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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)558final.
Brussels.19October1976•
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)No1931/76withrespecttothedistillation
ofwinessuitableforproducingcertainpotablespiritsobtainedfrom
winewitharegistereddesignation oforigin.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(76)558final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ta:sa?K«2esB$Bîîseistsg!Basî»aes«MEsze*»ctais5Ea2t
Within theframework oftheprovisions relating to !''bepreventative
distillation provided forinArticle 6bofRegulation (SSC)Ho8l6/70?
thepossibility isprovided forthedistillation ofwines suitable for
producing certain potable spirits obtained from wine with aregistered
designation oforigin .This possibility maybeused when thewines in
question surpass thenormal quantitative requirements ofthemarket in
potable spirits obtained from wine .
Theamendment ,which isthesubject ofthis draft Regulation ,consists In
limiting ,when thepreceding conditions aremet ,thetransformation of
these wines into products ofalcoholic strength of86°ormorej this
limitation waa not contained intheprevious text .
This amendment maybejustified bythefact that when themarket inquest
that ofpotable spirits obtained from wine ,isburdanned ,itisnecessary
toavoid afurther burden byanadditional production ofproducts ofan
alcoholic strength of86°orless .

PROFOSALPORA
CQUJTCILREQÜLÁTIGN(ESC)NO
of
amendingRegulation(SEC)No1931/76wi>-e--todistillationofwinessuitableforprodv.cing'ce:.spirits
obtainedfromwinewitharegistereddesignationzforigin.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtothaTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCoiT."Turit;r,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)NO816/70of28April1970layingdown
additionalprovisionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarketinwine(lYas
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1167/76(2)^andinparticularArticleob(3),
WhereasthedistillationprovidedforthesecondsubparagraphofinArticle6b(l)
Regulation(EEC)No816/70seekstoavoidadisturbanceofthemarketinwine
whenthequantitiesofwinessuitableforproducingcertainpotablespirits
obtainedfromwinewitharegistereddesignationoforiginaresubstancially greate
thantherequirements ofthemarketinsuchspirits
whereasitisalsonecessarytoavoid,thedanger/oftheirdistillation havingan
effectonthemarketinpotablespirits, .bydisturbing
itatatime,v/hen,exhypothesi,itisalreadydull;
whereasthepossibility todistillshouldthereforebelimitedtoproductshaving
analcoholicstrenghof86°ormore,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION I
Article1
ThereshallbeaddedtoRegulation(EEC)No1931/76thefollowingArticle
"Article2a
WherethesecondsubparagraphofArticle6b(l)ofRegulation ,J.0
(W.)tfo816/70applies.itmaybodecidedthatthedistillationteUrn,ted
productsofanalcoholicstrengthof86ormore.
Inthieease Article.1and2,insofara.theyrefertoa
productofanalcoholicstrengthof85°orless,shallnotapply.
Article2
«.+v.H&vfollowingitspublication mThisRegulationshallenterintoforcethedayio__^s
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropean Communities .
^ itHentiretyanddirectlyappi."-*blein
.ThisRegulationshalltebindinginitsenxir?
MemberStates.
FortheCouacil
atBrussels. TnaPrèsicent
U)ojNoL99of5-5.1970,p-1
(2)OJNoL135of24.5.1976,P*42

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
BATSI12October1976
L.BUDGETLINSCOHCERMEI»6912(intervention wine)
[2.ACTIONiPropos,1foraCouncilRegulationamendingRegulation(EEC)No1931/76layingdowngeneralrulesgoverningthedistillation ofwinesprovidedforinArticles6b,>.c,24aand24bofRegulation(EEC)No816/70
3.LECALBASIStAr.iole66ofRegulation(EEC)No816/70
4.OTIJECTIVES1Modification ofgeneralrulesgoverningwinedistillation operations
followingtheamendmentstoRegulation816/70
>.FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
5.0KXPEITDITUHE
-CIIARCEDTOTUBECBUDGET
(REFUIIIS/LNTERVENTIOHS)
–CHARGEDTONATIONALAEKINISTH..
-CIIARCEDTOOTHER.NATIONAL CROUPS
5.1RECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCES OPTIEEC
(LEVIES/CUSTOIVSDUTIES)
-NATIONALFORTHEMARKETING TEAR
1CURR2JT
LmA1JCIALYEAS
1FOLLOWING
LKMANCIAL TEAR
1
TEAR TEAR TEAR
5.0.1PLURIANNUALPATTHRUOFEXPENDITURE
5.1.1PLURIANNUALPATTERNOPRECEIPTS
5.2METHODOFCALCULATION
L... R
6.0FINANCINGPOSSIBLEWITHCREDITSINSCRIBEDINRELEVANTCHAPTEROPCURRENTBUDGET? YES/&AJ
6.1FINANCINGPOSSIBUBYTRANSFERB2TV2EHCHAPTERSOFCURRENTBUDGHT?J
6.2NECESSITY FORASUPFUZKSVTAIIY BUDGFTT?X3BCK9CI
J6.3CREDITSTOBKWRITTHWi'lTORJTUR£BUDGIES?YEG/XOC□
ICOMMENTSI1)TheproposalforaRegulationrelatestothelayingdownofgeneral rule*governingwinedistillation operationsandassuchhasno
Ifina:oialconsequences.Thefinancialimpactwillbeindicatedinthe
f propc«alaRegulationestablishingtheamountoftheaidforthe
1distilled