31976R0588

No L 69/48 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 3 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 588/76 of 15 March 1976 on detailed rules for the distillation of table wines for which the distillation must be approved before 15 April 1976

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the distillation and in particular must know the quanti­ COMMUNITIES, ties of table wine distilled and the quantities of alcohol obtained ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Wine, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ sions to the. common organization of the market in wine (! ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1 932/75 (2), and in particular Articles 7 (3) and 35 thereof, Article 1 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down the general rules governing 1 . The intervention agency responsible for the distillation of table wines for which the distillation approving distillation contracts, under the second contract must be approved before 15 April 1976 (3), subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No permits, applying Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76, shall, within a maximum of 15 days after the 816/70, wine producers to supply their wines for distil­ receipt of the request, notify the contracting parties lation ; mentioned in the distillation contract of the result of the approval procedure. Whereas the second supbparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 567/76 provides that distillation 2. ' Distiller' shall mean the person on whose contracts shall only be valid if they have been account the distillation is carried out . approved beforehand by the intervention agency ; whereas parties seeking to conclude a distillation contract must therefore be informed in good time of the result of the approval procedure ; Article 2

Whereas, in order to support the market, wines which The conclusion of a distillation contract shall termi­ have been the subject of short term storage contracts nate any short term storage contract made in respect unter Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70 of the same wine under Article 6 of Regulation ( EEC) should also be allowed to be distilled ; No 816/70 . The producer concerned shall forthwith inform the intervention agency thereof. Whereas the method of payment of the aid referred to in Article 2 of the said Regulation provides that the aid shall be paid to the producer in two instalments Article 3 should be paid within a fixed period so that the The different amounts of aid referred to in Article 6 producer shall receive the aid in full ; whereas the payment should be made within a maximum of 30 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 shall be paid to days after the distillation ; the producer. The payment of the first instalment shall be made in accordance with Article 2 (3) and ( 6) Whereas the producer who has entered into a distilla­ of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 and that of the second instalment in accordance with Article 2 ( 5) tion contract may repudiate it under Article 4 of Regu­ lation ( EEC) No 567/76 ; whereas the exercise of this thereof. The payment of the second instalment must right must be limited to a fixed period ; be made within 30 days after distillation .

Whereas the competent agencies referred to in Article Article 4 7 of Regulation ( EEC) No 567/76, and also the Commission must be kept informed of the progress of If the producer wishes to benefit from Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 he shall submit a (') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 . (-') OJ No L 198 , 29 . 7 . 1975, p . 19 . request, before 15 June 1976, to the intervention (3 ) OJ No L 67 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 25 . agency indicating the quantity concerned .

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Article 5 preceding month, of the quantities of wine distilled and the quantities, expressed as pure alcohol, of the 1 . Member States shall notify the Commission, by products obtained with the distinction referred to in 30 April 1976 at the latest, of the quantities of wine paragraph 2, together with the distillation contracts appearing in approved distillation contracts. and quantities relating thereto, which have been 2 . The distillers shall send to the intervention revoked in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation agency, before the 10th day of each month, a state­ (EEC) No 567/76. ment of the quantities of table wine distilled during the preceding month indicating the quantities, Article 6 expressed as pure alcohol and the product obtained distinguishing those specified in the first indent of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 567/76 from those publication in the Official Journal of the European specified in the second indent thereof. Communities. 3 . Member States shall notify the Commission by telex, by the 20th day of each month in respect of the It shall apply with effect from 15 March 1976.

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

Done at Brussels , 15 March 1976 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission