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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)273 final
Brussels .14th May1980
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION .(EEC )
AMENDING REGULATION (EEC )No565/80LAYING DOWN
GENERAL RULES ONDISTILLATION OPERATIONS FOR TABLE WINES
FOR WHICH THE DELIVERY CONTRACT MUST
BEAPPROVED BEFORE 15APRIL 1980
(presented by -theCommission totheCouncil )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Todeal with the serious crisis onthewine market resulting from the
very big 1979 harvest theCouncil adopted ameasure for thedistillation of
table wine pursuant toArticle 15ofthebasic wine Regulation .The
general rules relating tothis measure (1)laid down time limits forthe
conclusion ofcontracts and for thecompletion ofdistillation operations .
Inaddition ,thequantity distilled byeach producer could notexceed
10$ofhis 1979 table harvest ,or20%inthecase ofsmall-scale producers .
Theaimofthis operation was towithdraw 8million hioftable wine
from the market but the contracts concluded before the deadline of
1April 1980 relate toonly *1.85 million hi.This situation arises both
from theshort periods allowed for theconclusion ofcontracts and for the
distillation andfrom thelevel ofthe ^individual ceiling .
a
There has thus been nomarket improvement and for this reason the
Commission isproposing that theCouncil initiate asecond instalment of
thedistillation operation ,,keeping thesame prices and r'ates ofaid .In
this way itwill bepossible toconclude newcontracts upto15June 1980
and theendofthedistillation period will bepostponed from 31May to31
July 1980 .
Theprinciple oflimiting thequantity distilled byeach producer has
been retained andthe'percentage fixed (15$ )should enable theoriginal
objective of8million hitobeattained .
Thefinancial statement accompanying theCommission proposal (2)
therefore remains valid andunchanged .
(1)Regulation (EEC )No564/80,0JNoL62of7.3.1980 ,p.1
(2)C0M(80 )36-final of 1February 1980 .

• .PROPOSAL FOR
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC )No561/80laying down
general rules ondistillation operations for table wines for
which thedelivery contract must beapproved
■before 15April 1980 [
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , . 's
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard to .Council "Regulation (EEC )No33?/79of5February 1979 on
. ... ... 1thecommon organization ofthemarket inwine ,aslast amended by
2
Regulation (EEC )xNo159/80 ,andinparticular Article 15(1)thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Articles 1,2,and7ofRegulation (EEC)No561/80^ limited the
time fortheconclusion ofdelivery contracts ,their approval bythe
v
intervention agencies and thecompletion ofdistillation operations ,together
with thevolume ofwine which could bedistilled byeach producer ;whereas ,
because ofthese limitations ,thedelivery contraqts concluded relate toa
quantity well below that needed tostabilize themarket ;whereas there should
therefore beasecond instalment ofthedistillation operation ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : r
(1)0JNoL51,5.3.1979 ,p. 1
(2)0JNoL57,29.2.1980 ,p.32
(3)OJNoL62,7.3.1980 ,P. 1

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Article 1 -
Article 1ofRegulation (EEC )No561</80isamended toread asfollows :
"1.Producers wishing todistil part oftheir harvest oftable wines pursuant
toArticle 15ofRegulation (EEC )No337/79*shall conclude contracts for
thedelivery oftable wines with anapproved distiller andshall submit
them tothe intervention agency : ■
-for£first instalment ,before 1April 1980
-for asecond instalment ,before 15June 1980
2.Forthepurposes ofthis Regulation ,thequantity of^table wines distilled
byanyoneproducer aspart ofthefirst instalment maynotbeless than
10hectolitres andmay notexceed thefollowing percentages ofthe
quantity oftable wine ,expressed interms ofwine ,musts orgrapes ,
f
stated intheproducer 'sharvest declaration forthe 1979 /80wine-growing
year : ■
a)asregards redandrose table wines :
-20%forthefirst 150hectolitres declared ,
-10%for theremainder ofthedeclared production ,
'b)asregards white table wines :
-20$forthefirst 150hectolitres declared , ^
-10$fortheremainder ofthedeclared production .
3.Thequantity oftable wines distilled byanyoneproducer as .part ofthe
second instalment maynotexceed 15$ofthequantity oftable wine ,
expresed interms ofwine ,musts orgrapes ,stated intheproducer 's
harvest declaration forthe1979/80wine-growing year .
Thequantity ofredandrose table wines which maybedistilled may
bereplaced wholly orinpart byacorresponding quantity ofwhite table
wines ."

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• , Article 2
Article 2ofRegulation (EEC )No564/80isamended toread asfollows :
1.Thedelivery contracts shall notbevalid unless approved /before '15April 1980
forthe first instalment andbefore 30June 1980 for thesecond
_ \
instalment ,bytheintervention agency oftheMember State inwhich the
wine happens tobewhen thecontract isconcluded .These contracts shall
cover : '
a)thepurchase bythedistiller ofthequantity oftable wine entered in •
the contract .
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b)theobligation forthedistiller toprocess thewine into aproduct
with analcholic strength byvolume of86$ormore ,orinto aproduct
with analchoholic strength byvolume of85$orless and topayfor
\
this wine atleast ,theprice referred toinArticle U.
2.Where distillation takes place inaMember State other than that inwhich
thecontract wasapproved ,theintervention agency which approved the
contract shall forward acopy ofittotheintervention agency ofthe
first Member State ." ' - ' •
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Article 3
Thedate "31May ,1980 "inArticle 7ofRegulation (EEC )No564/80isreplaced
\
by"31July 1980 ".
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayofitspublication inthe
Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities . ,
This Regulation shall bebinding .in "itsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States . \
*
Done atBrussels , For theCouncil
The President '
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■ CREDITS iappropriations
2*ACTION TProposal -for aCouncil Regulation laying down^the -general rules on
.operations todistil table' wine forwhich thedisti llation .contract
must beapproved . 1 ■ '•
3.LEOALBASISI.»
Article 15ofRegulation No337/79 ._J
4.OBJECTIVES I
The1979 wine harvest wasexceptionally abundant.' Thetraditional |market support measures should therefore be .supplemented byan jj
exceptional di^ti llation -provided forunder Article 15ofthe pBasic Regulation . $
5.FJNAÎfCIAL CONSEQUENCE
55.0EXPENDITURE
-CJLA/IGED TOTHEECBUDGET
(REFUNFFI /LNTENVENTIONS )
P –CUAFLCED TONATIONAL AEXINISTH .
| -CHAnCH )TOOTHER NATIONAL CROUPS
E5.1BÂ-sifts
--C-.ilRESOURCESorTHEEC
' (LEVIES/CU5T0>3 DUTIES )
-NATIONALmiODOP12 "MOTHS
89-0 mECU
or
82«6mEUACUIUffifiT PIHAJIGXAL 2EAR !FOLLOW NOFINANCIAL YEAH
ί–1 μ ί.) ·.
Ö9-.Q mECU
or
82*8 mEUA'
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YEAH TEAâ TEÂH -
5.0.1 PLURIANNUAL PATTEHH OPEXPETOITUHB 82*8 mEUA
jj5.2KETHOD OFCALCULATION .• 1
Assumptions :-3mhi,.60%wtyite wine and40%redwine' ^
| -averagei aid:white wine1.08ECU/%/hi;redwine1.22ECU/%/.hi-average alcoholic strength :redwine 11°;white wine 10*
Total cost :"O.96ECU/%/hix'10x4.8m.hi=46.08 mECU /
1.22 ECU/%/hl Jt11x3.2 mhls42.94 mECU •
I "B9.02mECU • | 0 ''• v> ■ ' |
I6.0FINANCINGroSSIBLBWITHCREDITS CHAPTEROFCURRENTBUDGETi ^
I6.1FaWAjUpIKOPOSSXBLBBYTflW^SFERB^f£aTwUPV^SOFWf^NTBU3»Er7~ ^^^^ ^>oVil0
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C0HKENT3 •
This isanemergency measure forwhich noappropriations were provided .Its
effectiveness isconnected "notonly with relieving themarket butalso with the .
psychological effect onoperators .Rapid'measures vii11reduce the'need for
storage expenditure andshould limit subsequent expenditure .v.
^VTheCommission willpropose the'neoessazy Vmdget oover at"thetimoitsnew "■
proposals fortheI98O budget .