CELEX: 31974R2516
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2516/74 of the Commission of 3 October 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2083/74 on the granting of aid for the re-storage of table wine in respect of which a storage contract was concluded during the wine-growing year 1973/74

4. 10 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 269/23
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2516/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 3 October 1974
                amending Regulation (EEC) No 2083/74 on the granting of aid for the re-storage
                of table wine in respect of which a storage contract was concluded during the
                                                  wine-growing year 1973/74
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                      Article 1
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2083/74 is replaced
816/70 (*) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                by the following :
provisions for the common organization of the market                  'Article 2
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1 532/74 (2), and in particular Article 6a thereof ;                 Aid may be granted only if :
Whereas, under the first indent of Article 2 of Regula­               — the distance the wine is transported does not
tion (EEC) No 2083/74 (3) on the granting of aid for                      exceed 1 50 km ; provided that storage capacity
the re-storage of table wine in respect of which a                        is not available within this radius the interven­
storage contract was concluded during the wine­                           tion agency may authorize transportation to
growing year 1973/74, aid may be granted only if the                      the nearest suitable place of storage,
distance the wine is transported does not exceed 150
km ; whereas this distance has proved to be insuffi­                  — except in the case of long-term storage
cient in certain cases where storage capacity is                          contracts, the relevant storage contracts were
limited ; whereas provision should therefore be made                      concluded before 31 August 1974 and are to
                                                                          expire after 15 October 1974,
to allow wine to be transported over a longer distance
in such cases in order to enable producers to store the               — the wine is re-stored before 30 September 1974
next vintage under normal conditions ;                                    and transported in one or more vehicles,
Whereas, under the third indent of Article 2 as                       — the application for aid is submitted to the inter­
aforesaid, aid may be granted only if the wine is                         vention agency in the Member State concerned
re-stored before 15 September 1974 and transported                        before 31 August 1974.'
in one or more vehicles ; whereas, given the limited
transport facilities available, the time allowed for this                                  Art icle 2
operation has proved insufficient in certain cases ;
whereas a slightly longer period should therefore be
allowed ;                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              the European Communities.
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Wine ,                                         It shall apply with effect from 1 August 1974 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 3 October 1974 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(•) OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 166, 21 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 217, 8 . 8 . 1974, p. 15 .