CELEX: 31974R2139
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2139/74 of the Commission of 13 August 1974 laying down detailed rules governing the distillation of table wines of type A II during the period 15 August to 31 October 1974

14. 8 . 74                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 225/ 17
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2139/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 13 August 1974
               laying down detailed rules governing the distillation of table wines of type A II
                                         during the period 15 August to 31 October 1974
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                                  Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                    1 . The conclusion of a contract for the delivery of
                                                                       wine for distillation under Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            1913/74 shall terminate any storage contract
816/70 (') of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                     concluded in respect of that wine under Article 6 of
provisions for the common organization of the market                   Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 . The producer
                                                                       concerned      shall  forthwith   inform the  intervention
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1 532/74 (2 ), and in particular Articles 7 (3) and 35                 agency of such termination .
thereof ;
                                                                        2.    However, no distillation aid may be paid in
                                                                        respect of any wine covered by a storage contract in
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)                      respect of which a re-storage aid has been paid.
No 816/70, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1913/74(3 )
of 22 July 1 974 laying down general rules governing
the distillation of table wines of type A II during the                                           Article 2
period 15 August to 31 October 1974 permits
producers of table wines to have their wines distilled ;                Member States may, for the purpose of ensuring that
                                                                        the price paid is at least equal to the minimum as
                                                                        fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1913/74,
Whereas, in order to support the market, it should                      require that contracts as referred to in Article 2 of that
also be permitted to distil wines in respect of which                   Regulation be concluded through the intervention
storage contracts have been concluded under Articles                    agency .
5 and 6 of Regulation ( EEC) No 816/ 70 ;
                                                                                                  Article 3
Whereas producers who terminate storage contracts
for this purpose must so inform the intervention
                                                                         1.   The aid shall be paid to the distiller.
agency ;
                                                                        Member States may, however, require that the aid be
Whereas provision should be made to ensure that the                     assigned by the distiller to the producer, on condition
price paid is at least equal to the minimum as fixed in                 that the latter receives a price which , with the aid
Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1913 /74 ; whereas                    included, is not less than the minimum price as fixed
Member States should in particular have the power to                    in Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1913 /74.
require the distiller to assign the aid received by him
to the producer as an advance against the contract                      2.    The aid shall be paid not more than 30 days
price for the delivery of the wine ;                                    after distillation .
Whereas the competent agencies as referred to in                                                  Article 4
Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1913/74 and the
Commission must be kept informed of the progress of                      1.    Distillers shall not later than 1 September, 1
distillation operations and in particular of the quanti­                October and I November 1974 send to the competent
ties of table wine distilled and the quantities of                      agency as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC)
alcohol obtained ;                                                      No 1913 /74 copies of all contracts concluded
                                                                        pursuant to that Regulation during the periods
Whereas the measures provided tor in this Regulation                    preceding such dates , together with details of the quan­
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                       tities of table wine distilled and of the quantities,
ment Committee tor Wine ,                                               expressed as pure alcohol , of the products obtained
                                                                        therefrom , giving separate figures for products coming
(') OJ No L          5 . 5 . 1970 , p . |.                              within the first indent of Article 5 of Regulation
(■: ) O I No L 1 66 , 21 . 6 . 1974 , p. 1 .                            ( EEC) No 1913 / 74 and those coming within the
(') O'l No L 202 , 24 . 7 . 1974. p. X.                                 second indent of that Article .
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2.   Member States shall not later than 10 September,                               Article 5
10 October and 10 November 1974 communicate to
the Commission by telex, as regards the respective
periods preceding those dates, details of the quantities
of wines distilled and of the quantities, expressed as      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
pure alcohol, of the products obtained therefrom,           following its publication in the Official Journal of
giving separate figures as provided in paragraph 1 .        the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 13 August 1974.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                         The President
                                                                    Francois-Xavier ORTOLI