31. 7. 79 Official  Journal  of the  European  Communities No C 193/5 
II 
(Prepa  ratory  A cts) 
COMMISSION 
Amendment  to the  amended  proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  on the  common  organi-
zation  of the  market  in ethyl  alcohol  of agricultural  origin  and  laying  down  additional 
provisions  for certain  products  containing  ethyl  alcohol  (') 
(Submitted  by  the  Commission  to  the Council  pursuant  to the second  paragraph  of Article 
149 of the EEC  Treaty  on 22 May  1979) 
I. 
Amendments  to the recitals 
The eighth  and  twenty-fourth  recitals  are deleted. 
II. 
Amendments  to the Articles 
A. Article  1 
Article  1 (1) and  (2) is amended  to read  as follows: 
Article  1 
Products  covered 
1. This  Regulation  shall  apply  to the following  products: 
CCT  heading  No Description 
(a) 22.08  AI Denatured  ethyl  alcohol  of any  strength,  of agricultural  origin 
22.08  B I Undenatured  ethyl  alcohol  of a strength  of 80°  or higher,  of agri-
cultural  origin 
22.09  A I Undenatured  ethyl  alcohol  of a strength  of less  than  80°,  of agri-
cultural  origin 
(b) 22.07B  lib) Other  fermented  beverages  (e.g.,  cider,  perry  and  mead),  other,  still, 
of an actual  alcoholic  strength  by volume  exceeding  15 % vol 
(c) 20.06Bib) Fruit  otherwise  prepared  or preserved,  other,  containing  added  spirit, 
with  an actual  alcohol  content  exceeding  11-85  % mas 
(') OJNoC3Q9,  31.12.  1976,  p. 2. 
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CCT  heading  No Description 
22.05  C IV a) 2 
and 
22.05  C IV b) 3 Wine  fortified  for  distillation,  within  the  meaning  of Additional 
Note  4 b to Chapter  22 
22.05  C V Wine  of fresh  grapes;  grape  must  with  fermentation  arrested  by the 
•addition  of alcohol,  other,  of an actual  alcoholic  strength  by volume 
exceeding  22 % vol 
(d) 22.09  B Compound  alcoholic  preparations  (known  as 'concentrated  extracts') 
for the manufacture  of beverages 
22.09  C Spirituous  beverages 
(e) 22.06 Vermouths,  and  other  wines  of fresh  grapes  flavoured  with  aromatic 
extracts 
2. This  Regulation  establishes  in respect  of the 
products  specified  in paragraph  1: 
— under  (a) and  (b),  a common  organization  of 
the market  in ethyl  alcohol  of agricultural 
origin, 
— under  (c),  rules  supplementing  the  provisions 
applicable  to these  products  in connection  with 
the respective  common  organizations  of the 
market  in fruit  and  vegetables  and  in wine, 
— under  (d) and  (e),  rules  concerning  conditions 
for marketing  and  arrangements  governing 
trade  and  the  possible  introduction  of  an 
intervention  and  price  system.' 
B. Article  3 
Article  3 is amended  to read  as follows: 
'Article  3 
Target  prices 
1. A  target  price  shall  be fixed  for each  type  of 
ethyl  alcohol  of agricultural  origin.  The  target 
prices  shall  be valid  for  unpackaged  goods  of a 
standard  quality,  ex-factory,  loaded  on the  means 
of transport  chosen  by the  purchaser.  They  shall 
be fixed  for  one  marketing  year.  'Marketing  year' 
means  the  period  running  from  1 July  of one  year 
to 30 June  of the next. 
2. The  target  prices  shall  be  determined  by 
reference  to  the  price  of  the  corresponding 
alcohol-producing  agricultural  product  and  to 
fixed  amounts,  valid  throughout  the  Community, 
representing: 
(a) the  processing  margin,  established  in the  light 
of the  need  progressively  to modernize  and rationalize  the  Community  production 
potential; 
(b) the  yield; 
(c) the  receipts  of distillers  from  the  sale  of the 
by-products  of distillation. 
For each  alcohol-producing  agricultural  product 
which  is covered  by an intervention  system  under 
a common  market  organization,  the  price  to be 
taken  into  consideration  may  not  exceed  the 
intervention,  withdrawal  or activating  price  or the 
minimum  price  applicable  under  that  system. 
The target  prices  shall  be so fixed  as not  to lead  to 
increased  production  as long  as the  production 
cost of such  alcohol  is not  competitive  with  the 
market  price  for synthetic  alcohol. 
3. By  way  of derogation  from  paragraph  2, the 
target  price  for  alcohol  obtained  from  wine  under 
the intervention  measures  in the  wine  sector  shall 
be fixed  at the  level  of the  selling  price  for  the 
oral consumption  sector  referred  to in Article 
10 (2). 
4. Special  target  prices  may  be  fixed  by 
reference  to the  size  of the  distillery  during  an 
adjustment  period  in the  course  of which  the 
exercise  of such  option  shall  be  progressively 
reduced.  This  period  may  not  exceed  10 years. 
5. The  standard  qualities  and  the  target  prices 
shall  be fixed  annually  before  1 January  for  the 
following  marketing  year.  They  shall  be fixed  in 
accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in 
Article  43 (2) of the Treaty.' 
C. Article  4 
Article  4 is amended  to read  as follows: 
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'Article  4 
Marketing  guarantee 
1. A  limited  quantity  of ethyl  alcohol  of agri-
cultural  origin  produced  in the  Community  shall 
be guaranteed  an  outlet  on  the  Community 
market  in  accordance  with  the  following 
provisions. 
2. Every  three  marketing  years  before  the  first 
of January  preceding  the  end  of the  third  of such 
marketing  year  and  for  the  first  time  before 
1 April  1980,  a target  quantity  shall  be fixed  for 
each  type  of ethyl  alcohol  of agricultural  origin.  It 
shall  be valid  for  the  whole  of the  period  covering 
the five  marketing  years  following  the  date  on 
which  it is fixed. 
The target  quantity  shall  be calculated  on the  basis 
of the  quantities  produced  during  the  five 
preceding  marketing  years,  and  of prospects  in the 
reserved  sectors  over  the  five  subsequent 
marketing  years. 
However: 
— for  the  types  of ethyl  alcohol  of agricultural 
origin  obtained  from  alcohol-producing 
products  other  than  molasses  and  those  in 
respect  of which  distillation  measures  have 
been  implemented  under  the  relevant  common 
market  organization,  the  target  quantity  shall 
be equal  to the  total  produced  in the  five 
preceding  marketing  years; 
— for  molasses  alcohol,  the  target  quantity  shall 
be based  on  the  quantities  of that  type  of 
alcohol  marketed  over  the  five  preceding 
marketing  years  in  the  reserved  sectors 
specified  in Article  9 (1). 
3. A  guaranteed  quantity  valid  for  the following 
marketing  year  shall  be  fixed  annually  before 
1 January  for  each  type  of ethyl  alcohol  of agri-
cultural  origin. 
The guaranteed  quantity  must  be  established 
within  the  limits  of the  target  quantity  fixed  for 
the particular  type  of  alcohol.  It  shall  be 
determined  by  reference  in particular  to  the 
quantities  actually  produced  and  sold  during  the 
marketing  years  preceding  the  period  under 
consideration  and  to  the  production  and  sales 
prospects  in the  current  marketing  year  for  the 
alcohol-producing  agricultural  product  or 
products  in question. 
4. The  guaranteed  quantities  relating  to those 
alcohol-producing  agricultural  products  in respect 
of which  distillation  measures  have  been 
implemented  under  the  relevant  common  market 
organization  may  be adjusted  at the  end  of the marketing  year,  within  the  limits  of the  target 
quantity. 
5. The  target  quantities  and  the  guaranteed 
quantities  shall  be fixed  in accordance  with  the 
procedure  laid  down  in Article  43  (2)  of the 
Treaty. 
6. Detailed  rules  for  the  application  of this 
Article,  including  the  adjustments  referred  to in 
paragraph  4, shall  be adopted  in accordance  with 
the procedure  laid  down  in Article  35.' 
D. Article  6 
The words  'other  than  molasses  alcohol'  in 
paragraph  1 are deleted. 
E. Article  7 
This  Article  is deleted. 
F. Article  10  (2) 
A second  subparagraph  to be added: 
'In the  case  of the  pharmaceutical,  perfumery  and 
cosmetics  sectors  the  sale  price  referred  to in 
paragraph  1  shall  be  fixed  taking  into 
consideration  the  market  price  of  synthetic 
alcohol.' 
G. Article  17 
This  Article  is deleted. 
H. Article  24 
Paragraph  3 is amended  to read  as follows: 
'3. The  supplementary  levy  applicable  to the 
products  specified  in Article  1 (1) (b),  (c)  and 
(e) shall  be  determined  by  reference  to the 
alcohol  content  and  to the  component  referred 
to in paragraph  2 (a).  It shall  be applied  to an 
alcohol  content  exceeding  an actual  alcoholic 
strength  of: 
— 15  % vol,  in  respect  of  the  products 
specified  in Article  1 (1) (b) and  (e), 
— 18  % vol,  in respect  of wines  fortified  for 
distillation, 
— 22  % vol,  in respect  of the  other  wines 
specified  in Article  1 (1) (c), 
— 11  - 85 % mas  in the  case  of products  falling 
within  CCT  subheading  20.06  B I.' 
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accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in 
Article  43 (2)  of the  Treaty,  a plan  for  structural 
reorganization  in this  sector  to apply  from  the  end 
of the  first  period  of five  marketing  years  referred 
to in Article  4 (2). 
If necessary,  the  Council  shall  also  adopt  the 
amendments  to this  Regulation  required  to take 
account  of the  experience  gained  and  of changing 
economic  conditions  in  the  sector,  and  in 
particular  the  production  pattern  in agricultural 
alcohol  qualifying  for  the  price  and  outlet 
guarantees  and  the  pattern  of utilization  in the 
reserved  sectors.'  . 
Annex 
Amendment  of the  Common  Customs  Tariff 
In the  amendments  to Chapter  22,  heading  No 
22.06  is amended  to read  as follows: 
Rate  of duty 
Heading 
number Description 
> Autonomous 
% 
or levy 
(L) Conventional 
% 
1 2 3 4 
22.06 Vermouths,  and  other  wines  of fresh  grapes  flavoured  with  aromatic 
extracts: 
A. Of an actual  alcoholic  strength  by volume  of 18 % vol  or less,  in 
containers  holding: 
I. Two  litres  or less 17 EUA 
per hi (c) — 
II. More  than  two  litres 14 EUA 
per hi (c) — 
B. Of an actual  alcoholic  strength  by volume  exceeding  18 % vol but  not 
exceeding  22 % vol,  in containers  holding: 
I. Two  litres  or less 19 EUA 
per hi (c) • — 
II. More  than  two  litres 16 EUA 
per hi (c) — 
C. Of an actual  alcoholic  strength  by volume  exceeding  22 % vol,  in 
containers  holding: 
I. Two  litres  or less 1 60 EUA 
per hi and 
per % vol 
+ 10 EUA 
per hi (c) 
II. More  than  two  litres 160 EUA 
per hi and 
per % vol 
(c) I. Article  31 
Article  31 is amended  to read  as follows: 
'The  equalization  charges  and  compensatory 
payments  provided  for  in Articles  11 and  15 and 
the amounts  levied  pursant  to Article  12  (2) 
shall  be  regarded,  for  the  purpose  of  the 
financing  of the  common  agricultural  policy,  as 
intervention  designed  to regulate  agricultural 
markets.' 
J. Article  41a 
Article  41a 
Before  the  end  of the  third  marketing  year  for 
which  this  Regulation  is  in  operation,  the 
Commission  shall  put  a report  before  the  Council 
analyzing  the  production  structure  for  agricultural 
alcohol  in the  Community.  This  report  shall  also 
cover  the  application  of this  Regulation.  On  the 
basis  of that  report  the  Council  shall  adopt,  in 
(c) In certain  conditions  a countervailing  charge  is payable  in respect  of certain  products  in addition  to the  customs  duty.