14.11. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 287/3 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) on the common organ­
ization of the market in wine 
COM(86) 577final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 30 October 1986) 
(86/C 287/03) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard of the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, danger further; whereas, to ensure the effective and fair 
application of the compulsory distillation operation, the 
transitional arrangements enabling the Commission to 
adopt the measures necessary to overcome any 
difficulties likely to jeopardize the execution of the 
distillation operation without affecting the basic 
components of the system should be reintroduced for 
three years; 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Article 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No ... 
lays down strict time limits and rules for the 
implementation of the compulsory distillation scheme for 
table wines; whereas provision has been made, however, 
for the extension of certain of these time limits for the 
first year of application; Whereas under Article 29 of Regulation (EEC) No ..., 
the purpose of the intervention measures in the wine 
sector is to ensure balance on the table wine market and 
a guaranteed minimum price for such wine, equivalent to 
a certain percentage of the guide price; whereas, in order 
to outline more clearly the basic function of the support 
distillation scheme provided for in Article 41 of the same 
Regulation, which is to ensure that the producer receives 
the said price for the wine which he delivers, it should be 
stipulated that the buying-in price for the wine under 
such distillation operations must be fixed at the same 
percentage of_the guide price as that referred to in the 
said Article 29, 
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
775/85 of 26 March 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) 
No 337/79 on the common organization of the market 
in wine (l) provided for the possibility for the 
Commission to adopt certain transitional measures for 
the first year so as to ensure smooth transition from the 
old to the new arrangements governing this distillation 
scheme; 
Whereas, when the system was first implemented, 
numerous serious difficulties emerged which, in order to 
ensure the actual execution of the operation could only 
be overcome by extending the time limits laid down for 
the first year of application; 
Whereas the experience gained demonstrates the danger 
that the rules and time table laid down may be 
impossible to apply as they stand; whereas the 
application of the measure to Spain may exacerbate this 
C) OJN0L88, 28. 3. 1985, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No ... is hereby amended as follows: 
1. The following paragraph is added to Article 39: 
'10a. If, during the 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89 
and 1989/90 wine years difficulties likely to 
jeopardize the execution or balanced application of 
the compulsory distillation operation referred to in 
paragraph 1 occur, the measures necessary in order to 
ensure effective application of the distillation scheme 
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 83 of Regulation (EEC) No . . . 
Such measures may only relate to the provisions 
contained in this Article to the exclusion of those 
relating to: 
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— the quantities to be distilled, 
— the prices to be paid for the distilled wine, 
— the figure of 85 % to be applied in each 
production region, 
— the reference years.' 
2. Article 41 (6) is replaced by the following: 
'6. The percentage of the guide price for each type 
of table wine used to determine the price paid for the wine delivered for distillation in the context of the 
application of paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 shall be that 
referred to in the first paragraph of Article 29.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following 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. 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending certain Directives on the marketing of seed and 
propagating material so as to provide for rules for the application of the provisions relating to 
seed and propagating material satisfying less stringent requirements 
COM(86) 578 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 31 October 1986) 
(86/C 287/04) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas the following Directives, which lay down 
requirements for the marketing of seed and propagating 
material, contain provisions whereby Member States may 
be authorized to permit, for a specified period, the 
marketing of seed or propagating material of a category 
subject to less stringent requirements, or of seed or 
propagating material of varieties not included in the 
common catalogues of varieties of agricultural and 
vegetable species or in their national catalogues of 
varieties: Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on 
the marketing of cereal seed (5), as last amended by 
Commission Directive 86/320/EEC (6), 
Council Directive 66/403/EEC of 14 June 1966 on 
the marketing of seed potatoes (7), as last amended 
by Directive 86/215/EEC (8), 
Council Directive 66/404/EEC of 14 June 1966 on 
the marketing of forest reproductive material ('), as 
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85, 
Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 9 April 1968 on 
the marketing of material for the vegetative propa­
gation of the vine (,0), as last amended by Directive 
86/155/EEC), 
Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on 
the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants ("), as 
last amended by Directive 86/155/EEC, 
Council Directive 66/400/EEC of 14 June 1966 on 
the marketing of beet seed ('), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), 
Council Directive 66/401 /EEC of 14 June 1966 on 
the marketing of fodder plant seed (3), as last 
amended by Directive 86/155/EEC (4), 
O OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2290/66. 
O OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8. 
(3) OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2298/66. 
(4) OJ No L 118, 7. 5. 1986, p. 23. Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 
1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed (12), as last 
amended by Directive 86/155/EEC; 
(') OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2309/66. 
(6) OJ No L 200, 23. 7. 1986, p. 38. 
O OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2320/66. 
(!) OJ No L 152, 6. 6. 1986, p. 46. 
O OJ No 125, 11.7. 1966, p. 2326/66. 
(10) OJ No L 93, 17. 4. 1968, p. 15. 
(") OJ No L 169, 10. 7. 1969, p. 3. 
02) OJ No L 225, 12. 10. 1970, p. 7.