CELEX: 31978R2933
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2933/78 of 13 December 1978 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1804/77 as regards the dates laid down for deliveries in connection with obligatory distillation for the 1977/78 wine-growing year

No L 350 / 18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          14 . 12 . 78
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2933/78
                                                      of 13 December 1978
               derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1804/77 as regards the dates laid down for
               deliveries in connection with obligatory distillation for the 1977/78 wine­
                                                          growing year
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                        1 . By way of derogation from Article 4 of Regula­
816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­              tion (EEC) No 1804/77, producers who have not
sions for the common organization of the market in                  fulfilled their obligations may do so by delivering
wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   wine produced by them for distillation on or before
 1861 /78 (2), and in particular Articles 24 (7) and 35            31 January 1979 .
thereof,
                                                                    2.     The   alcohol  obtained    from the  distillation
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1804/77
of 4 August 1977 laying down detailed rules for the                referred to in paragraph 1 shall be delivered by the
distillation of the by-products of wine-making in                  distillers to the intervention agencies by 28 February
                                                                    1979 at the latest.
 respect of the wine-growing year 1 977/78 (3) fixed
time limits for the fulfilment of the producers' obliga­
tions and for the delivery of the alcohol to the inter­
vention agencies ;                                                                          Article 2
Whereas, following the amendment of certain provi­                 Member States shall communicate to the Commission
sions relating to obligatory distillation and interven­            before 31 March 1979 :
tion, the application of Article 24 of Regulation (EEC)
No 816/70 during the 1977/78 wine-growing year                     — the quantities of alcohol delivered to the interven­
seems to have given rise to difficulties in the proper                  tion agencies,
performance of the operations in question and
prevented certain producers from fulfilling their obli­            — the selling prices charged and the characteristics
gations in time ;                                                       of the products sold at these prices.
Whereas, therefore, for the sake of fairness these
producers should, by way of exception , be granted a                                        Article 3
further opportunity to fulfil their obligations, and a
new time limit for delivery of the alcohol thus
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
obtained to the intervention agency should be fixed ;               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 16 July 1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 13 December 1978 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 215 , 4. 8 . 1978 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 198 , 5 . 8 . 1977, p. 16 .