NoL215/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.8.78
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1863/78
of25July1978
determining,forthe1978/79wine-growing year,thepricestobepaidunderthe
compulsorydistillationoftheby-productsofwine-makingandthemaximumamount
ofthecontributionfromtheGuaranteeSectionoftheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidance
andGuaranteeFund
appliedonastandardbasis;whereas,ontheother
hand,whenthepricesreferredtointhethird
subparagraph ofthatparagrapharefixed,they
shouldbebasedonthevariationsincostwhichresult
fromthedifferingoriginsofthealcoholsupplied;
whereasitshouldbespecifiedthatalltheseprices
shouldapplytorectifiedalcohol;
Whereasthemaximumamountofthecontribution
fromtheGuaranteeSectionoftheEuropean
AgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFundshouldbe
fixedinthelightofthesituationonthemarketin
alcohol,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganization ofthe
marketinwine(x),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1861/78(2),andinparticularArticle24(6)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle24ofRegulation
(EEC)No816/70andArticles2,3and4ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1930/76of20July1976onthe
distillationoftheby-productsofwine-making (3),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1862/78(4),
theCouncilfixesforeachwine-growing yearthe
buying-inpriceforwinedeliveriesandthepricefor
thealcoholfromwinedeliveriesunderthecompulsory
distillationoftheby-productsofwine-makingand
determinesthemaximumamountofthecostsofthe
interventionagenciestobefinancedbytheGuarantee
SectionoftheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceand
GuaranteeFund;
Whereasthebuying-inpriceforwinedeliveries
shouldbefixedtakingintoaccountthequantities
availableandthepricesoftablewinesonthevarious
Communitymarkets;whereastheapplicationofthis
criterionresultsinthebuying-inpricebeingfixedata
levelcorresponding tothelowerlimitlaiddownin
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)No1930/76;
Whereaswhenthepriceofalcoholfromwine
deliveriesisfixedasreferredtointhefirst
subparagraph ofArticle3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1930/76,thecriteriareferredtothereinshouldbeArticle1
1.Thepricesforthe1978/79wine-growing year
shallbeasfollows:
—0.58unitofaccountperhectolitreandperdegree
ofalcoholforthebuying-inpriceforwine
deliveries,
—0.93unitofaccountperhectolitreandperdegree
ofalcoholforthepriceofthealcoholfromthe
winedeliveriesreferredtointhefirst
subparagraphofArticle3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1930/76,
—0.96unitofaccountperhectolitreandperdegree
ofalcoholforthepriceofthealcoholfromthe
deliveriesofmarcreferredtointhethird
subparagraphoftheaforesaidArticle3(2),
—0.90unitofaccountperhectolitreandperdegree
ofalcoholforthepriceofthealcoholfromthe
deliveriesofwinereferredtointhethird
subparagraphoftheaforesaidArticle3(2),
—0.90unitofaccountperhectolitreandperdegree
ofalcoholforthepriceofthealcoholfromthe
deliveriesofleesreferredtointhethird
subparagraphoftheaforesaidArticle3(2).
Thepriceofthealcoholfromwinedeliveriesshall
applytorectifiedalcohol.(*)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
(2)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.
(s)OJNoL211,5.8.1976,p.1.
(4)Seepage14ofthisOfficialJournal.

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2.Themaximumamountofthecontributionfrom
theGuaranteeSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural
GuidanceandGuaranteeFundfortheabove
wine-growing yearshallbe0.30unitofaccountper
hectolitre/degreeofalcohol.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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