NoL40/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.2.75
REGULATION (EEC)No362/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of13February1975
layingdowndetailedrulesgoverningthedistillationoftablewinesfobe
completedby6June1975
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;Article1
Inordertoensurepaymentoftheminimumprice
referredtoinArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No
267/75,MemberStatesmayrequirethatthecontracts
referredtoinArticle2ofthatRegulationbe
concludedthroughtheintermediaryoftheinterven­
tionagency.HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70(')of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inwine,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3166/74(2),andinparticularArticles7(3)and35
thereof; Article2
whereas,pursuanttoArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)
No816/70,CouncilRegulation (EEC)No267/75(3)
of31January1975layingdowndetailedrules
governingthedistillationoftablewinestobe
completedby6June1975authorizesproducersof
tablewinestohavetheirwinesdistilled;1.Theaidshallbepaidtothedistiller.'Distiller
meansthepersononwhoseaccountdistillationis
carriedout.
MemberStatesmayhoweverrequirethattheaidbe
assignedtotheproducer,providedthelatterreceivesa
pricewhich,inclusiveoftheaid,isnotlessthanthe
minimumpricereferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No267/75.
2.Theaidshallbepaidwithin30daysfollowing
distillation .Whereasprovisionsshouldbelaiddowntoensure
thattheminimumpricereferredtoinArticle3of
Regulation(EEC)No267/75isinfactpaid;whereas,
inparticular,MemberStatesshouldbeabletorequire
theassignmentoftheaidfromthedistillertothe
producerasanadvanceagainstthecontractpricefor
thedeliveryofthewine;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No267/75providesthata
decisionmaybetakentoreduceproportionately the
quantitesinrespectofwhichapplicationfordistilla­
tionaresubmitted ;Article3
1.Applicationsforthedistillationoftablewines
submittedtotheinterventionagenciesmustbeaccom­
paniedbyacopyofacontractconcludedwitha
distillerforthedeliveryofthetablewinesconcerned
asreferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
267/75.
WhereasthecompetentagenciesreferredtoinArticle
7ofRegulation (EEC)No267/75andtheCommis­
sionmustbekeptinformedofthestateofprogressof
distillationoperationsandinparticularofthequanti­
tiesoftablewinedistilledandthequantitiesof
alcoholobtained;2.MemberStatesshallcommunicate tothe
Commission onthebasisoftheinformation
containedinthecontractsaccompanying applica­
tions:
—thetotalquantityoftablewinetobedistilled,
—therespectivequantitiesof(i)redandrosewines
and(ii)whitewines,
—theaverageactualalcoholicstrength.
3.WhereadecisionistakenpursuanttoArticle4
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No267/75toreducethequan­
titiesofwinetobedistilledtheMemberStatesshall
informapplicantsofthepercentageofthequantities
specifiedintheirapplicationswhichmaybedistilled.WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforWine,
(>)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL338,17.12.1974,p.1.
3)OJNoL30,4.2.197.5,p.2.

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Article4
1.Distillersshallnotlaterthanthe10thdayof
eachmonthsendtotheinterventionagencyadeclara­
tionofthequantitiesoftablewinesdistilledduring
thepreviousmonthspecifyingthequantities,
expressedaspurealcohol,andtheproductsobtained,
givingseparatefiguresforproductscomingwithinthe
firstindentofArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)No
267/75andthosecomingwithinthesecondindentof
thatArticle.
2.MemberStatesshallnotlaterthanthe20thof
eachmonth,communicate totheCommission bytelexinrespectofthepreviousmonththequantities
ofwinedistilledandthequantities,expressedaspure
alcohol,oftheproductsobtainedtherefrom,giving
separatefiguresasprovidedinparagraph 1.
Article5
1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
2.Itshallapplywitheffectfrom6February1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13February1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission