28. 8. 86 ~ Official Journal of the European Communities No L 243/19 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2665/86 of 25 August 1986 "laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of aid for the use of grapes, grape must and concentrated grape must for the manufacture of grape juice and fixing the aid for the 1986/87 wine-growing year - THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European | Economic Commumty, ) 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 3805/85 (%), and in particular Article 14a (4), 48 (6) and 65 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (%), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 of 11 June 1985 fixing the conversion rates to be applied in agriculture (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2332/86 (%), Whereas under the first indent of the first subparagraph of Article 14a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, an aid system was introduced for the use, for the manufacture of grape juice, of grape must and concentrated grape must produced from grapes grown in the Community ; whereas paragraph 2 of that Article provides that the aid scheme may also be applied to the use of grapes of Community origin ; whereas juice manufacturing practices are such that the aid should also be given for the use of such grapes ; . Whereas application of the aid scheme requires adminis- trative provisions for checking the origin and use of the products for which aid is given; Whereas the purpose of the aid scheme is to promote the use of vine products of Community origin for the manu- facture of grape juice in place of imported products; whereas the aid should therefore be given to users of the raw material, that is to processors; : Whereas, in order to ensure proper functioning of the aid scheme and the control arrangements, processors () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, p. 39. () OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 164, 11. 6. 1985, p. 11. () OJ No L 204, 28. 7. 1986, p. . concerned should be required to lodge written declara- tions giving the information necessary to identify the product and to enable checks on the operations to be carried out; Whereas, in order for the aid scheme to have an appre- ciable effect on the quantity of Community products used, a minimum quantity which may be covered by a declaration should be set for each product; Whereas it should be specified that aid will be granted only for products having the quality characteristics required for processing into grape juice; whereas it is consequently necessary to ‘specify, in particular, that grapes and grape must covered by a declaration must have a density of between 1,055 and 1,085 g/cm?® at 20°C; Whereas Article 14a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 sets out criteria to be observed in fixing the amount of the aid ; whereas paragraph 3a of that Article states that part of the aid is to be used for mounting compaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice and that the amount of the aid may be increased to allow for this; whereas in the light of these criteria and of the need to finance such campaigns the aid should be fixed at a level that will provide adequate funds for an effective promo- tion effort ; \ Whereas, to erable the competent authorities of the Member States to perform the necessary checks, obliga- tions on processors in regard to the keeping of stock records should be laid dpwn, in addition to the provisions of Title II of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1153/75 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)- No 3203/80 (); ‘Whereas it should be laid down that entitlement to aid is established at the time when the processing operations are completed ; whereas a shortfall should-be allowed of up to 10 % in the quantity actually used compared to that stated in the declaration ; Whereas, in order to avoid unnecessary expenditure, and for the purposes of supervision, a maximum ration should be laid down between the products used and the grape juice obtained, based on normal processing methods ; () OJ No L 113, 1. 5. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 333, 11. 12. 1980, p. 18.