No L 225/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 8. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2390/85 of 19 August 1985 laying down for the 1984/85 wine 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 798/85 (3, 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 1297/85 (%), 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 Al, RI and RII have remained lower than the respective activating prices since the beginning of the wine year; whereas, therefore, the first condition required under Article 12a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 for the adoption of additional measures appli- cable to holders of long-term storage contracts is satis- fied ; whereas the second condition, namely that the representative price should remain lower than the acti- vating price for three consectutive weeks, is likely to be fulfilled for table wines of types Al, RI and RII during the reference period; Whereas these measures should provide for the possi- bility of removing from the market by distillation a quantity of wine and for the possibility of delaying for several months the marketing of the remaining quan- tity 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 Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 provides that only producers fulfilling the obligations () O No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 89, 29. 3. 1985, p. 1. () O] No L 132, 21. 5. 1983, p. 33. () OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 1. laid down in Article 39 and, where appropriate, Articles 40 and 41 of that Regulation during a reference period to be determined may qualify for the intervention measures; whereas that period must therefore be specified ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 12a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, the distillation provided for by this Regulation may not exceed 18 % of the total quantity of table wine produced by each holder in the marke- ting year in which the long-term contract was concluded; whereas the quantity of table wine produced to which the said percentage is applied should be that shown in the production declaration provided for in 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 (%), and in the records provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1153/75 of 30 April 1975 prescribing the form of accompanying documents for wine producers and specifying the obligations of wine producers and traders other than retailers (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3203/80 (%); 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 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, pursuant to Articles 4, S 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 ; () OJ No L 194, 24. 7. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 231, 29. 8. 1984, p. S. () OJ No L 113, 1. 5. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 333, 11. 12. 1980, p. 18. () OJ No L 212, 3. 8. 1983, p. 1. (") OJ No L 255, 25. 9. 1984, p. 1.