CELEX: 31975R1786
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1786/75 of the Council of 10 July 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 267/75 and Regulation (EEC) No 1036/75 on the distillation of table wines

No L 182/ 10                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                12. 7. 75
                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 1786/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                              of 10 July 1975
                  amending Regulation (EEC) No 267/75 and Regulation (EEC) No 1036/75 on the
                                                       distillation of table wines
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                             authorize the distilleries concerned to resume distilla­
COMMUNITIES,                                                            tion operations for a number of days such that the
                                                                        total distillation period does not exceed the authorized
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   limit,
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
8 1 6/70 ( ! ) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional
provisions for the common organization of the market
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                                   Article 1
678 /75 (2), and in particular Article 7 ( 1 ) thereof ;
                                                                         In subparagraph 3 of Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                     No 1036/75, the date '1 July 1975' shall be replaced
                                                                        by '25 July 1975'.
Whereas the distillation period mentioned in Article 4
( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1036/75 (3) of 21                                            Article 2
April 1975 laying down general rules governing the
distillation of table wines during the period 7 June to                 Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 267/75 and Article
31 July 1975, has been extended by Regulation (EEC)                     4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1036/75 shall be supple­
No 1 623/75 (4) ; whereas the period for concluding                     mented by the following paragraph :
distillation contracts referred to in paragraph 3 of that
Article should be adjusted ;                                                '4. Should a distillery be compelled to suspend
                                                                             distillation operations as a result of chance circum­
Whereas Article 6 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         stance or force majeure, the intervention agency of
267/75 (5) of 31 January 1975 laying down general                            the Member State concerned may authorize it to
rules for table wine distilling operations which should                      resume distillation for a number of days such that
end on 6 June 1975 and Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation                         the total distillation period does not exceed the
(EEC) No 1036/75 lay down that distillation may not                          authorized limit. Distillation must, however, be
take place after a certain date ; whereas this provision                     completed by no later than 20 October 1975.'
may create difficulties when unforeseen events compel
distilleries to suspend distillation for a certain period ;                                       Article 3
whereas, to ensure maximum distillation efficiency, it
is advisable that in chance circumstances or in cases                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
of force majeure, the intervention agency of the                        publication in the Official Journal of the European
Member State concerned should be in a position to                       Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 10 July 1975 .
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                        E. COLOMBO
 ')  OJ  No    L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
 2)  OJ  No    L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 43 .
 ■*) OJ  No    L 103 , 23 . 4 . 1975, p. 3 .
4)   OJ  No    L 164, 27 . 6 . 1975, p. 42 .
 5)  OJ  No    L 30 , 4 . 2 . 1975, p. 2 .