Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:1998:360
Date: 1998-07-14
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;Wine
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Italy

Summary of the J u d g m e n t 
Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Wine — Ban on new planting of vines — 
Varieties intended for the production of table grapes — Included as a result of Regulation No 
1325/90 until 31 August 1996 
(Council Regulation No 822/87, Art. 6(1), as amended by Regulation No 1325/90) 
The ban in Article 6(1) of Regulation N o 
822/87 on the common organisation of the 
market in wine, as amended by Regulation 
N o 1325/90, on any new planting of vines 
was extended, under the rules laid down by 
the second regulation and for a period ending 
on 31 August 1996, to vines intended for the 
production of table grapes. During the years 
1991 and 1992, that ban therefore applied to 
varieties intended for the production of such 
grapes. 
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