Commission Regulation (EC) No 3151/94 of 21 December 1994 introducing a further derogation from the detailed rules for the delivery by producers of the table wine they are required to deliver for compulsory distillation in respect of the 1993/94 wine year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3151/94 of 21 December 1994 introducing a further derogation from the detailed rules for the delivery by producers of the table wine they are required to deliver for compulsory distillation in respect of the 1993/94  wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1891/94 (2), and in particular Article 39 (9) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/94 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 827/94 (4), opens compulsory distillation of table wine as provided for in Article 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1993/94 wine year; whereas Commission  Regulation (EC) No 465/94 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/94 (6), lays down the percentages of table wine production to be delivered for compulsory distillation by each person subject to the obligation;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 12 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 441/88 of 17 February 1988 laying down detailed rules for applying compulsory distillation as referred to in Article 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 822/87 (7), as last  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2587/94 (8), producers are required to deliver table wine to a distillery by 31 July 1994 at the latest;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 441/88, these distillation operations may not take place after the end of the wine year in question;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1892/94 (10), lays down in particular the necessary characteristics of the products that may be distilled;
Whereas, to take account of the Community provisions on concluding long-term storage contracts, as decided by Council Regulation (EC) No 1891/94, the time limits have been extended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1960/94 (11); whereas, however, for  reasons peculiar to certain wine-producing regions, it has not been possible to satisfy the delivery obligations by the time-limit laid down; whereas, to avoid penalizing the wine producers concerned too heavily, they should still be permitted to  discharge their obligations as regards compulsory distillation for the 1993/94 wine year, with the appropriate penalty measures taken into account; whereas provision should accordingly also be made for the compulsory delivery of the spirits produced to  the intervention agency, as well as the maximum time limit for the distillation operations;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,