COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3774/91 of 18 December 1991 amending for the twelfth 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 Economic 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 (EEC) No 1734/91 (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 1565/91 (4);
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 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/80 (6), for certain French administrative units and for one Italian administrative unit; whereas those varieties should be included in the category of vine varieties provisionally authorized for those administrative units, in accordance with Article 11 (1) (b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89 of 24 July 1989 on general rules for the classification of vine varieties (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (8);
Whereas experience has shown that wine obtained from one wine-grape vine variety authorized for certain French administrative units may be considered as normally of good quality; whereas that variety should therefore be classified among the varieties recommended for those French administrative units in accordance with Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas experience has shown that wine obtained from certain wine-grape and table-grape vine varieties authorized for certain Greek administrative units may be considered as normally of good quality; whereas those varieties should accordingly be classified among the varieties recommended for those Greek administrative units in accordance with Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas ommissions should be made good by providing for the classification of certain vine varieties used to produce table wine among the varieties authorized for part of one French administrative unit and for certain Greek administrative units in accordance with Article 11 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas the classification of wine-grape and table-grape vine varieties should include, among the varieties recommended and authorized for certain German, Greek and Italian administrative units, 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 the new German Laender may be considered administrative units within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89, as amended by Section IV of Annex XII to Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90;
Whereas certain wine-grape vine varieties have been examined and recognized as suitable for cultivation in certain German administrative units; whereas those wine-grape vine varieties should be classified for those administrative units in the category of provisionally authorized vine varieties in accordance with Article 11 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
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 seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 December 1991.