30.11.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL333/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2776/78
of23November 1978
amendingforthesecondtimeRegulation (EEC)No1162/76onmeasures
designedtoadjustwine-growing potentialtomarketrequirements
tionandtheprohibitiononnewplantingcovers
almostalltheareasundervines,theexemption
referredtoinArticle2(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1162/76endangerstheeffectivenessofthatprohibi­
tion;whereas,therefore,thisexemptionshouldno
longerbeprovidedfortheMemberStatesconcerned,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70of28April1970layingdownadditionalprovi­
sionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
wine(!),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1861/78(2),andinparticularArticle17(5)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(3),
WhereasArticle5(1)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1162/76of17May1976onmeasuresdesignedto
adjustwine-growing potentialtomarketrequire­
ments(4),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3140/76(5),providedthattheCouncilshouldadopt,
by1October1978,themeasuresnecessarytoensure
thatwine-growing potentialisadaptedtomarket
requirements ;whereas,sincetheCouncilhasbeen
unabletoadoptthesaidmeasuresbythatdate,alater
dateshouldbefixed;whereasitisalsoadvisable,in
theabsenceofappropriatemeasurestoensurethe
equilibriumofthewinemarketandcontrolofwine­
growingpotential,toextendtheprohibitiononnew
plantingreferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1162/76;
Whereasexperiencehasshownthat,intheMember
Stateswheretheproductionofqualitywinespsr
constitutesthepredominantpartoftotalwineproduc­1.InArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1162/76,
thedate'30November1978'shallbereplacedby'30
November1979'.
2.Article2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1162/76
shallbereplacedbythefollowing:
'2.However,thefollowingshallbeexempt
fromtheprohibitionreferredtoinparagraph 1:
(a)inMemberStateswhoseproductionofquality
winespsrwaslessthan50%ofthetotalwine
productionduringthe1972/73,1973/74and
1974/75wine-growing years:
—newplantingintendedfortheproduction
ofqualitywinespsr,
—newplantingcarriedoutunderdevelop­
mentplanswhichmeettheconditionslaid
downinDirective72/159/EEC;
(b)newplantingcarriedoutinMemberStates
whichproducelessthan5000hectolitresof
wineannuallyusinggrapesharvestedontheir
territory;(!)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL215,4.8.1978,p.1.
(3)Opiniondeliveredon17November1978(notyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal).
(4)OJNoL135,24.5.1976,p.32.
(5)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.4.

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2.InArticle5(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1162/76,
thedate'1December1978'shallbereplacedby'1
December1979'.(c)newplantingcarriedoutafterre-allocation
measuresormeasuresconcerningexpropria­
tioninthepublicinterestadoptedunder
currentnationallegislation.'
Article2
1.InArticle5(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1162/76,
thedate'1October1978'shallbereplacedby'1
October1979'.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23November1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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