CELEX: 51974PC1997
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-25
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL laying down general rules governing the distillation of wine of quality lower than table wine and originating in certain areas affected by adverse weather conditions (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---    COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                          COM(74)1997 final
                                                          Brussels , 25 November 1974
                                   Proposal for a
                          REGULATION ( SEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
               laying down general rules governing the distillation
            of wine of quality lower than table wine and originating
              in certain areas affected "by adverse weather conditions
                    ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
cc::(*y ; 1907 final
 ---pagebreak---                       EXPLAITATORY Î'TOTS
As a result of exceptional atmospheric conditions certain wines produced,
in the south west of the Hassif Central of Prance did not reach the mini­
mum required national alcoholic strength .
On the "basis of Article 38 of Regulation (HSC ) IT° OI0/7O providing derogations
in the case of an exceptional situation arising from natural disasters , it
is proposed to open tip a voluntary distillation for the products in question
coming from a specified zone affected "by this disaster .
                       FlïiMCIAL IT0T3
This Regulation provided for the .distillation of an estimated quantity
of 1,5 million hi of iirine which have not readied the minimum alcoholic
strength specified for the regions in question .
On the "basis of an average strength of 7 ° , and an average aid of 0,50 uA/°/hl
the forecasted errpense • will of the order of 5 million u.a .
'This expense will "be set off in the 1974 "budget provided for the wine sector :
a "budget of 70*1 million u.a . of which 28 million u.a . is for " other interven­
tions ".
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 ---pagebreak---                        Proposal for a
        REGULATION ( EEC ) 0F THii CoUNUIl,
  laying down general rules governing the distillation
of wine of quality lower than table wine and originating
in certain areas affected by adverse weather conditions
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,   ' <
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 816/7O of
28 April 1970 laying dov/n additional provisions for the
common organization of the market in wine ( ) , as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1532/74 ( )» and in
particular Article 38 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas Article 38 of Regulation 816/70 provides that
mr-'suros cP derogation may be decided upon to remedy an
erceprio-ial situation resulting from natural disasters ;
Whereas adverse weather conditions have1 caused natural
disasters in certain areas of the Community ;
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas the wine harvested in these areas clid not achieve the
 minimum natural alcoholic strength prescribed for the wine-
 growing zone in which it was produced ;
Whereas it appears desirable to withdraw these products from
 the market in the interests of maintaining the quality of
products offered to consumers ;
Whereas distillation is the most appropriate method of with­
drawing this wine definitively from the market ;
Whereas the details of the distilling operation should be based
on the general rules relating to distillation already decided'
upon in application of Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC )
No 816/70 ,
HAS ADO^SD THIS REGULATION :
                           Article 1
        Distillation shall be authorized under the conditions
laid down in this Regulation in respect of wine not reaching
the minimum natural alcoholic strength for the wine -growing
zone concerned as laid down in Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation
( ESC!) No 816/7O and originating in certain yet to be defined
parts of the following French Departments :
- C-ars
- rHute-Garonne
- 'l'arn- et - Cïpronne
- l' gTn
- ~ an ri os
-  . 'ααο
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affected by natural disasters during the 1974/ 1975 wine-
growing year .
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 ---pagebreak---                            Article 2
        Wine offered for distillation may not have an alcoholic
  strength exceeding the minimum natural alcoholic strength laid
 down for the wine-growing zone in question and should not be
 fortified .
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                           Article 3
        Producers m the administrative units referred to ii;
Article 1 who wish to have all or part of their harvest of table
wine distilled shall conclude delivery contracts , where appro­
priate through the intervention agency , with the distillers of
their choice .
        Under such contracts :
 ( a ) the distiller shall purchase the quantity of table wine
       stated in the contract ;               - -
 ( b ) the distiller shall distill such wine and shall pay for
       it a price which shall not be less than the price referred
       to in Article 4 .
        Tne contracts shall specify :
( a ) the quantity , colour and actual alcoholic strength of the
       table wines to be distilled ;
( b ) the name and address of the producer ;
( c ) the place at which the wine is stored ;
( d ) the name of the distiller or the registered business or
       company name of the distillery ;
( e ) the address of the distillery .
                           Article 4
        The minimum purchase price for table wines to be distilled
is hereby fixed at :                    ...
- .. 32 UA per degree and hectolitre .
The price referred t o shall auply in respect of unaltered product
ex-oroducer ' s "oremises            '
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 ---pagebreak---                          Article 5
1.      The delivery contracts referred to in Article 3 may
   not be concluded before 1 December 1974 or after
   15 December 1974 .
2.      Distillation may not take place before 1 December 1974
   or after 15 January 1975 .
                         Article 6
     Products of the distillation of table wines may have an
alcoholic strength :
     - of 86° or more ,
     - of 85° or less ,
with a tolerance of 0.4° above or below .
                         Article 7
1.      Aid shall be paid by the intervention agency for each
   hectolitre of wine distilled .
2.      The amount of the aid is hereby fixed ?.t :
   - 0.53 unit of account per degree and hectolitre if the wine
     was processed into a product referred to in Article 6 , first
     indent ,
   - 0.4f unit of account per degree and hectolitre if the wine
     was processed into a product referred to in Article 6 , first
     indent
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3.      The aid may be paid only upon production of a contract as
   referred to in Article 2 and upon proof being given that
   - such contract was concluded' during the period referred to
     in Article 5(1 ),
   - distillation took place during the period referred . to in
     Article 5(2 ).
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 ---pagebreak---                         Article 8
1.      Member States shall designate an intervention
   agency to apply the provisions of this Regulation .
2.      The competent ' intervention agency shall be the
   agency of the State on whose territory the distillation
   takes place .
                        Article 9
     The detailed rules for the application of this
Regulation and in particular the definition of the parts
of Departments referred to in Article 7 shall be adopted
according to the procedure laid down in Article 7 of
Regulation No 24/
                        Article 10
     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities .
     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
directly applicable in all Member States .
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