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27 . 7 . 77 No L 187/ 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1674/77 of 19 July 1977 determining, for the 1977/78 wine-growing year, the prices to be paid under the compulsory distillation of the by-products of wine-making and the maximum amount of the contribution from the Guarantee Section of the European Agri­ cultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the maximum amount of the contribution COMMUNITIES, from the Guarantee Section of the European Agricul­ tural Guidance and Guarantee Fund should be fixed Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in the light of the situation on the market in alcohol, Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : sions for the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 528/77 (2 ),and in particular Article 24 (6) thereof, Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 1 . The prices for the 1977/78 wine-growing year shall be as follows : Whereas, in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 and Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Council — 0-57 unit of account per hectolitre and per degree Regulation (EEC) No 1930/76 of 20 July 1976 on the of alcohol for the buying-in price for wine deliv­ distillation of the by-products of wine-making (3), the eries, Council fixes for each wine-growing year the — 0-91 unit of account per hectolitre and per degree buying-in price for wine deliveries and the price for of alcohol for the price of the alcohol from wine the alcohol from wine deliveries under the compul­ deliveries of marc, sory distillation of the by-products of wine-making and determines the maximum amount of the costs of — 0-91 unit of account per hectolitre and per degree the intervention agencies to be financed by the of alcohol for the price of the alcohol from wine deliveries of lees, Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guid­ ance and Guarantee Fund ; — 0-91 unit of account per hectolitre and per degree of alcohol for the price of the alcohol from wine Whereas the buying-in price for wine deliveries deliveries of wine . should be fixed taking into account the quantities available and the prices of table wines on the various The price of the alcohol from wine deliveries shall Community markets ; whereas the application of this apply to rectified alcohol . criterion results in the buying-in price being fixed at a level corresponding to the lower limit laid down in 2 . The maximum amount of the contribution from Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1930/76 ; the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund for the above wine­ Whereas, when the price of the alcohol from wine growing year shall be 0-25 unit of account per hecto­ deliveries is fixed , the criteria referred to in Article 3 litre and per degree of alcohol . (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1930/76 should be applied on a standard basis ; whereas it should be specified that this price should apply to rectified alcohol ; Article 2 (>) OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 69 , 16. 3 . 1 977, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September (3) OJ No L 211 , 5. 8 . 1976, p. 1 . 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1977. For the Council

The President

A. HUMBLET