<20. 8. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 231/11 COMMISSION 'REGULATION ‘(EEC) No 2598/88 of 17 August 1988 laying -down detailed rules for implementing the system of aid for the use of concentrated grape must for the manufacture in the United Kingdom and -Ireland of certain products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty estabhshmg the European Economic 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 (EEC) No 2253/88 (3, and in particular Articles 46 (5) and 81 thereof, Whereas, under the second and third indents of the first subparagraph of Article 46 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 an aid system was introduced for the use of grape musts and concentrated grape musts produced in wine- growing zones C III (a) and C III (b) for the preparation in the United Kingdom and Ireland of certain products, falling within CN code 2206 and for the use of concen- trated grape musts produced in the Community for the manufacture of certain products marketed in the United Kingdom and in Ireland with instructions for obtaining from them a beverage in imitation of wine; Whereas the products falling within CN code 2206 referred to'in the second indent of the first subparagraph - of Article 46 (1) of the abovementioned Regulation are at the moment produced exclusively from concentrated grape must ; whereas, at present, aid should therefore be fixed for the use of concentrated grape must alone; Whereas implementation of the aid system requires administrative arrangements for checking both the origin of the products for which aid is given and the use to which they are put; Whereas, to ensure that the aid system and the controls operate properly, operators concerned must be required to submit written applications giving the information neces- - sary to identify the product and enable the operations to . be checked ; Whereas, so that the aid system can have an appreciable effect on the quantity of Community products used, a minimum quantity for which applications may be submitted should be fixed ; Whereas it should also be stated that aid will be granted only for products having the minimum quality characte- () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 3. ristics required for use for the purposes indicated in the second and third indents of the first subparagraph of Article 46 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; Whereas, to enable the competent authorities of the Member States to carry out the necessary checks, obliga- tions on operators in regard to the keeping of stock records should be laid down in addition to the provisions of Title II of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1153/75() as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 418/86 (%); Whereas it should be laid down that entitlement to aid is established at the moment when the processing opera- tions are completed; whereas, to allow for technical losses, the quantity actually used should be allowed to be up to 10 % less than that shown in the application ; Whereas for technical reasons operators lay in their stocks a long time before manufacturing the marketed products ; whereas arrangements should accordingly be made to enable advance payment of the aid to be made to opera- tors, the competent authorities being guaranteed by an appropriate security against the risk of incorrect payment ; whereas the period within which advance payment is to be made and the procedure for release of the security should be specified ; : 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 This Regﬁlation lays down the detailed rules for imple- menting the second indent of Article 46 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87. The aid shall be granted : — to manufacturers, hereinafter referred to as ‘manufac- turers’, who use concentrated grape must made enti- rely from grapes produced within wine-growing zones C IIT (a) and C II (b) for the manufacture in the United Kingdom and Ireland, of products falling () OJ No L 113, 1. 5. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 8.-