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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2167 /76 of 2 September 1976 on the granting of aid for the re-storage of table wine in respect of which a storage contract was concluded during the wine-growing year 1975/76
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas, since the period for administrative imple COMMUNITIES, mentation of this measure is short, the quantities concerned often small and the transport costs low by comparison with the total costs, the amount of the aid Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European should be fixed at a standard rate ; Economic Community,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Wine, 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi sions for the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 67/76 (2), and in particular Articles 6a and 35 thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 provides for the conclusion of long-term storage contracts ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1437/ 70 of 20 July 1976 on storage contracts for table wine (3), Article 1 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 546/75 (4), lays down the terms on which such contracts may be concluded ; whereas the quantities of table wine at Upon application and subject to the conditions laid present covered by a current storage contract are down in Article 2, aid may be granted for the greater than usual at this time of year ; whereas this is re-storage in another locality or part of a locality, or in attributable to the fact that sales during the current other storage premises belonging to a third party, of wine-growing year were not sufficient to provide an table wines in respect of which storage contracts were outlet for all the quantities available at the beginning concluded pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 of the year ; during the wine-growing year 1975/76.
Whereas the wine in question is stored in containers which may be needed for storing the next vintage ; Article 2
Whereas, in order that producers may store their next Aid may be granted only if : vintage under normal conditions, aid should be granted for the re-storage of table wine, but subject to — the distance the wine is transported does not a limitation as to distance : exceed 1 50 km ; provided that where storage capacity is not available within this distance the intervention agency may authorize transportation Whereas, in order to ensure that this measure applies to the nearest suitable place of storage ; only in cases which appear to be economically justi fied, only storage contracts concluded during a speci — the relevant storage contracts have been made fied period should be eligible ; whereas, in order that before 1 September 1976 and, except in the case the measure may be implemented in a proper of long-term storage contracts, will expire after 20 manner, provisions should be laid down concerning October 1976 ; the mode of transport and the time limit for the — the wine is re-stored before 10 October 1976 and submission of applications ; transported in one or more vehicles ; (') OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970, p. 1 . — the application for aid is submitted to the inter (2) OJ No L 135, 24. 5. 1976, p. 42 . (J) OJ No L 160, 22. 7 . 1970, p. 16. vention agency in the Member State concerned (4) OJ No L 58, 4. 3 . 1975, p. 5. before 20 September 1976 .
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Article 3 re-storage of the table wine concerned has in fact taken place. For all table wines the amount of the aid shall be 1-05 units of account per hectolitre . 2. Member States shall inform the Commission by 30 November 1976 of the quantities of wine re-stored. Article 4 Article 5
1 . Member States shall take all appropriate This Regulation shall enter into force on the day measures to ensure that the necessary checks are following its publication in the Official Journal of carried out. They shall in particular ensure that the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 2 September 1976. For the Commission
P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission