COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 610/94 of 18 March 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 465/94 fixing for the 1993/94 wine year the percentages of table wine production to be delivered for compulsory distillation as provided for in Article 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
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 (EEC) No 1566/93 (2), and in particular Article 39 (9) and (11),
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 441/88 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3699/92 (4), lays down detailed rules for the application of compulsory distillation as provided for in Article 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/94 (5) opens for the 1993/94 wine year the above compulsory distillation and fixes the total quantity to be distilled in the Community and the quantities to be distilled in the various regions;
Whereas Article 39 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provides that, in the case of producers who are required to distil, the quantity to be distilled must equal a percentage to be fixed of their table wine production, such percentage being obtained from a graduated scale based on yield per hectare; whereas the percentages of the production of each such producer which must be delivered for distillation should therefore be fixed; whereas, while being based on objective criteria, those percentages must be adapted to the situation of each region; whereas the scale used must allow a quantity of table wine corresponding to the obligation provided for in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 343/94 to be deducted from a region's quantity; whereas the yield classes should accordingly set out only the quantities covered by the production declarations, on which the scale is based;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 465/94 (6) fixes the percentage of table wine production which each producer must deliver for compulsory distillation in Regions 3 and 6; whereas, on the basis of the communication by Italy of the table wine production figures broken down by yield class, the percentages of the production of each producer which must be delivered for distillation should be fixed for Region 4; whereas the scale in question must be incremental, thus penalizing the highest yields; whereas Regulation (EC) No 465/94 should be amended to include the provisions applicable in Region 4;
Whereas the provisions of this Regulation must enter into force immediately;
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
Regulation (EC) No 465/94 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in the title, the words 'in Regions 3 and 6' are deleted;
2. in Article 1 (1), the following point (c) is inserted:
'(c) Region 4:
Production obtained with a yield, expressed in hectolitres per hectare:
- not exceeding 45: 1 887 143 hectolitres
- of more than 45, but not more than 70: 8 394 081 hectolitres
- of more than 70, but not more than 90: 11 843 922 hectolitres
- of more than 90, but not more than 110: 10 209 474 hectolitres
- of more than 110, but not more than 125: 4 853 825 hectolitres
- of more than 125, but not more than 140: 2 002 827 hectolitres
- of more than 140, but not more than 170: 1 261 827 hectolitres
- of more than 170, but not more than 200: 195 041 hectolitres
- exceeding 200: 228 774 hectolitres.';
3. in Article 1 (2), the following subparagraph is added:
'The average yield in Region 4 shall be 77 hectolitres per hectare.';
4. the Annex is replaced by 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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 March 1994.