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12.1.68 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL9/17
REGULATION (EEC)No39/68OFTHECOMMISSION
of11January1968
amendingRegulationNo26/64/EECasregardskeepingtheviticultural
landregisteruptodate
orwhichhaveyettobemadeinpursuanceofother
provisionsshouldbeusedforkeepingtheregister
uptodateand,asregardsstocknurseriesand
cuttingnurseries,allrelevantinformationwhichcan
shouldbeusedforthatpurposebytheMember
States;
Whereas,inordertofollowthedevelopmentofvine
cultivationunderglass,completeandsystematic
informationcommunicated everytwoyearsbyMem­
berStatesispreferabletosamplesurveys;whereas
itisappropriate,therefore,toamendArticle4of
RegulationNo26/64/EECaccordingly ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegu­
lationareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforWine;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoRegulationNo241onthepro­
gressiveestablishment ofacommonorganisationof
themarketinwine,andinparticularArticle5
thereof;
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulationNo1432
layingdowninitialprovisionsforthepreparationof
theviticulturallandregister,andinparticular
Article7thereof;
Whereasthepreparationsfortheestablishment of
theviticulturallandregisterhavebeencompleted
ornearlyso;whereasitisthereforenecessaryto
drawupmeasuresforkeepingituptodate;
Whereas,inordertounderstandthesituationand
developmentoftheCommunitymarketinwine,the
developmentoftheareaundervinesandtheselection
ofvinevarietiesemployedineachoftheadminis­
trativeunitsoftheMemberStatesneedtobe
followedcontinuouslyandindetailasregardsthetype
ofcultivation,thenatureofproduceandtheposition
ofeachvineyardplot;
Whereas,byreasonoftheforegoing,itispreferable
thatasystemofyearlydeclarationsontheplanting
andgrubbingofvinesshouldreplacethestatistical
samplesurveysprovidedforinArticle3ofCom­
missionRegulationNo26/64/EEC3of28February
1964layingdownadditionalprovisionsforthe
preparationoftheviticulturallandregister;
Whereas,forthesakeoftechnicalsimplicity,the
officialdeclarationswhicharealreadyinexistenceHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefollowingprovisionsshallbesubstitutedorthe
provisionsofArticle3ofRegulationNo26/64/EEC:
'1.Theviticulturallandregistershallbecompletely
revisedeverytenyears,beginningin1977.
Inthemeantimetheregistershallbekeptuptodate
eachyearbydeclarationsontheplantingand
grubbingofvineseffectedduringtheperiodreferred
toinparagraph2.
2.Thedeclarationsshallbemadeinwritingby
thenaturalandlegalpersonsreferredtoinArticle
1ofRegulationNo143andshallbesentbefore
15Junetotheauthoritiesappointedinaccordance
withnationalprovisions.Allplantingorgrubbing
ofvineyardplotsorofpartsthereofeffectedduring
theperiodfrom1Juneoftheprecedingyearto
31Mayoftheyearduringwhichthedeclarationis
madeshallbeshownseparatelyinthedeclarations .
However,thefirstdeclarationshallcovertheperiod
fromthedateoftheestablishment oftheregister1OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.989/62.
2OJNo127,1.12.1962,p.2789/62.
3OJNo48,19.3.1964,p.753/64.

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—thenatureofproduceand
—agegroups.
7.Notlaterthan30Novemberofeachyear,
MemberstatesshallnotifytheCommission ,in
triplicate,oftheresultsoftheupdatingoftheir
recordsinaccordancewithparagraph6above.'to31Mayoftheyearinwhichthatfirstdeclaration
ismade.
3.Thedeclarationsshallincludethefollowing
particulars :
—thenameandaddressofthevinegrower,
—thenameandaddressoftheowner(s)ofthe
vineyardplotorofthepartthereofplantedor
grubbed,
—particularsrequiredtoidentifythevineyardplot
orthepartthereof,
—theareaofthevineyardplotorthepartthereof
plantedorgrubbed,Article2
ThefollowingArticleshallbeaddedtoRegulation
No26/64/EEC:
'Article3(b)
—theposition,
—thenatureofproduce,
—thetypeofcultivation,
—theselectionofvinevarieties,1.ForthepurposesapplyingthisRegulation,the
definitionsof"natureofproduce","typeofculti­
vation"and"vineyardplot"shallbethosegivenin
Article3ofRegulationNo143.
2.ForthepurposesofthisRegulation :
—"planting"meanstheplantingofvineplantsor
partsofvineplantsoverauniformsurface,with
theintentionofcreatingorrenewingavineyard
plotorpartofavineyardplot;
—"grubbing"meansthecompleteremovalofall
vine-stocksfromavineyardplotorfrompart
ofavineyardplot.'
Article3—theageofgrubbedvine-stocks .
4.UntiltheentryintoforceofCommunitypro­
visionsprovidingfordeclarationsontheproduction
andmarketingofvegetativepropagationmaterial
forvines,MemberStatesshall,inordertokeepthe
viticulturallandregisteruptodate,makeuseofall
relevantinformationaboutstocknurseriesandcutting
nurseries.
5.MemberStatesmayexemptthenaturalandlegal
personsreferredtoinArticle1ofRegulationNo143
frommakingthedeclarationsprovidedforinpara­
graph1,orfromfurnishingapartoftheinformation
mentionedinparagraph3,iftheyareinpossession
ofsuchinformationthroughotherdeclarationsmade
inaccordancewithofficialprovisions.
6.MemberStatesshallkeeptheirviticulturalland
registersuptodateonthebasisofthedeclarations
andinformationmentionedinparagraph1,4and5
asregards;
(a)thetotalareaundervines,subdividedaccording
to:1.Thewords'in1977'shallbesubstitutedforthe
words'in1976'appearinginthefirstindentofthe
thirdsubparagraph ofArticle4ofRegulationNo
26/64/EEC.
2.Thewords'biennialsurveys'shallbesubstituted
forthewords'biennialstatisticalsamplesurveys'
appearinginthesecondindentofthethirdsubpara­
graphofArticle4ofRegulationNo'26/64/EEC.
3.Thewords'inaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Articles2to4'shallbesubstitutedforthewords
'inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticles2and
4'appearinginArticle5ofRegulationNo26/64/
EEC.—thetypeofcultivation,
—thenatureofproduceand
—theposition,and Article4
(b)theareacoveredbyeachofthevinevarieties,
subdividedaccordingto:Article4ofRegulationNo26/64/EECishereby
repealed.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11January1968.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
J.REY