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25.3.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL71/1
REGULATION (EEC)No608/71OFTHECOUNCIL
of22March1971
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1388/70ongeneralrulesfortheclassificationofvine
varieties
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1 establishingthe HavingregardtotheTreaty
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;1.ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle2
(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No1388/70:
'(b)"tablegrapevariety"meansavinevariety
whichcomeswithinthecommonquality
standardsfortablegrapesadoptedunder
RegulationNo23,normallycultivatedfor
theproductionofgrapesforconsumption
whenfresh;'
2.Thefollowingthirdindentshallbeaddedto
Article2(2)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No1388/70:
'—theproductionofgrapesnormallyusedinthe
canningindustry;'
Article2
ThefollowingArticleshallbeaddedtoRegulation
(EEC)No1388/70:HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
816/701of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganisationof.the
marketinwine,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2612/70,2andinparticularArticle16(1)thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe
Commission ;
Whereasathasbecomeapparentthattheprovisions
ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1388/703of13July
1970ongeneralrulesfortheclassificationofvine
varietiesaresometimestoonarrowinconcepttotake
accountofeconomicneeds;whereasitisnecessaryin
particulartoadmittothecategoryofgrapevarieties
forspecialusesthoseusedinthecanningindustry,
andnottoclassifythemwithtablegrapevarieties;
Whereas,sincedifferentnamesareusedtodescribea
singlevinevariety,itisappropriatetoestablish
withintheclassificationalistofsynonymsknowto
beusedinthetrade;whereas,moreover,alistof
homonymsmaybeusefulwhereasingletermisvised
tocoverseveralvinevarieties;
Whereasitisappropriate ,moreover,thatvarieties
intendedfortheproductionofvegetativepropagation
materialforvines,usedexclusivelyforexport,and
notlistedintheclassification ,shouldbeacceptable
forcultivation;
WhereasArticle10(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1388/70givesanexhaustivelistofcasesinwhichthe
classification ofvinevarietiesmaybealtered;
whereasitisessential,inordertoproducea
satisfactoryclassification ,topermitalterationsother
thanthoseprovidedforinthatparagraph;'Article9a
1.SubjecttotheprovisionsofArticle5(d)(3)
oftheCouncilDirectiveof9April19684onthe
marketingofmaterialforthevegetative
propagationofthevine,asamendedbythe
Directiveof22March1971,3alistofsynonyms
ofthevinevarietiesappearingintheclassification
shallbeincludedintheclassification ifsuch
synonymsare:
(a)usedinthetradetodesignatethewines
producedfromthevinevarietiesinquestion
and
(b)sufficientlywellknown.
2.Alistofhomonymsofthevinevarieties
referredtoinparagraph1mayalsobeincluded.'
1OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
2OJNoL281,16.12.1970,p.6.
3OJNoL155,16.7.1970,p.5.4OJNoL93,17.4.1968,p.15.
5OfNoL71,25.3.1971,p.16.

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Article3 Article5
ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle11(2)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1388/70:
'2.MemberStatesmay,however,permit
derogationsfromtheprovisionsofthefirstindent
ofparagraph1forthefollowingpurposes:
—testingofthecultivationsuitabilityofavine
varietynotlistedintheclassificationforthe
administrative unitorpartthereofconcerned
orfortheCommunityasawhole;1.ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle10
(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1388/70:
'1.From1January1971,onlyrecommended
vinevarietiesmaybeaddedtotheclassificationof
vinevarieties.'
2.Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthefirst
subparagraphofArticle10(2):
'Theadditionprovidedforinparagraph1maybe
madeonlyifthecultivationsuitabilityofthe
varietiesinquestionisconsideredsatisfactoryfor
anadministrative unitorpartthereofor,'where
appropriate,fortheCommunityasawhole.'—scientificresearch;
—selectionorcrossingstudies;
Article4
ThefollowingArticleshallbeaddedtoRegulation
(EEC)No1388/70:—productionofvegetativevinepropogation
materialforvinesreservedexclusivelyfor
exporttothirdcountriesonconditionthat
thereissuitablecontroloverproduction .
MemberStatesconcernedshallnotifythe
Commissionbefore1October1971of:
(a)thelistofvinevarietieswhicharesubjectto
thefourthindentofthefirstsubparagraph ;
and
(b)theprovisionstheyareapplyingtoensure
controloverthatproduction.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionbefore1
Octoberofeachyearofthealterationstobe
madetothatlist.''Article10a
1.Vinevarietieswhosecultivationsuitability,
aftertheestablishment oftheclassification ,is
consideredunsatisfactory foranadministrative
unitorpartthereofor,whereappropriate,forthe
Communityasawholeshallbeeliminatedfrom
theclassification fortheadministrative unitor
partthereofconcernedor,whereappropriate,fbr
theCommunityasawhole.
2.SubjecttotheprovisionsofArticle10,the
classification ofavinevarietyinoneofthe
categoriesspecifiedinArticle5shallbealteredif
itisconsideredthatitscultivationsuitability
justifiesthealteration.'Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22March1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.COINTAT