COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2548/1999
of 2 December 1999
amending for the 19th time Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 determining the classification of vine varieties
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999(2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) the classification of vine varieties approved for cultivation in the Community is determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1231/98(4), in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89 of 24 July 1989 on general rules for the classification of vine varieties(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2088/97(6);
(2) the classification of wine-grape and table-grape vine varieties should include among the varieties authorised and recommended for certain administrative units of Germany, France, Greece, Italy and Spain certain varieties which have been listed for at least five years in the classification for an administrative unit immediately bordering thereon and which therefore satisfy the condition laid down in the first indent of Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
(3) certain wine-grape vine varieties have been examined and found suitable for cultivation in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2314/72 of 30 October 1972 on certain measures for examining the suitability of certain vine varieties for cultivation(7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2462/93(8), for certain administrative units of Germany, Greece and Italy. Those varieties should be included in the vine varieties provisionally authorised for those administrative units in accordance with Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
(4) wines obtained from certain wine-grape vine varieties that have been included for at least five years in the category of varieties authorised for certain administrative units of Germany, Italy and France have been found to be of good quality as a rule. Those varieties should therefore be classified among the vine varieties recommended for those administrative units in accordance with Article 11(2)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
(5) certain wine-grape vine varieties that have been included for at least five years in the category of varieties provisionally authorised for some administrative units of Germany, Italy and Spain have been found to be suitable for cultivation. Those varieties should therefore be permanently classified among the vine varieties authorised and recommended for those administrative units in accordance with Article 11(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
(6) some corrections should be made;
(7) 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 Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 December 1999.