CELEX: 31990R3748
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3748/90 of 19 December 1990 opening, for the 1990/91 wine year, distillation of table wine as provided for in article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87

22. 12. 90                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 360/37
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3748/90
                                                     of 19 December 1990
                  opening, for the 1990/91 wine year, distillation of table wine as provided for in
                                          Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       defined for the purposes of compulsory distillation opera­
                                                                   tions by Regulation (EEC) No 441 /88 Q, as last amended
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             by Regulation (EEC) No 2351 /89 (8), there is a risk,
Economic Community,                                               because of the way in which the total volume is allocated
                                                                  among producers, that this market support operation will
                                                                  be concentrated in a single region ; whereas so that its
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of            impact will be balanced a maximum volume for each
16 March 1987 on the common organization of the                   region should therefore be set ;
market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1325/90 (2), and in particular Articles 41 (10), 47 (3)
and 81 thereof,                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                   Committee for Wine,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /88 (3),
as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2355/89 (4), lays down detailed rules for voluntary distilla­
tion as provided for in Articles 38, 41 and 42 of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 822/87 ; whereas Commission Regulation               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 2270/90 (*) fixes the price, the aid and certain
other factors applicable to preventive distillation for the
1990/91 wine year ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Article 41 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
provides that in years during which the distillation indi­         Distillation under Article 41 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
cated in Article 39 thereof is decided on, support distilla­       822/87 is hereby opened for the 000/9 wine year for all
tion is to be introduced as soon as the said measure enters       table wine up to a maximum of 4 700 000 hectolitres
into force ;                                                      obtained from grapes grown in the production regions as
                                                                  indicated in Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3747/90 (*)                 No 441 /88 in which compulsory distillation has been
opened for the 1990/91 wine year distillation as indicated        opened for the 1990/91 wine year.
in the said Article 39 ; whereas distillation as provided for     This quantity is allocated by region as defined in Article 4
in Article 41 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 must             (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 441 /88, as follows :
therefore be opened ;
                                                                  —    Region   3 : 1 000 000 hectolitres
                                                                  —    Region   4 : 1 450 000 hectolitres
Whereas given the improvement in market conditions                —    Region   5:     50 000 hectolitres
expected to result from application in the 1990/91 wine           —    Region   6 : 2 200 000 hectolitres.
year of the provisions on compulsory distillation of the
said Article 39, application of the present support distilla­
tion measure should be restricted to the regions in which
compulsory distillation is opened, the total quantity of                                    Article 2
table wine that may be distilled should be restricted to
4 700 000 hectolitres and the total quantity of table wine
for which each producer may submit one or more deli­
                                                                  The total quantity of table wine for which each producer
                                                                  may conclude one or more contracts may not exceed 12
very contract declarations for approval by the intervention
                                                                  hectolitres per hectare of area used for the production of
agency should be limited to an appropriate percentage of          table wine.
the quantity of table wine that he produced during the
1990/91 wine year ;
Whereas because of the large differences in yields per                                      Article 3
hectare recorded in the different production regions
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(') OJ  No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .                              publication in the Official Journal of the European
 2  OJ  No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 19.                              Communities.
(3) OJ  No L 241 , 1 . 9. 1988, p. 88 .
O   OJ  No L 222, 1 . 8. 1989, p. 60.
0   OJ  No L 204, 2. 8. 1990, p. 35.                              0 OJ No L 45, 18. 2. 1988, p. 15.
(*) See page 34 of this Official Journal.                         (8) OJ No L 222, 1 . 8. 1989, p. 52.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 19 December 1990.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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