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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)467final
Brussels,31july1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)n°1144/81layingdowngeneralrules
onthedistillation oftablewinesasprovidedforin
Article15ofRegulation(EEC)n°337/79
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
C0M(8l)467final

Cow \
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Theall-time record wine harvest of1979 andthevery substantial 1980 harvest
which wasagain inexcess ofrequirements have ,formore than 18months
now ,resulted inserious andlasting difficulties onthetable wine .
market .Alltheintervention measures have been implemented andthe
Council wasobliged ,inearly 1980 andinApril 1981 ,totake decisions
onexceptional distillation (Article 15ofthebasic Regulation ,
No337/79).Thequantities available were insubstantially greater sur­
plus inItaly than inFrance andquotations forItalian wines were
substantially below those forFrench wines .The crisis ontheItalian
market resulted inmassive consignments ofItalian production tothe
French market atprices which theproducers inLanguedoc-Roussillon felt
were insufficient tomaintain their incomes andwere responsible forthe
difficulties indisposing oftheir ownwines .Theexceptional distil­
lation decided upon inCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1144 /81(1)wasnot
enough toabsorb .this phenomen completely .Itwastocover avolume of
6million hi,buttheresult wasnotreached ;inFrance ,thevolume of
wines covered bydistillation contracts wasonly 600,000 hisince thebuying -
price forwine waslower than average quotations inthat country ;in
Italy ,contracts covered 4to4.5million hiasthevolume wasrestrict­
edbythe15%limit onindividual production laid down intheRegulation .exceeding
Thequantities available inItaly ,still thenormal quantities for
thetime ofyear ,andthecoming harvest ,which appears likely tobeearly ,
have prevented Italian rates from rising significantly .*Thepressure on
theFrench market hastherefore notdiminished andthereaction by
French producers hasbecome firmer .
Further steps arerequired sothat theresults anticipated bytheexcep­
tional distillation decision (6million hi)maybereached .Better
balance ontheCommunity table wine market canbeattained iftheItalian
market were toimprove .That market could berelieved by^sending a
further 2million hifordistillation .Forthis purpose ,theCommission
proposes increasing thepercentage ofproduction which maybemade
(1)0JNoL120,1.5.1981 ,p.1

-2-
subject toexceptional distillation measures ,increasing itfrom 15to
20% .This increase would make itpossible toraise thequantity distilled
inItaly ,where buying inprices ofthewine subject todistillation is
attractive compared with market rates ,while itwould have practically
noeffect inFrance where therates exceed that price .Thehigher rates
likely toresult from themeasure should notonly relieve thepresent
very tense situation butalso have abeneficial influence ontheoutset
ofthenext wine year bymaking better rates possible from thestart .

Proposal for %
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)NO
of »'
amending Regulation (EEC)No1144/81laying down general rules
onthedistillation oftable wines asprovided forin
Article 15ofRegulation (EEC)No337/79
/
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
J
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No337/79of5February 1979
onthecommon organization ofthemarket inwine (1)aslast amended by
Regulation (EEC)No3456 /80(2)andinparticular Article 15(1 )thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No1144 /81(3)made provision for
exceptional distillation oftable wine with theobject ofalleviating
theserious crisis onthemarket ;whereas thevolume which could be
distilled waslimited to15%oftable wine production byeach producer
during the1980 /81wine year ;whereas this restriction hasprevented
complete attainment oftheobject inquestion ,quantities subject to
distillation contracts having remained below theanticipated level ;
whereas ,inorder torelieve themarket toanextent which will enable ,
rates torecover ,particularly inCommunity regions inthelargest
quantities oftable wine available ,thepercentage ofproduction which
maybedistilled should beincreased from 15to20% ;whereas itis
therefore necessary toreopen thetime limit -forsubmission ofapplica­
tions forapproval ofdelivery contracts andtoadapt certain other
dates fixed inRegulation (EEC)No1144/81;
(1)0JNoL54,
(2)OJNoL360,
(3)OJNoL120 _5.3.1979 ,p.1
31.12.1980 ,p.18
1.5.1981 ,p.1

Article 1
• –––––––
Regulation (EEC)1144 /81ishereby amended asfollows :
1.Thedate 25June 1981 inArticle 1(1)isreplaced by15October 1981 .
2.Thefigure 15%inArticle 1(2)isreplaced by20% .
3.Thedate 25July 1981 inArticle 2(1)isreplaced by .15November
1981 .
4.Thedate 25Jrne 1981 inArticle 3(1)isreplaced by15October 1981 .
5.Thedate 25July 1981 inArticle 3(3)isreplaced by15November
1981 .
6.Thedate 15November 1981 inArticle 8isreplaced by15January
1982 .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayofitspublication in
theOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels For the Commission

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Date:28July1981
1.SUOGITHEADING:1981•691? APPROPRIATIONS I1981,
287.14 mECU(1)
2.TILE:proposaiforaCouncilRegulationamendingRegulation (EEC)Mo1144/31
lavinorlnunnpnpralrul.p<?nntherlistiLlationoftablewinesasnrovideHforir>
Article15ofR337/79.
J.LEGALBASIS:Article15ofRegulation No337/79
I.AIMSOFPROJECT
Relievingtpeseriouscrisisonthewinemarketbysteppinguptheexceptional
distillation measures -providedforinRegulation 1144/81
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TOTHEECBUDGET
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS )
OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC
(LEVIES/CUSTOMSDUTIES)
-NATIONALPERIODOF12MONTHS
18millionECUCURRENTFINANCIAL YEAR
t81,?:
18millionECUFOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
i 2
5.0.1ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1ESTIMATED RECEIPTSonlycoversoneιîarketingye;ir
5.2METHODOFCALCULATION
seeannex
6.0CANTHEPROJECTBEFINANCEDFROMAPPROPRIATIONSENTEREDINTHERELEVANTCHAPTEROFTHECURRENT BUDGETO
6.1CANTHEPROJECTBEFINANCEDBYTRANSFERBETWEENCHAPTERSOFTHECURRENTBUOGET·?(2)VES/jtø1
6.2WILLASUPPLEMENTARY BUDGETBENECESSARY ,
·' *X&&N0
63WILL'FUTUREBUDGETAPPROPRIATIONS BENECESSARY ?Χξ£/Ν0I
OBSERVATION ":
(1)initialappropriations .Theappropriations inthedraftamendingbudgetno1
amountto348million ECU.
(2)Thenecessaryappropriations wouldbemadeavailablefromthoseinchapter60
(cereals)or64(sugar)forexample.

Annex :Method ofcalculation
1.)Theexceptional distillation measure decided upon bytheCounil on
24April 1981 (Regulation No1144 /81)wastocover 6million hiat
15ECU/hl,or90million ECU .
2.)Thequantities actually covered bydistillation contracts amounted
tobetween 4.9and5.4million hi,oramaximum of81million ECU .
3.)Increasing thepercentage ofproduction which could bedistilled
from 15to20% should result indistillation ofafurther 1.8mil­
lion hi,oramaximum of7.2million hirepresenting 108million
ECU .
4.)Additional expenditure caused bythis proposal should therefore
amount to108-90 =18million ECUcompared with thefinancial
statement of6April 1981 .