31. 10. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 317/73 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3186/92 of 30 October 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of compulsory distillation as provided for in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing 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 1756/92 (3, and in particular Article 35 (8) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 (°) lays down general rules for distillation operations involving wine and the by-products of winemaking; whereas Articles 13 (1) and 14 (1) of that Regulation provide that under certain conditions certain winegrowers may not be subject to the obligations to deliver to the distilleries by-products of winemaking or any other processing of grapes as referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; Whereas Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2182/91 (°), provides that winegrowers in the Italian part of wine-growing zone may take advantage of that possibi- lity where they have carried out vinification or any other processing of grapes involving a quantity corresponding to more than 25 hectolitres but not more than 40 hectoli- tres of wine ; Whereas Portuguese winegrowers fall within production areas where the distillation of by-products of winemaking or any other processing of grapes represents a dispropor- - tionate burden on account in particular of the costs of transport, given the quantities covered by the obligation ; whereas winegrowers in the wine-growing zone of Portugal should accordingly also qualify under the measure applicable to producers in the Italian part of wine-growing zone C; Whereas provision should be made for the measure to - take effect from the beginning of the 1992/93 wine year ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant manage- ment committees, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 In Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3104/88, ‘In the Italian part of wine-growing zones C’ is hereby replaced by ‘In the Italian part of wine-growing zone C and in the wine-growing zone of Portugal’. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its - publication in the Official jJournal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 October 1992. () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 180, 1. 7. 1992, p. 27. () O No L 202, 14. 7. 1989, p. 14. () OJ No L 277, 8. 10. 1988, p. 21. () OJ No L 202, 25. 7. 1991, p. 18. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission