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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1871/85
of 26 June 1985
amending for the fourth 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 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 798/85 (2), and in particular Article 31 (4) thereof,
Whereas the classification of vine varieties approved for cultivation in the Community was last determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3582/83 (4);
Whereas experience shows that wines obtained from certain wine grape vine varieties and certain table grape vine varieties listed for five years in the category of authorized or temporarily authorized varieties for certain French and Greek administrative units may be regarded as normally being of good quality; whereas it is appropriate, therefore, to include these varieties among the varieties recommended for the same administrative units in accordance with Article 11 (2) (a), second indent, and (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 347/79 of 5 February 1979 on general rules for the classification of vine varieties (5), as amended by the Act of Accession of Greece;
Whereas the classification of wine grape and table grape vine varieties should be supplemented by including among the varieties recommended or authorized for certain Greek and French administrative units certain varieties which have been listed for at least five years in the category 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 347/79;
Whereas the classification should be supplemented by including certain wine grape vine varieties and one table grape vine variety which have been examined and found to be satisfactory for cultivation; whereas, in accordance with Article 11 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79, these varieties may be authorized on a provisional basis for certain German, Italian and Greek administrative units;
Whereas certain wine grape and table grape vine varieties not included among the recommended or authorized varieties for certain Greek administrative units or for administrative units immediately bordering thereon have been examined for cultivation suitability and found to be satisfactory, henceforth enabling a final assessment of the classification to be made; whereas these varieties should consequently be classified together with the varieties authorized for the Greek administrative units concerned, in accordance with Article 11 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79;
Whereas the cultivation suitability of certain authorized Greek vine varieties and of one French vine variety for special use is not satisfactory; whereas these varieties should consequently be eliminated from the category in accordance with Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79;
Whereas certain errors of substance which appeared in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 should be corrected;
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 to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 26 June 1985.