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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIE
COM(78)335final.
Brussels,14July1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingforthesecondtimeRegulation (ESC)
No1930/76onthedistillationofthe"by-productsof
wine-making
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COiï(78)335final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thepurposeof"thisRegulationiBtoamend,certainprovisionsofRegulation
(EEC)N°1930/76onthedistillationofthe"by-productsofwine-making.The
change,whichwillenablealcoholpricesdifferentiated accordingtoorigin,
tobefixedalongwithastandardprice,isnecessaryinordertoobviate
theriskthattheendpurposeoftheobligationtodistiltheby-products
ofwine-makingwillnotbeattainedincertainregionsoftheCommunity.
Astransportanddistillations costsvaryforthedifferentby-products
whentherelationship betweenthequantitiesofthesediffersfromthaton
whichthefixed,priceisbaseddiscrimination canensueincertainregions
oftheCommunitybetweendistillerswhichwouldhinderthenormalprogress
ofdistillation .

Proposal for
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending forthesecond time Regulation (EEC )
N°1930/76onthedistillation ofthe "by-products of
wine-making
THE COUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)N°8I6/7Oof28April 1970 laying
down additional provisions forthecommon organization ofthemarket inwine"''
aslast amended byRegulation (EEC)N°2560/77 »andinparticular Article
24 (6)thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas ■Council Regulation (EEC)N°1930/76of20July 1976 onthedistilla­
tionoftheby-products ofwine-making ^,asamended "byRegulation (EEC)
N°l676/77^»provides thattheprice tobepaidbyintervention agencies
tothedistiller shall befixed annually bythe Council onthebasis of
certain costs andoftechnical losses ;whereas this price maybedifferen­
tiated according towhether ma,ro ,lees orwine isdistilled inorder to
take into account ,where necessary ,thediffering costs and losses :
•/•
;OJN°L99,
,OJN°L303 ,
-jOJN°L211 ,4OJNcL187 ,5.5.1970 ,p.1
28.11.1977 ,p.1
5.8.1976 ,p.1
27.7.1977 ,P.5

Whereasafixedpriceissatisfactoryinseveralregionsof
theCommunity;whereashoweverinotherregionstherelationbetween
quantitiesofmarcandthoseofwineandleesissuchthattheaverage
distillationcostsdifferfromthoseusedtocalculatethefixedprice;
whereasthissituationismakesorrisksmakingiteconomicallyimpossible
incertainoftheseregionstoachievetheobjectiveofthe.obligationto
distiltheby-productswine–makingj *
Wherea8itisthereforeessential .toprovideforafixedpriceandat
thesametimeprioesdifferentiated accordingtotheoriginofthealcohol
whileleavingittotheMemberStatestodeoidewhethertoapplythelatter
inregionswhereapplicationofthefixedpriceleadstothedifficulties
referredtoabove;
Whereastheuseofthisoptionmustnotincreasetheexpenditureoftheinter­
ventionagencyandhenceoftheEAGGP;whereasitistherefirenecessaryto
correlatethedifferentiated priceswiththefixedpricesothatthe
weightedaverageofthedifferentiated pricesdoesnotexceedthefixed.
price,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1 •
ThefollowingsubparagraphisherebyaddedtoArtiole3(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1930/76j
wInthecasereferredtointhefirstsubparagraph ,
differentpricesforalcoholproduoedfrommarcandforalcoholproduced
fromleesandfromwineshallbefixedatthesametime.MemberStatesmay
decidetoapplythelatterpriceswhenapplicationofthepricereferred
tointhefirstsubparagraph makesorrisksmakingitimpossibletohave
oneormoreoftheby-productsofwine–makingdistilledincertainregions
oftheCommunity#Thepricelevelsfixedforalcoholproducedfromthe
differentby»-produotsshallbesuchthattheirweightedaveragedoesnot
exceedthepricereferredtointhefirstsubparagraph"#

Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on1September 197o »
This Regulation shall be "binding initsentirety anddireotly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
President