28. 11. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 347/25 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3540/89 of 27 November 1989 laying down supplementary provisions on preventive distillation of 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common oragnization of the market in wine (), as' last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (%), and in particular Article 38 (5) -thereof, Whereas, with a view to applying Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2485/89 of 14 August 1989 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1989/90 wine year (%), it is necessary to know the areas cultivated for production, in order to determine the quantity which producers may have distilled ; whereas a high number of Greek producers do not have the necessary data owing to the adminis- tration’s delay in introducing the planned administrative structures ; - whereas, so that the abovementioned producers -are not prevented from .qualifying under the measure, provision should be made for the reference areas to be determined on the basis of a flat-rate yield for Greece as a whole; ~ 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 The following supplementary provisions shall apply in Greece to preventive distillation introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 2485/89: The area to be used when calculating the quantity of table wine or wine suitable for yielding table wine which Greek- producers may have distilled shall be obtained by dividing - the quantity given as wine in the table wine column of the production. declaration which- they have presented pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3929/87 (4 by 65. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into-force on the first day following ‘its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1989. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 November 1989. () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 128, 11. 5. 1989, p. 31. () OJ No L 238, 15. 8. 1989, p. 21. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission () OJ No L 369, 29. 12. 1987, p. 59.