CELEX: 31976R0588
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 588/76 of 15 March 1976 on detailed rules for the distillation of table wines for which the distillation must be approved before 15 April 1976

No L 69/48                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              15. 3 . 76
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 588/76
                                                         of 15 March 1976
               on detailed rules for the distillation of table wines for which the distillation
                                            must be approved before 15 April 1976
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       the distillation and in particular must know the quanti­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         ties of table wine distilled and the quantities of
                                                                     alcohol obtained ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         ment Committee for Wine,
816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­
sions to the. common organization of the market in
wine (! ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1 932/75 (2), and in particular Articles 7 (3) and 35
thereof,
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 of 15
March 1976 laying down the general rules governing                    1 . The intervention agency responsible for
the distillation of table wines for which the distillation
                                                                     approving distillation contracts, under the second
contract must be approved before 15 April 1976 (3),                  subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
permits, applying Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No                   567/76, shall, within a maximum of 15 days after the
816/70, wine producers to supply their wines for distil­             receipt of the request, notify the contracting parties
lation ;                                                             mentioned in the distillation contract of the result of
                                                                     the approval procedure.
Whereas the second supbparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of
Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 provides that distillation                2.    ' Distiller' shall mean the person on whose
contracts shall only be valid if they have been                      account the distillation is carried out.
approved beforehand by the intervention agency ;
whereas parties seeking to conclude a distillation
contract must therefore be informed in good time of
the result of the approval procedure ;                                                        Article 2
Whereas, in order to support the market, wines which                 The conclusion of a distillation contract shall termi­
have been the subject of short term storage contracts                nate any short term storage contract made in respect
unter Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70                 of the same wine under Article 6 of Regulation ( EEC)
should also be allowed to be distilled ;                             No 816/70 . The producer concerned shall forthwith
                                                                     inform the intervention agency thereof.
Whereas the method of payment of the aid referred to
in Article 2 of the said Regulation provides that the
aid shall be paid to the producer in two instalments                                          Article 3
should be paid within a fixed period so that the
producer shall receive the aid in full ; whereas the                 The different amounts of aid referred to in Article 6
payment should be made within a maximum of 30                        (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 shall be paid to
days after the distillation ;                                        the producer. The payment of the first instalment
                                                                     shall be made in accordance with Article 2 (3) and (6)
Whereas the producer who has entered into a distilla­                of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 and that of the
tion contract may repudiate it under Article 4 of Regu­              second instalment in accordance with Article 2 (5)
lation ( EEC) No 567/76 ; whereas the exercise of this               thereof. The payment of the second instalment must
right must be limited to a fixed period ;                            be made within 30 days after distillation .
Whereas the competent agencies referred to in Article                                         Article 4
7 of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76, and also the
Commission must be kept informed of the progress of
                                                                      If the producer wishes to benefit from Article 4 of
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 .
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 he shall submit a
(-') OJ No L 198 , 29 . 7 . 1975, p . 19 .                            request, before 15 June 1976, to the intervention
(3 ) OJ No L 67 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 25 .                            agency indicating the quantity concerned.
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                         Article 5                           preceding month, of the quantities of wine distilled
                                                             and the quantities, expressed as pure alcohol, of the
1 . Member States shall notify the Commission, by             products obtained with the distinction referred to in
30 April 1976 at the latest, of the quantities of wine       paragraph 2, together with the distillation contracts
appearing in approved distillation contracts.                and quantities relating thereto, which have been
2.    The   distillers shall  send to the    intervention    revoked in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation
agency, before the 10th day of each month, a state­          (EEC) No 567/76.
ment of the quantities of table wine distilled during
the preceding month indicating the quantities,                                       Article 6
expressed as pure alcohol and the product obtained
distinguishing those specified in the first indent of
Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 from those           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
specified in the second indent thereof.                      publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                              Communities.
3 . Member States shall notify the Commission by
telex, by the 20th day of each month in respect of the        It shall apply with effect from 15 March 1976.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 15 March 1976 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission