29. 8. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 231/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2460/84 of 20 August 1984 laying down for the 1984/85 wine-growing year detailed implementing rules concerning the distillation provided for in Article 11 of 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/84 (%), and in particular Articles 11 (5) and 65 thereof, Whereas Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 provides that preventive distillation of table wines and wines suitable for producing table wines may be decided on whenever such measure seems necessary in the light of harvest forecasts or in order to improve the quality of products marketed ; whereas tentative fore- casts for harvests point to heavy production in terms of quantity ; whereas it is therefore appropriate, given the surpluses on the wine market, to implement this measure ; Whereas it is necessary to rationalize the market without exceeding the quantities compatible with sound market management ; whereas for this purpose the maximum quantity of table wine which may be distilled by each producer should be limited according to the cultivated area devoted to the production of table wine; whereas, however, to take account of national provisions on the recognition of quality wines psr in some Member States, the maximum quantities of table wine which may be distilled in the zones concerned should be related not to the area devoted to the production of table wine but to each producers’ total cultivated area; whereas, however, in cases in which it is not possible to relate the quantity precisely to the area from which the wine comes, the quantity eligible for distillation should be limited to a percen- tage of the quantity of table wine produced during the 1984/85 wine-growing year ; whereas this percentage should be such as to achieve similar results to those “ obtained in the context of a limit related to the area cultivated ; whereas the percentage should therefore be set by taking into account the recorded average yield () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () O] No L 115, 1. 5. 1984, p. 77. per hectare ; whereas the yield in the Greek parts of zones C III is considerably below that in the rest of the. Community so that a different percentage should be set for these parts of the zone; Whereas preventive distillation must be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2179/83 of 25 July 1983 laying down general rules for distillation operations involving wine and the by-products of wine-making (*); whereas, in addition, attention should be drawn in the context of such distillation to the consequences arising from non-submission of a declaration or from the submis- sion of incomplete or incorrect declarations laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2102/84 of 13 July 1984 on harvest, production and stock declara- tions relating to wine-sector products (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2459/84 (%); Whereas it should be specified that delivery contracts and declarations must contain the information neces- sary for identification of the wines to which they relate ; Whereas certain time limits for the operation should be laid down for both producers and distillers to ensure that the measure is as effective as possible ; Whereas the price of wine for distillation normally prevents the sale of the products of distillation at market prices; whereas an aid, fixed on the basis of the criteria set out in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2179/83, is therefore needed, while taking into account also the current uncertainty over prices on the market for distillation products ; Whereas preventive distillation is open to all table wines and wines suitable for yielding table wine; whereas, however, the minimum buying-in prices of wines delivered for distillation are fixed as a percen- tage of the guide prices for the various types of table wine ; whereas the table wines which are in a close economic relationship with each type of table wine should therefore be defined; () OJ No L 212, 3. 8. 1983, p. 1. () OJ No L 194, 24. 7. 1984, p. 1. (‘) See page 5 of this Official Journal.