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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3182/86

of 20 October 1986

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2705/86 laying down, for the 1986/87 wine year, detailed implementing rules for the distillation provided for in Article 40 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85 (2), and in particular Article 40 (6) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2705/86 (3) lays down that the distiller shall furnish proof that he has paid the buying in price to the producer within two months following arrival of the wine at the distillery; whereas there is a danger that this time limit will prove inadequate for distillers and should therefore be adapted, but without weakening the guarantees for the intervention agency;

Whereas an inaccuracy in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2705/86 should be rectified;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2705/86 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The first subparagraph of Article 5 (3) is replaced by the following:

'3. Payment of the aid by the intervention agency to the distiller shall be conditional upon the distiller, within two months following submission of the application referred to in paragraph 2:

- furnishing proof that he has paid the buying in price referred to in Article 3,

or

- providing a security in favour of the intervention agency. The security shall be equal to 110 % of the aid applied for.'

2. Article 12 is replaced by the following:

'Article 12

The amounts referred to in this Regulation shall be converted into national currency by means of the representative rate applicable for the wine sector on 1 September 1986.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1986.

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

Done at 20 October 1986.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, p. 39.

(3) OJ No L 246, 30. 8. 1986, p. 61.