- 10. 9. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 260/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2710/87 of 9 September 1987 . laying down for the 1986/87 wine year detailed rules for the application of the addmonal measures applicable to holders of long-term storage contracts for table wine THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establlshlng the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accessmn 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 42 (6) 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 2594/87 (5), _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 A I, R T and R II have remained lower than the respective activating prices since the beginning of the wine year ; whereas, therefore, the first condition required under Article 42 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 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 A I, R I'and R II during the reference period ; Whereas during the storage period there is a natural alte- ration in the volatile acidity of the wine which might exceed the limit provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3950/86 of 23 December 1986 authorizing the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for certain table wines for the 1986/87 wine year ("), which was laid down with a storage period of nine months in () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 26. () O No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 9: (9 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1. * () O No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11. (9 OF No L 245, 29. 8. 1987, p. 11. () O No L 365, 24. 12. 1986, p. 42. view ; whereas it seems appropriate to permit that the wine should be considered to have fulfilled the required conditions even if the volatile acidity content is higher than that laid down by the said Regulation, provided that the limit laid down for table wine of the type in question has not been exceeded and that all other administrative and technical conditions are complied with; Whereas these measures should make provision for remo- ving from the market by distillation a quantity of wine and for delaying for several months the marketing of the remaining quantity held by holders of long-term storage contracts, in anticipation of a.recovery of the market; whereas, however, this latter measure might not achieve the desired objective ; whereas provision for any further measures which may be necessary should therefore be made ; Whereas Article 47 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 that only producers who have satisfied the obligations laid down in Article 35 and, where appropriate, Articles 36 and 39 of that Regulation during a reference period to be determined may qualify for the intervention measures ; whereas that period must therefore be specified ; whereas, in certain cases, such proof can only be furnished at a -. date falling after the activation of these measures and whereas this provision therefore threatens to delay their implementation ; whereas, for this reason, the Member States should be empowered to authorize access to the said measures at an earlier date; whereas this facility should be subject to conditions ensuring that producers who have not complied with the said obligations are excluded from the measures in question ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 42 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, 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 2528/87 (%), as in the records provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1153/75 of 30 April 1975 prescribing the form of () OJ No L 194, 24. 7. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 240, 22. 8. 1987, p. 11. AN