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COMMISSION QFTHE.BUROHIAN GOMM
COM(75)617 final .
Brussels ,1December 1975
Propos ?,!for
REGULATION (EEC)OF:I:^COUNCIL
amending Regulation (EEC)NO1877/74enthedistillation
oftheby-products ofwins making .
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(75 )617final .

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation (EEC)NO1877 /74on "thedistillation ofthe "by-products
ofwine making laid down general rules forthedistillation ofthose pro­
ducts .
Article 5(l)ofthat instrument lays down that producers may,in
partial ortotal discharge oftheobligation todistil ,produce orhave
produced potable spirits ofgrape marcs orpotable spirits from their own
products .
Theimplementation ofthose provisions shows that this text has
"been interpreted inways which were notintended .Inorder toavoid any
misinterpretation ,anewtext isproposed .

PROPOSALFORREGULATION (EEC)No OPTHECOUNCIL
of
amendingRegulation(EEC)NO1877/74ON"thedistillationofthe
jby-products ofwinemaking.
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No816/70(l)of28April1970
layingdownadditionalprovisionsforthecommonorganiaation ofthemarket
inwine,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)n°1932/75(2),andinparti­
cularArticle24(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission '
WhereasArticle5(l)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1877/75of15July1974
onthedistillation oftheby-products ofwinemakinglaysclownthatpro­
ducersmay,inpartialortotaldischargeoftheobligationtodistil,pro­
duceorhaveproducedpotablespiritsofgrapemarcsorpotablespiritsof
winefromtheirownproducts;whereasexperiencehasshownthatthis
texthasbeenmisinterpreted andthatthereisthereforeneedforclari­
fication;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION i
./•
(1)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1
(2)OJNoL198,29.7-1975 ?P.19
(3)OJHoL198,20.7.1974 »P.3

-2-
Article 1
Article 5(l)ofRegulation (EEC)No1877./74is -replaced
"bythefollowing '
"1.Producers may ,-inpartial ..ortotal discharge oftheobligation todis-
tilasspecified inArticle 24(2)of Regulation (EEC)No816/70,produce
orhave produced > -
-directly ,from ,grape marcs and/orwine lees ,,potable spirits of
grape marCj
-or/inthealternative ,directly from Aquantity o-fwine ,
potable spirits ofwine ."
Article 2 1
This Rsgulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Bone atBrussels , For the Council
the President