1.The aid referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 is paid, subject to the condition referred to in paragraph 3 of the same Article, to distillers, which process wine into raw alcohol with an alcoholic strength of at least 92 % vol.
2.The aid may include a minimum price, which shall be transferred by the distillers to the wine producers.
3.Member States may provide for support to be advanced provided that the beneficiary has lodged a security.