Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3186/92 of 30 October 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of compulsory distillation as provided for in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3186/92  of 30 October 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of compulsory distillation as provided for in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1756/92 (2), and in particular Article 35 (8) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 (3) lays down general rules for distillation operations involving wine and the by-products of winemaking; whereas Articles 13 (1) and 14 (1) of that Regulation provide that under certain conditions certain  winegrowers may not be subject to the obligations to deliver to the distilleries by-products of winemaking or any other processing of grapes as referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87;
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2182/91 (5), provides that winegrowers in the Italian part of wine-growing zone may take advantage of that possibility where they have carried  out vinification or any other processing of grapes involving a quantity corresponding to more than 25 hectolitres but not more than 40 hectolitres of wine;
Whereas Portuguese winegrowers fall within production areas where the distillation of by-products of winemaking or any other processing of grapes represents a disproportionate burden on account in particular of the costs of transport, given the  quantities covered by the obligation; whereas winegrowers in the wine-growing zone of Portugal should accordingly also qualify under the measure applicable to producers in the Italian part of wine-growing zone C;
Whereas provision should be made for the measure to take effect from the beginning of the 1992/93 wine year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant management committees,