31975R1891

No L 193 / 2 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 7 . 75

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 1891 / 75 OF THE COUNCIL of 22 July 1975 laying down , for the 1975 / 76 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 stated specifically that the price in question will apply COMMUNITIES , to rectified alcohol ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the maximum amount of the contribution of Economic Community ; the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund must be fixed in accor­ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No dance with the situation on the alcohol market, 816/70 (1) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 678 / 75 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 24 (3), second subparagraph thereof ; Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; 1 . For the 1975/76 wine-growing year, the price to Whereas in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation be paid by the ' intervention agencies for the alcohol ( EEC) No 816/70 and Article 1 of Council Regulation delivered to them under the obligation to distil the ( EEC) No 1877/ 74 (3 ) of 15 July 1974 on the distilla­ by-products of wine-making shall be 0-85 unit of tion of the by-products of wine-making, the Council account per hectolitre/degree of alcohol . 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 : towards the costs devolving on these agencies ; — 0 unit of account per hectolitre /degree of alcohol Whereas , in view of the amount of wine on the for products exceeding 52° but not exceeding 95° , Community wine market, the average of the quota­ — 0T2 unit of account per hectolitre/degree of tions for all table wines is close to or below the acti­ alcohol for products exceeding 95° . vating price ; whereas the price to be paid by the inter­ vention agencies for alcohol delivered to them under Article 2 the obligation to distil the by-products of wine­ making should remain at a level close to that for the This Regulation shall enter into force on I August 1975 . 1974/75 wine-growing year ; whereas it ought to be

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

Done at Brussels, 22 July 1975 .

l :or tin Council

The President

G. MARCORA

(') O ) No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 . (') OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p . 43 . (>) OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7 . 1974, p . 3 .