CELEX: 31976R1281
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1281/76 of 1 June 1976 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 laying down general rules governing the distillation of table wines for which the distillation contract must be approved before 15 April 1976

2. 6. 76                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 144/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1281 /76
                                                          of 1 June 1976
               amending for the second time Regulation ( EEC) No 567/76 laying down general
               rules governing the distillation of table wines for which the distillation contract
                                            must be approved before 15 April 1976
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          majeure, the intervention agency of the Member State
COMMUNITIES,                                                         concerned should be in a position to authorize the
                                                                     distilleries concerned to resume distillation operations
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                for a number of days equal to the number of days
Economic Community,                                                  during which distillation was suspended,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)> No
816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­
sions for the common organization of the market in
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1 160/76 (2), and in particular Article 7 ( 1 ) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                                           Article 1
Whereas Articles 1 ( 1 ) and 3 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 567/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down                         Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 shall be
general rules governing the distillation of table wines              replaced by the following paragraph :
for which the distillation contract must be approved
                                                                         ' 1 . For the first operation , producers who wish
before 15 April 1 976 (3), as amended by Regulation
                                                                          to have all or part of their harvest of table wine
(EEC) No 798 /76 (4), laid down time limits for the
                                                                          ditilled shall conclude revocable delivery contracts
conclusion of distillation contracts, their approval by                  with the distillers of their choice before 31 March
intervention agencies and the progress of distillation ;                  1976. These contracts shall be valid only if they
whereas some producers who hesitated to avail them­
                                                                          are approved by the intervention agency before 15
selves of the option created by the Regulation did not
                                                                          April 1976.
submit an application in time ; whereas, therefore, a
quantity smaller than that needed to clear the market
will be distilled ; whereas provision should therefore                    For the second operation , producers who wish to
be made for a second distillation operation ;                             have all or part of their harvest of table wine
                                                                          distilled shall conclude revocable delivery
Whereas it is necessary to provide that, for the second                   contracts with the distillers of their choice before
distillation operation , the minimum buying-in price                       15 June 1976. These contracts shall be valid only
can be paid by the intervention agency in one                             if they are approved by the intervention agency
 payment in order to minimize administrative pro­                         before 30 June 1976.'
 cedures ;
Whereas the provision laying down a date by which                                             Article 2
 distillation operations must be terminated may create
 difficulties when unforeseen events compel distilleries
 to suspend distillation for a certain period ; whereas,             Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 shall be
 to ensure maximum distillation efficiency, it is advis­             supplemented by the following paragraph :
 able that in chance circumstances or in cases of force                   '7 .   Within the framework of the second opera­
                                                                          tion referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ), the minimum
(') OJ No L 99 . 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 .                                   buying-in price may be paid by the intervention
( : ) O ) No L 135, 24. 5 . 1976 , p . I.
(3 ) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 25 .                                  agency in one payment after distillation of the
h) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 10.                                        total quantity of wine figuring in the contract.'
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                         Article 3                                 of the Member State concerned may authorize it to
                                                                   resume distillation for a number of days equal to
Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 shall be                   the number of days during which distillation was
replaced by the following :                                        suspended. Distillation must, however, be
    '1.    During the first operation, distillation may            completed by no later than 30 September 1976.'
    not take place before 1 April or after 31 July 1976.
    During the second operation, distillation may not                                  Article 4
    take place before 15 June or after 30 September
    1976 .                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
                                                               publication in the Official Journal of the European
    2. Should a distillery be compelled to suspend             Communities.
    distillation operations as a result of chance circum­
    stances or force majeure the intervention agency           It shall be applicable from 1 June 1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 1 June 1976
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                             G. THORN