No L 209/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 7. 87 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2287/87 of 30 July 1987 on the granting of aid for the use in winemaking of concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must in respect of the 1987/88 wine year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ~ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 on the common organization of the market in wine (‘), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1972/87 (%), and in particular Articles 45 (4) and 81 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 %)), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (%), 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 1953/87 (9), Whereas Article 45 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 intro- duced an aid scheme for concentrated must and rectified concentrated must produced within the Community and used to increase the alcoholic strength of wines; 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 necessary to require additional documents to be produced in order for the aid to be received; Whereas the aid should be fixed having regard to the difference between the cost of enrichment by means of concentrated grape must, rectified concentrated grape must and sucrose, respectively ; whereas the information available to the Commission indicated that the aid should () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 26. 33 O] No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1. 5 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1. () OF No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11. (9 OJ No L 185, 4. 7. 1987, p. 68. be fixed at rates varying according to the product used for enrichment and should be fixed as specified in the enac- ting terms of this Regulation ; whereas, in Spain, prices for the corresponding products differ from those recorded in the Community of Ten ; whereas, in accordance with Article 128 of the Act of Accession, aid applicable in Spain should therefore be fixed taking such differences into account ; whereas, to ensure uniform application of the aid scheme in question, the establishment of the potential alcoholic strength of musts should be harmo- nized at Community level ; ‘Whereas the cost price of grape must used in the produc- tion of concentrated grape must and rectified concen- trated 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 vary the amount of the aid by fixing 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. Aid shall be granted, subject to the conditions set out in this Regulation, to producers of table wines or quality wines psr who use concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must produced within the Community excluding Portugal to increase the natural alcoholic strength by volume of the products referred to in Article 18 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Article 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 1986/87 wine year were subject to the obligations laid - down in Article 35, 36 or 39 of that Regulation shall not be entitled to receive the aid provided for in this Regula- () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59.