No L 249/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 9. 90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2618/90 of 11 September 1990 implementing additional measures applicable to holders of long-term storage contracts for table wine for the 1989/90 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 -1325/90 (3, and in particular Article 42:(6) thereof, . Whereas the measures implemented to support the wine market have not fully produced the results expected; whereas, therefore, the first condition laid down in Article 42 (1) 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 wine of types AL, AIl, R1 and RII during the reference period ; Whereas, in view of the market situation, distillation as provided for in Article 42 (2) should be opened for a quantity enabling at the same time stocks to be reduced and sound conditions to be- restored on the market, both of which are vital for proper management; whereas, to the same end, the storage of the wine in question as provided for in that Article should be permitted for a period of four months; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 ("), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 51/90 (), lays down detailed rules for the application of voluntary distillation as provided for in Articles 38, 41 and 42-of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; whereas . Commission Regulation: (EEC) No - 2270/90 () fixes the prices and the aid applicable to distillation as: provided for in Article 42 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1990/91 wine year ;- . \ Whereas storage contracts must be concluded in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 of 29 April 1983 on storage contracts -for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. ) OJ No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 19. () OJ No L 241, 1. 9. 1988, p. 88. () O] No L 8, 11. 1. 1990, p. 21. () OJ No L 204, 2. 8. 1990, p. 48. concentrated - grape must(), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2753/89 () ; whereas, in order to be able to take account of changes in the market situation, provision should be made for the possibility of terminating contracts ; 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. The additional measures provided for in Article 42 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 shall apply for the 1989/90 ‘wine year. 2. Holders of long-term storage contracts for the 1989/90 wine year for table wine of types AL, AIl R1 and RII may, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 : (a) undertake distillation of a quantity of table wine covered by a contract of up to 3 % of the total quantity of table wine which they produced in the 1989/90 wine year; (b) conclude one or more storage contracts for a period of four - months under the conditions laid down- in Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 for all or part of the quantity of table wine covered by a contract exceeding 3% of the total quantity of table wine which they produced ‘during the 1989/90 wine year. Article 2 1.. Contracts as referred to in Article 1 (2) (b) shall be concluded not later than 15 January 1991. If a holder of a long-term storage contract decides to take advantage of the possibility laid down in Article 1 (2) (b) in respect of all the wine covered by a long-term storage contract, the intervention agency may extend the old contract for the new period- by altering the relevant wording. 2. In the case of storage contracts as referred to in Atticle 1 (2) (b), the amount of the aid shall be that laid down for long-term storage contracts for the 1989/90 “wine year. {9 OJ No L 116, 30. 4. 1983, p. 77. () OJ No L 266, 13. 9. 1989, p. 21.