31974R1878

No L 198/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 7. 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1878 /74 OF THE COUNCIL of 15 July 1974 laying down , for the 1974/75 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 maximum amount of the contribution towards this price by the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the maximum amount of the contribution of COMMUNITIES, the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund must be fixed under Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the conditions laid down in Article 4 of Regulation Economic Community ; ( EEC) No 1877/74, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 0 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : in wine, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 532/74 (2), and in particular Article 24 (3), second Article 1 subparagraph thereof ;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; 1 . For the 1974/75 wine-growing year, the price to be paid by the intervention agencies for the alcohol Whereas in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation delivered to them under the obligation to distil the (EEC) No 816/70 and Article 1 of Council Regulation by-products of wine making shall be 0-80 unit of (EEC) No 1877/74(3) of 15 July 1974 on the distilla­ account per hectolitre/degree of alcohol . tion of the by-products of wine making, the Council must fix, for each wine-growing year, the price to be This price shall apply to rectified alcohol . paid for alcohol delivered to intervention agencies under the obligation to distil the by-products of wine 2 . The maximum amount of the contribution by making and must fix the maximum amount of the the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural contribution by the Guarantee Section of the Euro­ Guidance and Guarantee Fund for the same year shall pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund be 0 unit of account per hectolitre/degree of alcohol . towards the costs devolving on these agencies ; Whereas it is desirable, taking into account the Article 2 increase in the guide prices decided upon for the wine-growing year 1974/75 , to increase the buying-in This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day price ; whereas it ought to be stated specifically that following its publication in the Official Journal of the price in question will apply to rectified alcohol ; the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 15 July 1974 . For the Council

The President Christian BONNET

(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 . \l) OJ No L 166, 21 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 . (3) See page 3 of this Official Journal .