CELEX: 31974R1832
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1832/74 of the Commission of 15 July 1974 laying down detailed rules governing the distillation of table wines during the period from 15 July to 30 September 1974

No L 192/ 14                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              16 . 7 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1832/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 15 July 1974
               laying down detailed rules governing the distillation of table wines during the
                                         period from 15 July to 30 September 1974
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                               1 . The conclusion of a contract for the delivery of
                                                                   wine for distillation under Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       1794/74 shall terminate any storage contract
816/70 ( ! ) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional               concluded in respect of that wine under Article 6 of
provisions for the common organization of the market               Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 . The producer shall so
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    inform the intervention agency forthwith .
1 532/74 (2), and in particular Articles 7 (3) and 35
thereof ;                                                          2.     However, wines for which storage contracts have
                                                                   been concluded and which may have benefited from a
                                                                   rehousing aid, shall not be entitled to benefit from an
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)                 aid for distillation .
No 816/70, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 794/74 (3)
of 10 July 1974 laying down general rules governing
the distillation of table wines during the period from                                       Article 2
 15 July to 30 September 1974, makes it possible, for
producers of table wines to have their wines distilled ;           Member States may require that contracts as referred
                                                                   to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1794/74 be
                                                                   concluded through the intervention agency in order to
Whereas, in order to support the market, it should                 ensure payment of the minimum price referred to in
also be permitted to distill wines in respect of which             Article 3 of that Regulation .
storage contracts have been concluded under Articles
5 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 .
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas producers who terminate storage contracts
for this purpose must so inform the intervention ;                  1.    The aid shall be paid to the distiller.
                                                                   Member States may however require that the aid be
Whereas provision should be made to ensure that the                assigned to the producer, on condition that the latter
 minimum price referred to in Article 3 of Regulation               receives a price which, with the aid included, is not
(EEC) No 1794/74 is in fact paid ; whereas, in parti­               less than the minimum price referred to in Article 3
 cular, Member States should be able to require the                of Regulation (EEC) No 1794/74 ;
 assignment of the aid from the distiller to the
 producer as an advance against the contract price for              2.    The aid shall be paid not more than 30 days
 the delivery of the wine ;                                         after the distillation .
 Whereas the competent agencies referred to in Article                                       Article 4
 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1794/74 and the Commis­
 sion must be kept informed of the progress of distilla­            1 . Distillers shall not later than 1 August, 1
 tion operations and in particular of the quantities of             September and 1 October 1974, communicate to the
 table wine distilled and the quantities of alcohol                 competent agency referred to in Article 8 of Regula­
 obtained ;                                                         tion (EEC) No 1794/74, copies of all contracts
                                                                    concluded pursuant to that Regulation during the
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation               periods preceding such dates, together with details of
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                  the quantities of table wine distilled and the quanti­
 ment Committee for Wine,                                           ties, expressed as pure alcohol, of the products
                                                                    obtained therefrom, distinguishing between the
 (>) OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .                             products referred to in the first indent of Article 5 of
 (2 ) OJ No L 166, 21 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .                            Regulation (EEC) No 1794/74 and those referred to in
 (3) OJ No L 187, 11 . 7. 1974, p. 29 .                             the second indent of that Article .
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2. Member States shall not later than 10 August, 10                                  Article ">
September and 10 October 1974 communicate to the
Commission, as regards the respective preceding              1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the
periods, the quantities of wines distilled and the quan­     third day following its publication in the Official
tities, expressed as pure alcohol, of the products           Journal of the European Communities.
obtained therefrom distinguishing such products as
provided in paragraph 1 .                                    2.   It is applicable from 15 July 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 15 July 1974.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI