CELEX: 31974R3088
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3088/74 of the Commission of 6 December 1974 laying down detailed rules for the distillation of wine of quality lower than table wine and originating in certain areas affected by adverse weather conditions

No L 327/ 18                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               7 . 12 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 3088/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 6 December 1974
                  laying down detailed rules for the distillation of wine of quality lower than table
                   wine and originating in certain areas affected by adverse weather conditions
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                           Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                            The distillation of wine shall be authorized in the
                                                                  following areas :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    — Gers :
 816/70 ( ! ) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                 Montreal, Cazaubon, Condom, Nogaro, Eauze,
provisions for the common organization of the market                  Aignan, Riscle, Plaisance, Vic-Fezensac, Valence
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       sur-Baïse, Fleurance
 1 532/74 (2), and in particular Article 38 thereof ;
                                                                 — Haute-Garonne :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Fronton , Villemur, Carbonne
298 1 /74 (3) of 27 November 1974 laying down general
rules for the distillation of wine of quality lower than         — Tarn-et-Garonne :
table wine and originating in certain areas affected by
adverse weather conditions, and in particular Article 9               Grisolles,    Montech,      Castelsarrasin,   Auvillar,
thereof ;                                                             Verdun-sur-Garonne, Montauban
                                                                 — Tarn :
Whereas        under Regulation (EEC) No 2981 /74
producers      from certain weather-affected areas whose              Rabastens, Lisle-sur-Tarn , Gaillac, Castelnau-de
wines are     of a quality unsuitable for use as table wine           Montmiral , Lavaur, Cadalen , Albi , Cordes
may have      those wines distilled ;
                                                                 — Landes :
Whereas,       in   order to ensure that the        measures          Gabarret, Roquefort, Villeneuve-de-Marsan, Grena­
provided for are applied only in those areas of the                   de-sur-fAdour, Aire-sur-fAdour
 French departments specified in Article 1 of that
                                                                 -— Aude :
Regulation actually affected, it is necessary to define
those areas more closely ;                                            Alaigne, Alzonne, Axat, Belcaire, Belpech, Carcas­
                                                                      sonne (Est-Ouest), Castelnaudary (Nord et Sud),
Whereas provision should be made to ensure that the                   Chalabre, Conques-sur-Orbiel, Couiza, Fanjeaux,
minimum price referred to in Article 4 of Regulation                  Limoux,      Mas-Cabardès,       Montreal ,    Quillan ,
(EEC) No 2981 /74 is in fact paid ; whereas, in parti­                St-Hilaire, Saissac, Salles-sur-l'Hers.
cular, Member States should be authorized to require
that the aid to the distiller be made over to the
                                                                                           Article 2
producer as an advance in respect of the contract
price for the wine to be delivered ;                              In order to ensure that the minimum price as speci­
                                                                  fied in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2981 /74 is
Whereas the competent agency as referred to in                    paid, the competent national authorities may require
Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2981 /74 and the                that contracts as referred to in Article 3 of that Regula­
Commission must be kept informed of the progress of              tion be concluded through the intermediary of the
distillation operations and in particular of the quanti­         intervention agency.
ties of wine distilled and the quantities of alcohol                                       Article 3
obtained ;
                                                                  1.    The aid shall be paid to the distiller.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                The competent national authorities may, however,
ment Committee for Wine ,                                        require that the aid be made over to the producer,
                                                                 with the proviso that the latter is to receive a price
(!) OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .                           which , including the aid, must not be less than the
(2) OJ No L 166, 21 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .                           minimum price specified in Article 4 of Regulation
 3 OJ No L 318 , 28 . 11 . 1974, p. 3 .                          (EEC) No 2981 /74.
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2.     The aid shall be paid not more than 30 days                 the first indent of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC)
after distillation .                                               No 2981 /74 and those referred to in the second
                                                                   indent of that Article .
                         Article 4
                                                               2. Member States shall not later than 28 February
1.     Distillers shall communicate to the competent           1975 inform the Commission by telex of the quanti­
agency referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)            ties of wine distilled and of the quantities, expressed
No 2981 /74 :                                                  as pure alcohol, of the products obtained therefrom,
                                                               distinguishing between such products as provided in
(a) not later than 2 January 1975, copies of all               paragraph 1 .
     contracts concluded pursuant to that Regulation
     between 1 and 15 December 1974 ;                                                   Article 5
(b) not later than 15 February 1975, details of the
                                                               1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the
     quantities of wine distilled under the abovemen­          third day following its publication in the Official
     tioned contracts and the quantities, expressed as
                                                               Journal of the European Communities.
     pure alcohol , of the products obtained therefrom,
     distinguishing between the products referred to in        2.    It shall apply with effect from 1 December 1974.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 6 December 1974 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                              The President
                                                                        Fran^ois-Xavier ORTOLI