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2. Member States shall ensure that the intentions of 
the respondent are not taken into account in determining 
whether the principle of equality has been infringed in 
any individual case. 
SECTION III 
Final provisions 
Article 6 
Member States shall take care that the provisions 
adopted pursuant to this Directive, together with the 
provisions already in force, are brought to the attention 
of all relevant persons by all appropriate means, for 
example at their place of employment. 
Article 7 
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, 
regulations and administrative provisions necessary in 
order to comply with this Directive within three years of 
its notification and shall immediately inform the 
Commission thereof. 
2. Member States shall abolish or amend any 
provisions contrary to this Directive and shall take the 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community and in particular Articles 42 and 
43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the European Council of 11 and 12 February 
1988 laid down as a guideline the elimination of 
potential costs inherent in stocks of agricultural 
products; 
"Whereas, in the case of alcohol from distillation as 
provided for in Article 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 822/87 ('), as last amended by Commission Regu­
lation (EEC) No 3992/87 (2), public stocks are in future 
to be depreciated by the difference between the buying-
in price and the foreseeable disposal value pursuant to measures necessary to ensure that similar provisions in 
collective agreements, individual contracts of 
employment, internal rules of undertakings or in rules 
governing the independent occupations and professions 
are likewise abolished or amended. 
Article 8 
1. Within two years following expiry of the three year 
period laid down in Article 7 (1), Member States shall 
forward all necessary information to the Commission to 
enable it to draw up a report on the application of this 
Directive for submission to the Council and the 
European Parliament. 
2. Every three years thereafter, Member States shall 
transmit information to the Commission with respect to 
progress made in the application of this Directive and 
provisions already in force, trends in the use of the 
provisions contained therein and their evolution to 
enable the Commission to draw up a report for the 
Council and the European Parliament every three years. 
Article 9 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Articles 7 and 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for 
the financing of interventions by the European Agri­
cultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee 
Section (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
2095/87 (4); 
Whereas, as regards alcohol from distillation as provided 
for in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 
822/87, the EAGGF is to bear only the costs arising 
from its disposal in sectors other than on the markets for 
alcohol and spirituous beverages produced in the 
Community; whereas, to devaluate such alcohol in a way 
similar to that by which alcohol from distillation as 
provided for in Article 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 
822/87 is depreciated, a special provision is required; 
whereas that provision should be inserted into Regu­
lation (EEC) No 822/87, Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the 
common organization of the market in wine 
COM(88) 281 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 30 May 1988) 
(88/C 176/10) 
(') OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 20. O OJ No L 216, 5. 8. 1978, p. 1. 
(4) OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 3. 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The following subparagraphs are hereby inserted after 
the first subparagraph of Article 37 (2) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 822/87: 
'From 1 October 1988 quantities bought in by inter­
vention agencies shall qualify for a payment on 
account of the cost of disposal of the products of 
distillation. The amount of the payment on account 
shall be fixed by the Commission before the 
beginning of each financial year, taking account of 
the difference between the buying-in price and the 
foreseeable selling price. Notwithstanding the second subparagraph, an overall 
payment on account shall be made to intervention 
agencies for products held at the end of the 1988 
financial year and taken over by the intervention 
agencies after 1 September 1982.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.