31972R1565

Official Journal of the European Communities 735

No L 167/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 25.7.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 1565/72 OF THE COUNCIL

of 20 July 1972 laying down, for the 1972/73 wine-growing year, the price to be paid for alcohol delivered to intervention agencies under the obligation to distil the by-products of wine making and the amount of the contribution towards this price by the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, different types of wine; whereas the price and the amount referred to in the first recital should therefore Having regard to the Treaty establishing the be increased ; whereas, however, in view of the European Economic Community ; present state of Community viticulture it is necessary Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No to increase the effort to promote a policy of 816/701 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional encouraging quality production and whereas to this provisions for the common organization of the end only a small increase should be made in the price of the alcohol delivered and in the amount of the market in wine as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2722/71 2 and in particular the second contribution by the Fund; subparagraph of Article 24 (3 ) thereof; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Article 1 Whereas, in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 and Article 1 ( 1 ) of Council 1 . For the 1972/73 wine-growing year, the price to be paid by the intervention agencies for the alcohol Regulation (EEC) No 1171/71 3 of 3 June 1971 on the delivered to them under the obligation to distil the distillation of the by-products of wine making, as by-products of wine making shall be 0-696 units of amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2292/71 ,4 the account per hectolitre/degree of alcohol. Council must fix, for each wine-growing year, the price to be paid for alcohol delivered to intervention This price shall apply to rectified alcohol. agencies under the obligation to distil the by-products of wine making and must fix the 2. The contribution by the Guarantee Section of contribution by the Guarantee Section of the the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Fund for this same year shall be 0-0814 units of towards the costs incurred by those agencies ; account per hectolitre/degree of alcohol.

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 804/725 of 17 Article 2 April 1972 fixing the guide prices for wine for the period 16 December 1972 to 15 December 1973 has This Regulation shall enter into force on the third provided for an increase of 7% compared with the day following its publication in the Official Journal previous year in the guide prices applicable to of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 20 July 1972. For the Council The President T. WESTERTERP

1 OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1. 2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971, p. 1. 3 OJ No L 123, 5.6.1971, p. 4. 4 OJ No L 243, 29.10.1971, p. 1 . 3 OJ No L 94, 21.4.1972, p. 16.