No-L 236/20 Official "Journal of the European Communities 26. 8. 88 - COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2640/88 of 25 August 1988 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the system of aid for the use in wnnemaklng of concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, must Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European' 7 Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, ‘ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 and the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2253/88 (3, and in particular Articles 45 (4), 47 (3) and 81 thereof, Whereas Article 45 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 introduces an aid scheme for concentrated must and rectified concentrated must produced within the Community and used to increase the alcoholic strength of wines ; Whereas Article 47 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provides that only producers who have complied with the obligations in Article 35 and, where appropriate, Articles 36 and 39 of that Regulation for a reference period to be determined are eligiblée for intervention measures; whereas that period should accordingly be fixed; Whereas enrichment operations by addition of concen- trated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must and the quantities of those products which are held must be declared to the competent authorities ; whereas the quantities of those products. which are or which have been used for enrichment must be entered in the registers specified in Article 71 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 ; whereas, therefore, it is not necessaty to require additional documents to be produced in order for the aid to be teceived ; Whereas, to ensure uniform application of the aid scheme in question, the establishment of the potential alcoholic strength of musts should be harmonized at Community level ; Whereas the cost price of grape must used in the production of concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must depends on its natural alcoholic strength ; whereas the market price of grape must with a high potential natural alcoholic strength is above that of other musts ; whereas, in order to take this situation and the need to avoid disrupting the existing pattern of trade into account, it is essential to provide for different () OJ No L 84, 27. 3.1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 35. amounts of the aid by. keeping a higher amount for concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must from the southern-most regions of the Community, which traditionally produce must with the highest natural " alcoholic strength ; 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. This Regulation lays down the detailed rules for implementing the aid system provided for in Article 45 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87. Such aid shall be granted to producers of table wines or quality wines psr who use concentrated grape must and rectified concen- trated grape must produced within the Community excluding Portugal during the first stage of accession to increase the natural alcoholic strength by volume of the products referred to in Article 18 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Atticle 8 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 (). 2.  In accordance with the provisions of Article 47 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, producers who in the wine year preceding that in question were subject to the obligations laid down in Articles 35, 36 or 39 of that Regulation shall not be entitled to receive the aid provided for in this Regulation unless they show that they have fulfilled their obligations in the reference periods laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2352/87 (), (EEC) No 2353/87 (%) and (EEC) No 441/88 (¥), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1596/88 (). Article 2 1. The aid provided for in Article 1 (1) is hereby fixed per degree of potential alcoholic strength by volume per hectolitre for the categories of the following products : — concentrated grape must produced from  grapes originating in wine-growing zones C III (a) and C III ®) () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 9. () O] No L 213, 4. 8. 1987, p. 17. 5 O] No L 213, 4. 8. 1987, p. 22. () OJ No L 45, 18. 2. 1988, p. 15. () OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1988, p. 17.