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2. Specific comments 
2.1. Article 1 (1), first indent 
The Committee assumes that the rules for chilling and 
storing meat must be strictly complied with. The words 'and 
in which water crystallization is not achieved' in the first 
indent should therefore be replaced by a clearer and less 
ambiguous statement; this would be in the interests of both 
the trade and consumer protection. 
2.2. Article 1 (2) 
The Committee considers that livers must only be sliced 
under optimal hygienic conditions. With this proviso, suit-
Done at Brussels, 16 December 1986. 
1. The Committee endorses the draft instrument. 
2. The arrangements for distribution between regions (or 
Member States) of compulsory-distillation, agreed by the 
Heads of State in Dublin in 1984, were not fully applied in 
the first relevant wine year (1985/86). 
2.1. Transitional arrangements had to be used to secure a 
fair allocation between Member States. 
H OJ No C 287, 14. 11. 1986, p. 3. able rooms in a slaughterhouse may also be approved as a 
cutting plant. 
2.3. Article 1 (4) (d) 
In the Committee's view a definition is required here which 
provides greater clarity for both trade and consumers. The 
following wording is therefore proposed: 'A package may 
contain only a complete sliced organ'. 
2.4. Directive 72/462/EEC, Article 2 
The Committee would point out that the proposed deadline 
for the incorporation of the amendment in national law 
(1 January 1986) is unrealistic and impossible to meet. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Alfons MARGOT 
2.2. The experience gained in 1985/86 highlighted the 
need for greater flexibility in respect of allocation 
arrangements based exclusively on the year's harvest in the 
Member States. 
3. The Committee agrees with the Commission that 
transitional implementing arrangements should run for 
several years and that it will be possible to establish new, 
more appropriate arrangements. 
3.1 This is all the more necessary because it is hard to 
gauge the practical implications of Spanish and Portuguese 
membership for the allocation of compulsory distillation. Opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No .../.. on the 
common organization of the market in wine (*) 
(87/C 68/03) 
On 10 November 1986 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under 
Articles 43 and 198 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, on the 
abovementioned proposal. 
The Section for Agriculture, which was responsible for preparing the Committee's work on 
the subject, adopted its opinion on 4 December 1986, in the light of the oral report by 
Mr Yverneau. 
The Committee unanimously adopted the following opinion on 16 December 1986 during its 242nd 
plenary session held on 16 and 17 December 1986: 
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4. The aggregate compulsory distillation volume will not 5. The Committee notes that the proposed amendment to 
be affected by the draft instrument, so total expenditure Article 41 (6) is made necessary by the special price/grant 
eligible for EAGGF refund will be unchanged. system set up for Spain when it joined the Community. 
Done at Brussels, 16 December 1986. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Alfons MARGOT 
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending for the eleventh time Regulation (EEC) 
No 1837/80 on the common organization of the market in sheep and goatmeat (*) 
(87/C 68/04) 
On 4 December 1986 the Council, acting in accordance with Treaty Articles 43 and 198, referred to 
the Economic and Social Committee the abovementioned proposal. 
The Section for Agriculture, which was instructed to prepare the Committee's work on the matter, 
drew up its opinion in the light of the oral report made by the rapporteur, Mr Clavel, on 4 December 
1986. 
The Committee unanimously adopted the following opinion on 16 December 1986 during its 242nd 
plenary session held on 16 and 17 December 1986. 
1. The Committee endorses the draft Regulation. 
The Committee approves the aim, which is to make support 
for the sheepmeat market more rational by enabling the ewe 
premium to be adjusted in all regions in line with the seasonal 
variation in the basic prices fixed by the Council for each 
week of the farm year. 
2. The Committee notes, however, that the reform 
proposed by the Commission will not offset all the 
distortions resulting from the present compartmentalization 
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Done at Brussels, 16 December 1986. 
Alfons MARGOT of the internal market and the inadequacy of the import 
arrangements. The Committee calls for the earliest possible 
submission of Commission proposals for greater integration 
of the Community sheep and goatmeat market. 
3. The Committee proposes the following change to the 
first paragraph of Article 1, in the interests of clarity: 
'The following paragraph 3a is added to Article 5 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80: 
In so far as is necessary to adjust compensation to the 
variations in the basic price and the market price . . .'. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee