No L 246/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 10. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2402/95 of 12 October 1995 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of 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 (%), 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, the aid and certain other factors applicable to preventive distillation for the 1995/96 wine year; Whereas, in view of the foreseeable situation on the market, the harvest forecast and the level of end-of-year- stocks, the quantities eligible should be fixed at levels which, in combination with the other distillation measures for the wine year, will enable the market to be stabilized, without, however, exceeding the quantities compatible with sound management of the market; whereas, for that purpose, an overall quantity should be fixed for Community production regions eligible for preventive distillation at 6 300 000 hl of table wine, and that quantity should be broken down per region ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 441/88 of 4 February 1988 laying down detailed rules for applying compulsory distillation as referred to in Article 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (¥, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2587/94 (), delimits the Com- munity wine-producing regions ; Whereas, if the overall quantity applied for per region exceeds the quantity specified in the Regulation, provi- sion should be made for a rapid notification of the Member States in order to fix a single reduction rate, per () 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. () OJ No L 202, 25. 7. 1991, p. 16. () OJ No L 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 35. () OJ No L 45, 18. 2. 1988, p. 15. () O] No L 274, 26. 10. 1994, p. 2. region, for the quantities of table wine or of wine suitable for yielding table wine which may be delivered to the distilleries ; Whereas, for the proper administration of the quantities in question, it is necessary to derogate from the special measures laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2721/81 and to provide that the contracts or declarations submitted may be subject to a reduction of the quantities applied for; whereas such contracts or declarations must not exceed 12 hl of wine per hectare of vines used for the production of table wines or of wine suitable for yielding table wines, except in the case of German and Austrian producers ; Whereas, in order to increase the efficiency of this measure, it is necessary to concentrate it on the first months of the wine year and to ensure proper perfor- mance of the contracts and declarations signed by the producers by establishing a security which will guarantee delivery of wine to a distillery; 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 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 introduced for the 1995/96 wine year. The distillation, introduced for all table wines produced in the production regions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 441/88 and in Austria shall be restricted to 6 300 000 hectolitres. That quantity shall be broken down by production region referred to above in the following way: — region 1 (Germany): 100 000 hl, — region 3 (France): 800 000 hl, — region 4 (ltaly): 3800 000 hl, — region § (Greece): 200 000 hl, — region 6 (Spain): 800 000 hl, — region 7 (Portugal): 400 000 hl, — Austria : 200 000 hl.