CELEX: 31975R0267
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 267/75 of the Council of 31 January 1975 laying down general rules for table wine distilling operations which should end on 6 June 1975

No L 30 / 2                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               4 . 2 . 75
                                 REGULATION ( EEC) No 267 / 75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 31 January 1975
               laying down general rules for table wine distilling operations which should end
                                                        on 6 June 1975
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas to limit the scope of the measure it is neces­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     sary to restrict its duration ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas the prices of wines for distilling do not
 Economic Community ;                                             under normal conditions allow for the marketing of
                                                                  the products obtained from this operation ; whereas it
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                    is accordingly necessary that aid should be paid that
 816/70 (') of 28 April 1970 laying down additional               the amount thereof should be determined , bearing in
 provisions for the common organization of the market             mind normal costs, at a level such that marketing of
 in wine, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                 the products obtained is possible ;
 3166/74 (2), and in particular Article 7 ( 1 ) thereof ;
                                                                  Whereas it is necessary that in each Member State
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              concerned a body should be responsible for the imple­
                                                                  mentation of the provisions in question ,
Whereas     Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70
 provides  that where granting of aid to private storage
of table    wine alone is unlikely to be effective in
 restoring  price levels, arrangements may be adopted             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 for such wine to be distilled ;
Whereas aids have been granted to the private storage                                      Art idc I
of table wine since the end of 1973 in the case of
wines of types R I , R III, A I and A II, and whereas             Distilling of table wine shall be permitted under the
the prices of these wines are for the most part below             conditions laid down by this Regulation .
 the activating prices ;
Whereas the fact of its being possible to conclude                                         Art idi- 2
nine-month storage contracts between 16 December
 1974 and 15 February 1975 with respect to table wine              1.    Producers wishing to have all or part of their
types R I , R II and A I has not as yet served to restore         table wine crop distilled shall , where appropriate
 price levels to any appreciable extent ;                         through the intervention agency conclude contracts
                                                                  for the supply of table wine with distillers of their
Whereas the large crop from the current year and                  choice covering a quantity which may be reduced in
 large stocks from the previous year have created availa­         accordance with the provisions of Article 4 (2).
bilities substantially in excess of the normal require­
ments for this wine-growing year ;                                2.     These contracts shall :
Whereas the conditions are present for launching a                (a) provide for the purchase by the distiller of the
distilling operation ;                                                 quantity of table wine in question ;
                                                                  (b) require the distiller to distil this wine and to pay
Whereas it is necessary to specify the conditions for                  for it at least the price indicated in Article 3 .
this operation ; whereas in particular the price of the
wines to be distilled must not provide an incentive to            3.     They shall indicate :
the production of wines intended primarily for
distilling, while at the same time it must be suffi­              (a) the quantity, colour and actual alcoholic strength
ciently attractive for the operation to be effective ;                 of the table wine to be distilled ;
                                                                  (b) the name and address of the producer ;
Whereas it is necessary to make provision for the
possibility of reducing the quantity to be distilled in           (c ) the place where the wine is stored ;
the light of the wine market situation ;                          (d ) the name of the distiller or the registered business
                                                                       or company name of the distillery ;
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 388 , 17 . 12. 1974, p . 1 .                         (e) the address of the distillery .
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                          Article 3                                                       Article 6
1 . The minimum purchase price of table wine for                1.    For each hectolitre of wine distilled an aid shall
distilling shall be 1 -58 units of account per degree per      be paid by the intervention agency.
hectolitre .
                                                               2.    The amount of the aid shall be :
2. This price shall apply to the unlabelled product
ex producer's premises .                                       — 0-92 unit of account per degree per hectolitre
                                                                    where the wine has been converted into a product
                           Article 4                                under Article 5 first indent ;
                                                               -— 0-78 unit of account per degree per hectolitre
1.      For each supply contract a request to distil shall          where the wine has been converted into a product
be made by the producer before 1 March 1 975 to the                 under Article 5 second indent .
competent intervention agency.
The intervention agencies shall inform the Commis­              3.    The aid shall be payable only upon production
                                                                of the     contracts  referred  to  in Article  2 and  of
sion at the earliest opportunity of the requests made .
                                                                evidence that :
2. Where the total quantity of table wines resulting
from the requests to distil which have been submitted           — the request to distil was made before 1 March
                                                                    1975 ;
exceeds the quantity necessary to improve the market
situation , it may be decided to limit distillation to a        — distillation has not taken place after 6 June 1975 .
quantity lower than this total quantity. In this case,
the quantity indicated in each request shall be                                           Article 7
reduced proportionately.
3.      Distillation of table wines may only begin three        1 . The Member States shall designate an interven­
days after the entry into force of a decision on the            tion agency to be responsible for the implementation
quantity to be distilled and may not take place after 6         of the provisions of this Regulation .
June 1975 .
                                                                2.    Competence shall rest with the intervention
                           Article 5
                                                                agency of the Member State where distillation is
                                                                effected .
Products distilled from table wine may have an alco­
holic strength of either                                                                  Article 8
— 86° and over or,
— 85° and under,                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
                                                                publication in the Official Journal of the European
with a tolerance of 0-4° either way.                            Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 31 January 1975 .
                                                                              /'or the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                              G. FITZGERALD