COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3255/94 of 19 December 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 of 16 December 1981 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 organization of the market in wine (1) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1891/94 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,
Whereas 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 (EEC) No 3369/92 (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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (6);
Whereas certain wine-grape vine varieties have been examined and found to be 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 the whole of the territory of the United Kingdom and for certain administrative units of Germany, Italy, Greece and Spain; whereas those varieties should be included in the category of vine varieties provisionally authorized for that territory and those administrative units, in accordance with Article 11 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas the classification of wine-grape and table-grape varieties should include among the varieties authorized and recommended for the whole of Belgium and for certain administrative units of Germany, Greece, Italy and Portugal, 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;
Whereas experience has shown that the wine obtained from certain wine-grape vine varieties and the grapes obtained from certain table-grape vine varieties which have been included for five years in the classification of varieties authorized for certain administrative units of Germany, Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal may be considered as normally of good quality; whereas those varieties should therefore be classified among the varieties recommended for those administrative units in accordance with
Article 11
(2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas certain wine-grape and table-grape vine varieties that have been included for at least five years in the classification of varieties provisionally authorized for some administrative units of Italy and certain administrative units of Greece have been found to be suitable for cultivation; whereas these varieties should therefore be permanently classified among the vine varieties authorized and recommended for those administrative units in accordance with Article 11 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas experience has shown that the requirements remaining in the list of recommended varieties for certain administrative units of Italy and Germany have not been fulfilled for one vine variety; whereas that variety should therefore be classified among the varieties authorized for those administrative units in accordance with Article 11 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas certain vine varieties authorized in the United Kingdom were earlier eliminated when their period of temporary authorization expired; whereas it has been found that these plants have not been replaced, for the time being, and in order not to penalize the procedures, these varieties should be re-inserted;
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 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 of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 1994.