Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2192/93 of 28 July 1993 concerning certain operative events for the agricultural conversion rates used in the wine sector and amending Regulations (EEC) No 1059/93, (EEC) No 377/93, (EEC) No 2729/88, (EEC) No 2253/92, (EEC) No 3233/92 and (EEC) No 3234/92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2192/93 of 28 July 1993 concerning certain operative events for the agricultural conversion rates used in the wine sector and amending Regulations (EEC) No 1059/93, (EEC) No 377/93, (EEC) No 2729/88, (EEC) No  2253/92, (EEC) No 3233/92 and (EEC) No 3234/92
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 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Whereas, under the new agrimonetary arrangements introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, Articles 9 to 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for determining and applying the agricultural conversion rates (2)  alter the operative events for the agricultural conversion rates applicable with effect from the 1993/94 marketing year, subject to the exceptions provided for in the wine sector in this Regulation, which groups together for reasons of clarity the  special provisions on the subject;
Whereas the agricultural conversion rate for intervention measures in the wine sector requires certain specific operative events to ensure that the buying-in prices and the aids fixed pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on  the common organization of the market in wine (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1566/93 (4), are applied in respect of all participants on the same terms;
Whereas, as regards the measures adopted pursuant to Articles 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 45 and 46 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, taking into consideration the economic objectives of and the procedure for implementing the operations, a derogation should be  made from Article 10 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 and the agricultural conversion rate should be that applicable on a representative date for deliveries for compulsory distillation and the first day of each month for other operations;
Whereas Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 provides that for each private storage contract for wine products the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate is the first day in respect of which the aid is granted; whereas,  consequently, in order to take account of the new agrimonetary provisions, Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 of 29 April 1983 on storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape  must (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3732/92 (6), should be repealed;
Whereas Artricle 1a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1393/76 of 17 June 1976 laying down detailed rules for the importation of products in the wine-growing sector originating in certain third countries (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No  3821/92 (8), lays down the operative events for the agricultural conversion rate for the free-at-frontier reference price; whereas, in view of the undertakings to observe this price made by certain third countries, the economic objective of the imports  may be regarded as achieved in suh cases on the day of export from the country concerned; whereas, therefore, application of the said Article 1a should be extended and a derogation should be provided from the transitional measures laid down in Article 1  of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3820/92 of 28 December 1992 on transitional measures for the application of the agrimonetary arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (9);
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 377/93 of 12 February 1993 laying down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by  intervention agencies (10) provides for the operative events for the agricultural conversion rates which should be altered in the light of the new agrimonetary arrangements; whereas the operative event for the rates to be applied for the payment of  offers accepted is established without prejudice to the possibility of fixing in advance the agricultural conversion rate pursuant to Articles 13 to 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2729/88 of 31 August 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years, of permanent abondonment premiums of wine-growing  areas (11), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1357/93 (12) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3234/92 of 5 November 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific aid arrangements for continued cultivation of vines for the  production of quality wines psr in the Canary Islands (13) provide for specific operative events; whereas these provisions should be repealed in order to comply with the new agrimonetary arrangements;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3233/92 of 5 November laying down detailed rules for implementing the specific wine sector aid arrangements for the Azores and Madeira (14), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3889/92 (15), provides for the  operative events to be used for agricultural conversion rates; whereas these provisions should be amended in the light of the new agrimonetary arrangements;
Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,