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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No991/79
of17May1979
settingoutascheduleoftablesandlayingdownthedefinitionsrelatingtobasicstatisticalsurveysof
areasundervinesandrepealingRegulationsNo143andNo26/64/EEC
(OJ L 129, 28.5.1979, p. 1)
Amended by:
OfficialJournal
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No991/79
of17May1979
setting out a schedule of tables and laying down the definitions
relating to basic statistical surveys of areas under vines and
repealingRegulationsNo143andNo26/64/EEC
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to CouncilRegul ation (EEC) No 357/79 of 5 February
1979 on statisticalsurveys of areas under vines (1), and in particular
Article 4 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation No 24 on the progressive establishment of a
common organization of the market in wine (2), and in particular Article
5 thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Article 4 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 357/
79 the Member States are to submit the results of the basic surveys in the
form of a schedule of tables to be adopted in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 8 of the said Regulation;
Whereas, in order to ensure the comparability of data shown in these
tables, it is necessary to provide for certain definitions relating to thebasic surveys;
Whereas the system of statisticalsurveys of areas under vines provided
for by Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 replaces the viticultural land register
provided for by Article 1 of Regulation No 24;
Whereas, in consequence of this, it is necessary to repealCommission
Regulation No 143 containing preliminary arrangements for thepreparation of the viticultural land register (
3) and Commission
Regulation No 26/64/EEC of 28 February 1964 laying down additionalprovisions for the preparation of the viticultural land register, for its
management and for keeping it up to date (
4), which have now lapsed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statisticsand the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The form of the schedule of tables for the basic surveys of the areas
under vines shall be as set out in Annex I hereto.
Article 2
1. The definitions relating to the basic surveys are given in Annex II
hereto.
2. Given that the basic statisticalsurveys cover the situation at the
end of the wine-growing year, the area under vines planted, replanted or
grafted during the wine-growing year preceding the survey shall be
considered to be under one year old.
Article 3
Regulations No 143 and No 26/64/EEC are repealed with effect from 20
May 1978.1979R0991 — EN — 28.10.1985 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 124.
(2) OJ No 30, 20. 4. 1962, p. 989/62.
(3) OJ No 127, 1. 12. 1962, p. 2789/62.
(4) OJ No 48, 19. 3. 1964, p. 753/64.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.1979R0991 — EN — 28.10.1985 — 001.001 — 3
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ANNEX I
TABLE 1
HOLDINGS,CULTIVATEDAREAUNDERVINESANDAGRICULTURALAREAINUSE(AA)BROKEN
DOWNBYTYPEOFPRODUCTIONANDBYSIZECLASS
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TABLE 2
HOLDINGS, CULTIVATED AREA UNDER VINES (a)AND AGRICULTURAL AREA IN USE (AA)
BROKENDOWNBYSIZECLASSANDBYTHEPERCENTAGEOFAAUNDERVINES
2.1. Allholdings.
2.2. Holdingswhoseentire areaisdevotedtotheproductionofqualitywinespsr.2.3. Holdingswhoseentire areaisdevotedtotheproductionofotherwines.2.4. Holdingswhoseentire areaisdevotedtovarieties oftablegrapes.
2.5. Holdingswhoseentire areaisdevotedtovarieties ofgrapesfordrying (
b).
2.6. Otherholdingshavingareasundervines (c).
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(a) The area for the production of vegetative propagation materialis not taken into account in Tabl e 2.1 to 2.6.
(b) Optionalfor al lMember States except Greece.
(c) ‘Other’ means holdings not included under holdings 2.2, and 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5.
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TABLE 3
HOLDINGS AND AREA UNDER WINE-GRAPE VINE VARIETIES BROKEN DOWN BY SIZE CLASS
AND BY THE PERCENTAGE OF AREA UNDERWINE-GRAPE VINE VARIETIESFOR PRODUCTION
OFQUALITYWINESPSR
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TABLE 4
AREAUNDERWINE-GRAPEVARIETIESBROKENDOWNBYVARIETYANDBYAGEOFTHEVINES,
INHA
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TABLE 5
AREAUNDERWINE-GRAPEVINEVARIETIESBROKENDOWNBYTYPEOFPRODUCTIONANDBY
YIELDCLASS,INHA
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ANNEX II
Within the meaning of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
(a) holding:
a technico-economic unit under a single management and producing
agricultural products;
(b) agricultural area in use (AAU):
the total area of arable land, permanent pasture and meadows, land under
permanent crops and family gardens;
(c) area under vines cultivated:
the totalarea of l and under vines, in production or not yet in production,
intended for the production of grapes and/or vegetative propagation material
for vines which was subjected to regular cultivation to obtain from it a
marketable product;
(d) area under wine grape varieties for quality wines psr:
area under wine grape varieties suitable for the production of quality wines
produced in specified regions (psr) conforming to the provisions of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 of 5 February 1979 (1) and to the provisions laid
down to implement this Regulation, as well as to the national provisions laid
down in Article 19 of this same Regulation;
(e) area under wine grape varieties for other wines:
area under wine grape varieties cultivated for the production of wines other
than quality wines psr;
(f) wine-growing year:
the wine-growing year begins on 1 September and ends on 31 August;
(g) vegetative propagation materialfor vines; nurseries; parent vines for root-
stock:
as defined in CouncilDirective 68/193/EEC of 9 April1968 on the marketing
of vegetative propagation materialfor vines (2);
(h) wine grape varieties; table grape varieties:
as defined in CouncilRegul ation (EEC) No 347/79 of 5 February 1979 on
general rules applying to the classification of vine varieties (3).1979R0991 — EN — 28.10.1985 — 001.001 — 9
(1) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 48.
(2) OJ No L 93, 17. 4. 1968, p. 15.
(3) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 75.