COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3369/92 of 24 November 1992 amending for the thirteenth 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 1756/92 (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 3774/91 (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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/80 (8), for the whole of the territory of the United Kingdom and for certain administrative units of Spain, Germany, France and Italy; 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 certain Spanish, German 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 experience has shown that wine obtained from certain wine-grape varieties authorized for certain Spanish, German, French and Italian administrative units have proved suitable for producing wine which may be considered as normally of good quality and whereas those varieties should therefore be classified among the varieties recommended for those Spanish, German, French and Italian administrative units in accordance with Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas the opportunity of this amendment should be taken to correct the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 in line with the views expressed by the experts in the field;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2167/92 (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2959/92 (10) authorized the vine varieties traditionally cultivated in Portugal for the 1992/93 wine year; whereas the vine varieties authorized in that country should be included in Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81;
Whereas a classification of rootstock varieties for the whole of Germany simplifies the structure of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3800/91 without altering its content and is in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas in order to permit the use of the vine varieties included in this Regulation for the 1992/93 wine year, it should apply from 1 September 1992;
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 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 November 1992.