27. 7. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 188/23 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1483/96 of 26 July 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 2402/95 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1995/96 wine year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1544/95 (3, and in particular Article 38 (5)- thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2181/91 (%), lays down detailed rules for voluntary distillation as provided for in Articles 38, 41 and 42 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1848/95 () fixes the prices, aid and certain other amounts applicable to preventive distillation for the 1995/96 wine year; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2402/95 (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2791/95 ('), introduced preventive distillation for the 1995/96 wine year; whereas the final date for signing distillation contracts was 27 December 1995; whereas the final date for the delivery to the distillery of the wine concerned was 15 May 1996; Whereas the volume of table wine which could be distilled under this measure was fixed at 6 300 000 hl by the abovementioned Regulation but only around 1900 000 hl of wine has actually been distilled under contract; Whereas the current situation on the market for table wines, with high stocks at the end of the wine year and a reduction in prices on certain markets, is adversely affect- ing producers’ incomes; whereas a volume of the products concerned should be removed from the market by re-opening preventive distillation, for the unused volume of 2700000 hl, reserved for table wines with a view, in addition, to improving the quality of products on the market; () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 31. () OJ No L 241, 1. 9. 1988, p. 88. (9 OJ No L 202, 25. 7. 1991, p. 16. () OJ No L 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 35. (9 OJ No L 246, 13. 10. 1995, p. 8. () OJ No L 289, 2. 12. 1995, p. 35. Whereas, if the overall quantity applied for per region exceeds the quantities provided for, the Member States must apply a single reduction rate for all new contracts submitted; Whereas, for the proper administration of the quantities in question, it is necessary to derogate from certain provi- sions of Regulation (EEC) No 2721/81 and to lay down that the quantities applied for in the contracts and decla- rations may be reduced; Whereas, in order to increase the effectiveness of this measure, it is necessary to concentrate distillation in a short period and to permit the Member States to impose stricter measures and, in particular, to provide for the lodging of a security when contracts and declarations are submitted; 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 The following Article 1a is hereby added to Regulation (EC) No 2402/95: ‘Article 1a 1. Preventive distillation of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine as provided for in Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 is hereby re-opened for the 1995/96 wine year. The maximum quantities of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine which producers may have distilled, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 shall be: — region 1 (Germany): 50 000 hl, — region 3 (France): 500 000 hl, — region 4 (Italy): 1200 000 hl, — region 5 (Greece): 100 000 hl, — region 6 (Spain): 750 000 hi, — region 7 (Portugal): 50 000 hl, — Austria: 50 000 hl.