No L 246/66 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 8. 86 'COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2706/86 of 28 August 1986 laying down for the 1985/86 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 3805/85 (3, and in particular Articles 12a (5) 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 the measures employed to support the wine market have not fully 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 applicable to holders of long-term storage contracts is satisfied ; whereas the second condition, namely that the representative price should remain lower than the activating price for three consecutive 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 possibility 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 quantity held by holders of long-term storage contracts, in anticipation of a reco- very of the market ; whereas, however, this latter measure might not achieve the desired objective ; whereas provi- sion for any further measures which may be necessary should therefore be made ; () 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. 9. () OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11. () OJ No L 204, 28. 7. 1986, p. 1. Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No' 337/79 provides that only producers fulfilling the obligations laid down in Article 39 and, where appropriate, Article 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 Regula- tion may not exceed 18 % of the total quantity of table wine produced by each holder in the marketing year in which the long-term contract was concluded ; whereas the quantity of table wine produced to which the said percen- tage 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 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2391/85 (), 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 speci- fying 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 Regulation should take place in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2179/83 of 25 July 1983 laying down general rules for distillation operations invol- ving wine and the by-products of wine-making, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85 (*°) ; whereas, pursuant to Articles 4, 5§ and 26 of that Regulation, time limits should be fixed for the submission of applications for approval of delivery contracts and declarations, for approval by the intervention agencies and for the distilla- tion 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 delivery contract and in the declaration should also be specified ; OJ No L 194, 24. 7. 1984, p. 1. O] No L 225, 23. 8. 1985, p. 13. OJ No L 113, 1. 5. 1975, p. 1. OJ No L 333, 11. 12. 1980, p. 18.