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COMMISSION CFTHEEUROE3AN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)136 final
Brussels ,3April 1975
Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC )OETHECOUNCIL
amending Regulation (EEC )N°1878/74laying down ,for
the1974/75wine-growing year ,theprice tobepaid
for alcohol delivered tointervention agencies under
theobligation todistil theby-products ofwine-making ,
and the maximum amount ofthe contribution towards this
price bytheGuarantee Section oftheEuropean Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund .
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM (75)136final

EXPLMATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation(EEC)NO1873/74oftheCouncilof15July1974layingdown,
fortheI974/1975wine-growingyear,thepriceto"bepaidforalcohol
deliveredtointervention agenciesundertheobligationtodistiltheby­
productsofwine-making,andthemaximumamountofthecontribution towards
thispricebytheGuaranteeSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural Guidance
andGuaranteeFund,hasfixedthemaximumamountofthecontribution bythe
GuaranteeSectionoftheEAGGP,takingintoaccountthesituationonthe
marketforalcoholatthattime,at0unitsofaccountperhectolitre/
degreeofalcohol.
Ileanwhile,aconsiderablefallinpriceshasoccurredonthemarketfor
alcohol.
Accountshouldnowbetakenofthissituation,theCouncilhavingdeclared
thatitwouldreviewthemaximumamountoftheEAGGPcontribution upona
proposalfromtheCommission,shouldmarketconditionsalterduringthe
currentwine-growingyear.

FINANCIAL CONSEQUMCES
Theproposedregulationprovidesforthefixingofthemaximumamountsof
theEAGGPcontribution asthedifferencebetweenthebuying-inpriceand,
sellingpriceofthealcoholofferedtointervention agenciesinpursuance
ofRegulation(ESC)No1873/74(compulsorydistillationoftheby-products
ofwine-making).
Theamountisfixedat0foralcoholofastrengthofbetween52°and95°
andisfixedat0.06u.a./hl/°foralcoholofastrengthofmorethan.95°»
Peranestimatedquantityof200000hiandanaveragestrengthof96°'the
maximumEAGGFexpenditurewillamountto1.2millionu.a.
TheexpenditureiscoveredbyArticle692ofthe1975BudgetoftheEuropean
Communities .
Budgetarticle692 Erpenditure Appropriations
1973 2641500
1974 tokenentry
1975 3300000

.Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)Ho/75OPTHECOUNCIL
of
amendingRegulation(3EC)No1878/74layingdo!"n,forthe
1974/75wine-grovringyear,thepricetobepaidforalcohol
deliveredtointervention agenciesundertheobligationto
distiltheby-productsofwine-making ,andthemaximum
amountofthecontribution towardsthispricebytheGuaran­
teeSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural GuidanceandGua­
ranteeFund.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanCommunity •
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No8I6/7O^of28April1970lay­
ingdovnadditionalprovisionsforthecommonorganization ofthemarketin
*rino,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC).No3166/74tandinparticular
thesecondsubparagraphofArticle24(3)»
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle1(2)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1878/74^of15July
1974layingdoviijforthe1974/75Vine-growingyear,thepricetobepaid
foralcoheldeliveredtointervention agenciesundertheobligationtodistil
theby-productsofwine-ciakihg,andthemaximumamountofthecontribution
towardsthispricebytheGuaranteeSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural
GuidanceandGuaranteeFund,fixedthemaximumamountofthecontribution
bytheGuaranteeSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural GuidanceandGuarantee
^O.J.NoL99,5IlayI97O,p.1
O.J.NoL338,17December1974,p.l;.••r•
3O.J.NoL198,20July1974,p.6

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Fund forthe1974/75wine-growing year at0unit ofaccount perhectolitre /
degree ofalcohol :
IJhereas themarket price ofalcohol with astrength ofmore than 95degrees
ofalcohol perhectolitre hasrecently fallen below thebuying -inprice
fixed inArticle 1(l)ofthat Regulation *whereas a,maximum amount ofthe
contribution bytheGuarantee Section oftheEuropean Agricultural Guidance
andGuarantee Fund should therefore befixed which "'ill take account ofthat
situation ;
HâS AD0PT3D THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Thetext ofArticle .1(2)ofRegulation (EEC)NoI878/74isreplaced bythe
following :
"2.Themaximum amount ofthecontribution bytheGuarantee Section ofthe
European Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee Fund inrespect ofsales to
intervention agencies shall beasfollows :
a)sales effected between 1September 1974 and31March 1975 '
-inthecase ofproducts with an .alcoholic strength ofmore than 52°
butnotmore than 95° 10unit ofaccount perhectolitre /degree of
alcohol ,
-inthecase ofproducts with analcoholic strength ofmore than 95° 1
0unit ofaccount perhectolitre /degree ofalcohol ?
b)sales effected between 1April 1975 8^-31August 1975 '
-inthecase ofproducts with an ,alcoholic strength ofmore than 52°
butndmors than 95° »0unit ofaccount perhectolitre /degree of
alcohol ,; ,"■;■.
-in .thecase ofproducts with analcoholic strength ofmore than -95° .t
0.006 .unit ofaccount perhectolitre /degree ofalcohol .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing itspubli­
cation intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
allMember States . , ...
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