WERE OBTAINED , THE DISTILLER SHALL REQUIRE THE INTERVENTION AGENCY OF THE MEMBER STATE IN WHICH DISTILLATION TAKES PLACE TO CERTIFY , ON THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 53 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 , COVERING TRANSPORT OF THE PRODUCTS , THAT THE LATTER HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE DISTILLERY . THE DISTILLER SHALL FORWARD TO THE PRODUCER A COPY OF THE SAID DOCUMENT , THUS CERTIFIED , WITHIN ONE MONTH OF RECEIPT OF THE PRODUCTS TO BE DISTILLED .
2 . THE MINIMUM BUYING-IN PRICE LAID DOWN FOR THE DISTILLATION OPERATION IN QUESTION SHALL BE PAID BY THE DISTILLER TO THE PRODUCER WITHIN TIME LIMITS TO BE DETERMINED .
ARTICLE 16
THE AID TO BE PAID TO THE DISTILLER FOR PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE UNDERGONE ONE OF THE DISTILLATION OPERATIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 39 , 40 AND 41 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 SHALL BE FIXED PER % VOL OF ALCOHOL AND PER HECTOLITRE OF THE PRODUCT OF DISTILLATION , ON THE BASIS OF THE MINIMUM BUYING-IN PRICE FIXED FOR THE DISTILLATION OPERATION IN QUESTION , THE STANDARD TRANSPORT COSTS WHERE THEY ARE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT , THE STANDARD PROCESSING COSTS , THE TECHNICAL LOSSES AND THE MARKET PRICE FOR THE PRODUCTS OF DISTILLATION .
HOWEVER , THE AID GRANTED IN RESPECT OF NEUTRAL ALCOHOL MAY NOT BE LESS THAN THE AID GRANTED IN RESPECT OF THE OTHER PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) .
ARTICLE 17
1 . IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE AID REFERRED TO , AS THE CASE MAY BE , IN ARTICLES 39 ( 6 ) , 40 ( 4 ) OR 41 ( 5 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 , THE DISTILLER SHALL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE INTERVENTION AGENCY BEFORE A DATE TO BE FIXED AND SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF DISTILLATION .
THE INTERVENTION AGENCY SHALL PAY THE DISTILLER THE AID FIXED FOR THE DISTILLATION OPERATION IN QUESTION WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF SUBMISSION OF THE PROOF OF DISTILLATION .
2 . THE DISTILLER MUST PROVIDE THE INTERVENTION AGENCY , WITHIN A PERIOD TO BE FIXED , WITH PROOF THAT HE HAS PAID THE PRODUCER THE MINIMUM BUYING-IN PRICE FOR THE PRODUCT TO BE DISTILLED WITHIN THE PERIOD SPECIFIED .
THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IN THE EVENT OF DEFAULT ON THE PAYMENT OF THE MINIMUM BUYING-IN PRICE OR OF LACK OF PROOF OF PAYMENT THEREOF SHALL BE ADOPTED UNDER THE IMPLEMENTING RULES .
ARTICLE 18
1 . DISTILLERS MAY DELIVER TO THE INTERVENTION AGENCY PRODUCTS WITH AN ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH OF 92 % VOL OR MORE .
THE OPERATIONS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN THE PRODUCT REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH MAY BE CARRIED OUT EITHER AT THE PREMISES OF THE DISTILLER WHO DELIVERS THE SAID PRODUCT TO THE INTERVENTION AGENCY OR AT THE PREMISES OF A JOBBING DISTILLER .
2 . THE BUYING-IN PRICES REFERRED TO IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH SUBPARAGRAPHS OF ARTICLE 39