisnot
possible;whereas,therefore,provisionshouldbe
madeforafixedreductioninthegeneralrate;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle10(1)of
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No817/704of28April
1970layingdownspecialprovisionsforqualitywines
producedinspecifiedregions,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1627/71,ayieldperhectareis
fixedforeachofthequalitywinesp.s.r.which
facilitatesobservanceoftheprohibitionagainstthe
pressingofwineleesandover-pressing ofgrapes;
whereas,moreover,themarcsandleesofcertain
qualitywinesp.s.r.containlittlealcoholandwhereas
itisusefultobeabletoapplyareducedratetothose
products;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the:
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/701of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganisation ofthe
marketinwine,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1627/71,2andinparticularArticle24(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,inpursuanceofthefirstsubparagraphof
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70,
certainproducersmaybeexemptedfromthe
.obligationtodistiltheby-productsofwinemaking ;
WhereasArticle7ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1171/713of3June1971onthedistillationofthe
by-productsofwine-making exemptsindependent
producerswho,duringawine-growing year,donot
makemorethan50hectolitresofwine;whereas,
however,someofthesesmall-scaleproducersare
alreadyinthehabitofdistillingtheirgrapemarcs
andwineleesandwhereastheyshouldbeallowedto
continueinthispractice;whereastheyshould
thereforebeallowedtoforegoexemptionand
becometherebycomparableinallrespectsto
producerswhoarenotexempt;whereasinorderto
preventdeliveriesofalcoholtotheintervention
agenciesfrombecomingtooirregular,an
independentproducershould,oncehehasforegone
exemption,undertaketocontinuetodosountilthe
validityofthatRegulationexpires;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefollowingtextshallbesubstitutedforthetextof
Article7ofRegulation (EEC)No1171/71:-
'1.Independent producerswho,duringa
wine-growing year,donotmakemorethan50
hectolitresofwine,,shallnotbesubjecttothe
obligationlaiddowninthefirstsubparagraphof
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70.
1OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
2OJNoL170,29.7.1971,p.3.
3OJNoL123,5.6.1971,p.4.
4OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.20.However,suchproducersmayforegothis
exemption .Suchactionshallbindthemforthe
periodfromthedateonwhichsuchactionis
takenuntilthevalidityofthisRegulationexpires.

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Article2 2.Producerswhodelivertheirgrapemarcsfor
themanufactureofoenocyaninemaybesubject
toareducedrate.
3.Producersofcertainqualitywinesp.s.r.may
besubjecttoreducedratesinrespectofthatpart
oftheirharvestwhichcanqualifyforsuch
description.'ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,26October1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
L.NATALI