No L 231/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 8. 84 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2463/84 of 20 August 1984 laying down for the 1983/84 wine-growing year detailed rules for the application of the additional measures applicable to holders of long-term storage contracts for table wine 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 12a (5) and 65 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1223/83 of 20 May 1983 on the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 855/84 (%), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof, Whereas the measures employed to support the wine market have not yielded the desired results ; whereas, in particular, the representative prices for table wines of types A I, AIl, A IIl, R I and R II have remained lower than the respective activating prices since the beginning of the wine-growing year ; whereas, there- fore, the first condition required under Article 12a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 for the adoption of additional measures applicable to holders of long-term storage contracts is satisfied; whereas the second condition, namely that the representative price should remain lower than the activating price for three conse- cutive weeks, is likely to be fulfilled for table wines of types A I, A II, A IIl, R I and R II during the reference period ; Whereas these measures should provide for the possi- bility of removing from the market by distillation a certain quantity of wine and for the possibility of delaying for several months the marketing of the remaining quantity held by holders of long-term storage contracts, in anticipation of a recovery of the market ; whereas, however, this latter measure might not achieve the desired objective ; whereas provision for any further measures which may be necessary should therefore be made; Whereas, pursuant to Article 12a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, the distillation provided for by this J No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. J No L 115, 1. 5. 1984, p. 77. J No L 132, 21. 5. 1983, p. 33. J No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 1. Regulation may not exceed 18 % of the total quantity of the table wine produced by each holder for the marketing year in which the long-term contract was concluded ; whereas, in order to determine the said total quantity, reference should be made to the decla- rations provided for by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2408/83 of 25 August 1983 on harvest and stock declarations relating to wine-sector products (¥), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 62/84 (¢), and to the entries in the records provided for by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1153/75 of 30 April 1975 pre- scribing the form of accompanying documents and specifying the obligations of wine producers and b4 traders other than retailers ('), as last amended by the "Act of Accession of Greece; Whereas the distillation provided for by this Regula- tion should take place in accordance with the provi- sions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2179/83 of 2§ July 1983 laying down general rules for distillation operations involving wine and the by-products of wine-making (*) ; whereas, pursuant to Articles 4, § and 26 of that Regulation, time limits should be fixed for the submission of applications for approval of supply contracts and declarations, for approval by the inter- vention agencies and for the distillation operations ; whereas Article 8 of that Regulation specifies that the amount of the aid to be paid is to be fixed using the criteria set out therein; Whereas additional information which should appear in the supply contract and in the declaration should also be specified; Whereas Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2179/83 introduced a system of securities with a view to brin- ging forward the payment of aid while guaranteeing intervention agencies against the risk of undue payment; whereas, therefore, the time limits for advance payment should be specified as well as the time limits and procedures for releasing the security ; Whereas some of the wines delivered for distillation under this Regulation may be made into fortified wine ; whereas the provisions applicable to distillation () OJ No L 236, 26. 8. 1983, p. 21. () OJ No L 9, 12. 1. 1984, p. 12. () OJ No L 113, 1. 5. 1975, p. . () OJ No L 212, 3. 8. 1983, p. 1.