19. 1. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 16/25 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 147/85 of 18 January 1985 laying down for the 1984/85 wine year detailed implementing rules for the distil- lation referred to in Article 41 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 41 (7) and 65 thereof, Whereas the distillation operations referred to in Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 must be performed in accordance with 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 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2687/84 (%); Whereas it is necessary to define, firstly, the various factors enabling the total quantities of table wine to be distilled for the wine year to be determined and, secondly, the various categories of producer which are subject to the obligation to distil and those which are exempted in view of the disproportion between the administrative costs and the quantity of wine to be distilled ; Whereas Article 41 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 lays down that the quantity to be distilled by each producer is to be equal to a percentage of his table wine production ; whereas this percentage must be adjusted by reference to each producer’s yield per hectare in relation to the normal yield for the different Community zones or parts thereof; whereas it is necessary to ensure that the measure is easy to apply and to take account of the information supplied by each Member State ; whereas this indicates that average yields vary greatly and are around 100 hectolitres per hectare in the northern part of the Community, 70 hectolitres in the centre and some southern areas and 45 hectolitres in the rest of the Community ; whereas () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 115, 1. 5. 1984, p. 77. () O No L 212, 3. 8. 1983, p. 1. () O] No L 255, 25. 9. 1984, p. 1. the territory of the Community should therefore be divided into three production regions ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2102/84 of 13 July 1984 on harvest, production and stock declarations relating to wine-sector products (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No .2459/84 (%), provided for Member States to notify their table wine production to the Commission broken down in accor- dance with certain yield classes; whereas it appears reasonable to use these yield classes as the basis for adjusting producers’ obligations ; Whereas the particular production structures and the administrative difficulties encountered in Greece justify the introduction in that Member State of a compulsory distillation scheme which, while enabling quantitative results similar to those arising from the application of the general scheme to be attained, restricts the measure to those producers with a suffi- cient quantity of table wine and authorizes the Greek Government to fix itself the percentages of table wine production to be delivered for distillation by the producers concerned ; whereas the percentages thus fixed must ensure equal treatment for all concerned and be based on the criteria laid down in Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79; Whereas, in the absence of a Community definition of rosé wine and in the interest of clarity, it should be specified that rosé table wines are accorded the same treatment as red table wines because of the close economic relationship between them ; Whereas it is necessary to determine the table wines which, for the purposes of this measure, are regarded as being in close economic relationship with each of the types of table wine; ’ Whereas the rules for checking the characteristics of wine delivered for distillation laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2179/83 apply only to individual deliveries and do not cover the problem of deliveries made jointly by several producers; whereas, however, the latter situation is likely to occur frequently in view of the small volumes to be delivered by some producers No L 194, 24. 7. 1984, p. 1. No L 231, 29. 8. 1984, p. S.