No L 366/56 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 12. 90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3825/90 of 19 December 1990 on the transitional measures applicable in Portugal from 1 January to 1 September 1991 in the wine sector 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, and in particular Article 257 (1) and in Article 338, paragraph 2 (a) thereof, Whereas, pursuant to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, the common organization of the market in wine applies to Portugal from the beginning of the second stage of accession; whereas, however, important market management measures cannot be put into operation effectively in that Member State during the current marketing year; whereas application of the market management measures should therefore be postponed until the next marketing year; whereas, however, in order to allow a harmonious transition to be made from the former scheme to the Community scheme and to ensure the equilibrium of the Portuguese market, specific distillation applicable to the current marketing should be initiated; whereas the effect of this distillation should be equivalent to the effect the application of the normal instruments would have; Whereas the current level of wine prices in Portugal does not justify the collection of a regulatory amount; whereas, moreover, this situation allows a specific moni- toring system for trade between Portugal and the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 to be adopted for the transitional period; Whereas fixing export refunds for Portugal at a level different from that for the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 is not justified; Whereas it is essential to extend until 1 September 1991 the derogations in force concerning ‘vinho verde’; 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 Until 31 August 1991 the Community rules on the wine sector shall apply to Portugal subject to the specific provisions of this Regulation. Article 2 1. Title III of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (*) shall not apply. 2.  No regulatory amount shall be collected for exports from Portugal to the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985. ' Article 3 Notwithstanding Article 341 of the Act of Accession, ‘vinho verde’ may not: — be marketed with a total alcoholic strength by volume of less than 8,5 % vol, — have a total sulphur dioxide content of more than 300 mg/1. Article 4 The mechanism provided for in Article 249 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal shall be applied as follows: Portugal shall inform the Commission by the tenth day of each month of the quantities of wine products consigned to the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 during the preceding month, broken down according to the categories defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87. Article 5 A distillation scheme solely for producers of table wine in Portugal and financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section is hereby instituted. The provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 (*), with the exception of Articles 8, 11 to 19, 25, 26 and 27 thereof, shall apply to this distillation scheme, as shall the following provisions: (a) The contracts and declarations referred to respectively in Article 4 (1) and Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 shall be submitted to the intervention agency for approval not later than 31 January 1991. Only table wines in quantities of not less than 10 hectolitres may be the subject of such contracts. () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 202, 14. 7. 1989, p: 14.