CELEX: 51975PC0617
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Date: 1975-12-01
Title: Proposal for REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EEC) No 1877/74 en the distillation of the by-products of wins making. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                  Propos ?,! for
                        REGULATION ( EEC ) OF :I:^ COUNCIL
            amending Regulation ( EEC ) NO 1877/74 en the distillation
                        of the by-products of wins making.
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
   COM(75 ) 617 final .
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
         Regulation (EEC ) NO 1877/ 74 on "the distillation of the "by-products
 of wine making laid down general rules for the distillation of those pro­
 ducts .
         Article 5(l ) of that instrument lays down that producers may, in
 partial or total discharge of the obligation to distil , produce or have
 produced potable spirits of grape marcs or potable spirits from their own
 products .
          The implementation of those provisions shows that this text has
"been interpreted in ways which were not intended. In order to avoid any
 misinterpretation, a new text is proposed.
 ---pagebreak---                PROPOSAL FOR REGULATION ( EEC ) No        OP THE COUNCIL
                           of
        amending Regulation (EEC ) NO 1877/74 ON "the distillation of the
      j by-products of wine making.
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 816/70 ( l ) of 28 April 1970
laying down additional provisions for the common organiaation of the market
in wine , as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) n° 1932/75 ( 2 ), and in parti­
cular Article 24(3 ) thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission            '
Whereas Article 5(l ) of Council Regulation (EEC ) No 1877/75 of 15 July 1974
on the distillation of the by-products of wine making lays clown that pro­
ducers may, in partial or total discharge of the obligation to distil , pro­
duce or have produced potable spirits of grape marcs or potable spirits of
wine from their own products ; whereas experience      has shown that this
text has been misinterpreted and that there is therefore need for clari­
fication ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION i
                                                                        ./•
( 1 ) OJ No L 99 , 5.5.1970 , p. 1
( 2 ) OJ No L 198 , 29.7-1975 ? P. 19
( 3 ) OJ Ho L 198 , 20.7.1974» P. 3
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                                    Article 1
           Article 5(l ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 1877./74 is    -     replaced
"by the following                               '
 " 1 . Producers may,- in partial. .or total discharge of the obligation to dis-
       til as specified in Article 24(2)of Regulation (EEC ) No 816/70, produce
       or have produced                >  -
       - directly, from, grape marcs and/or wine lees ,, potable spirits of
         grape marCj
       - or / in the alternative , directly from A quantity o-f wine ,
         potable spirits of wine ."
                                    Article 2                       1
           This Rsgulation 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 .
Bone at Brussels ,                                          For the Council
                                                              the President