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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2693/98
of 14 December 1998
authorising the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for table wine, grape must,
concentratedgrapemustandrectifiedconcentratedgrapemustinrespectofthe1998/99wineyear
(OJ L 338, 15.12.1998, p. 8)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/1999 of 18 March 1999 L 74 7 19.3.1999
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2693/98
of 14 December 1998
authorising the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts
for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified
concentrated grape must in respect of the 1998/99 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March
1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1627/98 (2), and in particular Articles
32(5) and 83 thereof,
Whereas the forward estimate drawn up for the 1998/99 wine year
indicates that the quantities of table wine available at the beginning ofthe wine year exceed by more than four months’ supply those normallyused up over the year; whereas the conditions for authorisation oflong-term storage contracts specified in Article 32(4) of Regulation(EEC) No 822/87 are therefore met;
Whereas the abovementioned forward estimate indicates the existence
of surpluses of all types of table wine and of table wines which stand inclose economic relationship to those types of table wine; whereas it isnecessary by the same token to open this possibility for grape must,concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must;
Whereas the market for must and concentrated must for grape juice
production is expandingand to promote uses of vine products other thanwinemakingpermission should be g ranted for must and concentratedgrape must placed under a storage contract covered by CommissionRegulation (EEC) No 1059/83 (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1262/96 (4), that is intended for grape juice production to be sold
from the fifth month of the contract onwards on simple notification bythe producer to the intervention agency; whereas to promote export ofthese products this same possibility should apply;
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
Duringthe period 16 December 1998 to 15 February 1999, long -term
private storage contracts may be concluded, in accordance with theprovisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83, for:
— table wines, provided that the conditions of Article 6(3) of that
Regulation are met, and
— grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated
grape must.
Article 2
The minimum quality conditions that must be met by table wines which
may be covered by a storage contract shall be as set out in the Annexhereto.
(1) OJ L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 116, 30. 4. 1983, p. 77.
(4) OJ L 163, 2. 7. 1996, p. 18.
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By derogation to Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83, table
wines produced in Portugal must have a reduced sugar level not greaterthan 4 grams per litre.
Article 3
Producers who, within the limits laid down in the first subparagraph of
Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83, wish to conclude along-term storage contract for a table wine shall, when submittingapplications for conclusion of a contract, advise the intervention agencyof the total quantity of table wine they have produced duringthe currentwine year.
For this purpose producers shall submit a copy of the production
declaration(s) drawn up pursuant to Article 3 of Commission Regulation(EEC) No 1294/96 (
1).
Article 4
1. For the 1998/99 wine year, producers who have not applied for an
advance pursuant to Article 14(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83may, from the first day of the fifth month of storage onwards, sell thegrape must or concentrated grape must in question for exportation or forproduction of grape juice.
2. In such cases producers shall inform the intervention agency in
accordance with the terms of Article 1a of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83.
The intervention agency shall check that the must or concentrated grape
must is turned into grape juice or exported.
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Use of the products referred to in paragraph 1 for the purposes laiddown shall be regarded as total if such use covers at least 97 % of thequantities under storage contract.
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Article 5
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.
(1) OJ L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 14.
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ANNEX
MINIMUM QUALITY CONDITIONS FOR TABLE WINES
I. White wines
(a) minimum actual alcoholic strength: 10,5 % vol;
(b) maximum volatile acidity: 9 milli-equivalents per litre;(c) maximum sulphur dioxide content: 155 milligrams per litre.
II. Red wines
(a) minimum actual alcoholic strength: 10,5 % vol;
(b) maximum volatile acidity: 11 milli-equivalents per litre;(c) maximum sulphur dioxide content: 115 milligrams per litre.
Rosé wines must comply with the conditions laid down above for red wines
except as regards their sulphur dioxide content to which the same maximums asthose fixed for white wines apply.
Conditions (a) and (c) do not apply to table wines of types R III, A II and A III.