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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 350/79

OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979

DETERMINING FOR THE 1978/79 WINE-GROWING YEAR THE PRICES TO BE PAID UNDER THE COMPULSORY DISTILLATION OF THE BY-PRODUCTS OF WINE MAKING AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 39 ( 6 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ( 2 ) ,

WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 39 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 AND ARTICLES 2 , 3 AND 4 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 349/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON THE DISTILLATION OF THE BY-PRODUCTS OF WINE MAKING ( 3 ) , THE COUNCIL FIXES FOR EACH WINE-GROWING YEAR THE BUYING-IN PRICE FOR WINE DELIVERIES AND THE PRICE FOR THE ALCOHOL FROM WINE DELIVERIES UNDER THE COMPULSORY DISTILLATION OF THE BY-PRODUCTS OF WINE MAKING AND DETERMINES THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE COSTS OF THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES TO BE FINANCED BY THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GURANTEE FUND ;

WHEREAS THE BUYING-IN PRICE FOR WINE DELIVERIES SHOULD BE FIXED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE QUANTITIES AVAILABLE AND THE PRICES OF TABLE WINES ON THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY MARKETS ; WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF THIS CRITERION RESULTS IN THE BUYING-IN PRICE BEING FIXED AT A LEVEL CORRESPONDING TO THE LOWER LIMIT LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 349/79 ;

WHEREAS , WHEN THE PRICE OF ALCOHOL FROM WINE DELIVERIES IS FIXED AS REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 349/79 , THE CRITERIA REFERRED TO THEREIN SHOULD BE APPLIED ON A STANDARD BASIS ; WHEREAS , ON THE OTHER HAND , WHEN THE PRICES REFERRED TO IN THE THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH OF THAT PARAGRAPH ARE FIXED , THEY SHOULD BE BASED ON THE VARIATIONS IN COST WHICH RESULT FROM THE DIFFERING ORIGINS OF THE ALCOHOL SUPPLIED ; WHEREAS IT SHOULD BE SPECIFIED THAT ALL THESE PRICES SHOULD APPLY TO RECTIFIED ALCOHOL ;

WHEREAS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND SHOULD BE FIXED IN THE LIGHT OF THE SITUATION ON THE MARKET IN ALCOHOL ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE PRICES FOR THE 1978/79 WINE-GROWING YEAR SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

- 0,58 UNIT OF ACCOUNT PER % VOL PER HECTOLITRE FOR THE BUYING-IN PRICE FOR WINE DELIVERIES ,

- 0,93 UNIT OF ACCOUNT PER % VOL PER HECTOLITRE FOR THE PRICE OF THE ALCOHOL FROM THE WINE DELIVERIES REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 349/79 ,

- 0,96 UNIT OF ACCOUNT PER % VOL PER HECTOLITRE FOR THE PRICE OF THE ALCOHOL FROM THE DELIVERIES OF MARC , REFERRED TO IN THE THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH OF THE AFORESAID ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) ,

- 0,90 UNIT OF ACCOUNT PER % VOL PER HECTOLITRE FOR THE PRICE OF THE ALCOHOL FROM THE DELIVERIES OF WINE REFERRED TO IN THE THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH OF THE AFORESAID ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) ,

- 0,90 UNIT OF ACCOUNT PER % VOL PER HECTOLITRE FOR THE PRICE OF THE ALCOHOL FROM THE WINE DELIVERIES REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 349/79 ,

THE PRICE OF THE ALCOHOL FROM WINE DELIVERIES SHALL APPLY TO RECTIFIED ALCOHOL .

2 . THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND FOR THE ABOVEMENTIONED WINE-GROWING YEAR SHALL BE 0,30 UNIT OF ACCOUNT PER % VOL PER HECTOLITRE .

ARTICLE 2

1 . COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1863/78 OF 25 JULY 1978 DETERMINING FOR THE 1978/79 WINE-GROWING YEAR THE PRICES TO BE PAID UNDER THE COMPULSORY DISTILLATION OF THE BY-PRODUCTS OF WINE MAKING AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND ( 4 ) IS HEREBY REPEALED .

2 . REFERENCES TO THE REGULATION REPEALED BY PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS REFERENCES TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 2 APRIL 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 5 FEBRUARY 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . MEHAIGNERIE

( 1 ) SEE PAGE 1 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 276 , 20 . 11 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) SEE PAGE 84 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 215 , 4 . 8 . 1978 , P . 16 .