7.10.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL256/1
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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2211/77
of27September1977
amendingRegulation (EEC)No816/70layingdownadditionalprovisionsforthe
commonorganization ofthemarketinwineandRegulation (EEC)No817/70
layingdownspecialprovisionsrelatingtoqualitywinesproducedinspecified
regions
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,weightedaveragepriceonthebasisofthesinglecrit­
erionofvolume;whereas,inordertoavoidconfusion,
theterm'weightedaverageprice'shouldbereplaced
by'representativeprice';
Whereas,intheeventofexceptionalclimaticcondi­
tions,itwouldappearnecessarytopermitacidifica­
tion,duringlimitedperiodsoftheyear,inwinezones
CI(a)andCI(b)inthesameconditionsandwithin
thesamelimitsasthoselaiddownforzonesCIIand
CIIIandtopermit,incertaininstallationsonly,addi­
tionalacidification ofwinesfromzonesCIIandCIII
andpartialdeacidification ofwinesfromzonesA,B,
CI(a),CI(b)andCII;
WhereasAnnexHatoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
816/70andRegulation(EEC)No817/70of28April
1970layingdownspecialprovisionsrelatingtoquality
winesproducedinspecifiedregions(5),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No529/77(6),should
consequentlybeadapted,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParIia-%
ment(!),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee(2),
Whereasexperienceshowsthatcertainamendments
shouldbemadetoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70of28April1970layingdownadditionalprovi­
sionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
wine(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1679/77(«);
Whereasitappearsthattheweightedaveragepricesas
fixedpursuanttoArticle4ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No816/70donotalwaysshowsufficiently
quicklythatthereisanimbalanceontheCommunity
winemarket,therebyupsettingthearrangements for
puttingintervention measuresintooperation;
whereas,therefore,fortablewinesoftypesRIII,AII
andAIII,theweightingshouldnolongerbelimited
tothelowestaverageprices;whereas,inaddition,for
theothertablewinesproducedinthegreatestquan­
tityintheCommunity ,inordertomonitormore
closelythedevelopment ofproducerpricesinthe
Community soastotakeeffectiveactiononthe
marketattheappropriatetime,arepresentative
Communitypriceshouldbeestablishedonthebasis
ofanumberofquotationcentres,ratherthanaHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No816/70shallbe
replacedbythefollowing:
'1.Foreachtypeofwineforwhichaguide
priceisfixed,theCommissionshall,onthebasis
ofallthefactsavailabletoit,establisheachweek
andpublishinthe'C'seriesoftheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities :
(a)anaverageproducerprice(hereinaftercalled
the"averageprice")foreachrepresentative
marketfortherelevanttypeoftablewine;(')OJNoC163,11.7.1977,p.78.
(2)OJNoC180,28.7.1977,p.27.
(3)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
(<)OJNoL187,27.7.1977,p.15.(5)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.20.
(6)OJNoL69,16.3.1977,p.2.

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(b)fortablewinesoftypesRIII,AIIandAIII,a
representative Communityprice(hereinafter
calledthe"representative price"),corres­
pondingtotheweightedaverageofallthe
averagepricesestablished ;
(c)fortablewineoftypesRI,RIIandAI,are­
presentativeCommunity price(hereinafter
calledthe"representative price")corresponding
totheweightedaverageofhalftheaverage
pricesestablished .Thishalfshallbeconsti­
tutedbythelowestaverageprices.Wherethe
numberofaveragepricestobeusedisnota
wholenumber,itshallberoundeduptothe
wholenumberimmediatelyabove.
Wheretheapplicationoftheaforementioned
rulesresultsinthenumberofaveragepricesto
beusedbeinglessthanfiveinthecaseoftable
wineoftypeRIandlessthanthreeinthecase
oftablewinesoftypesRIIandAI,thefive
lowestpricesandthethreelowestpricesrespec­
tivelyshallbeused.However,ifthetotal
numberofaveragepricesestablishedislower
thanthesaidfigures,alltheaveragepricesesta­
blishedshallbeused.
Theweightedaveragesreferredtoin(b)and(c)shall
becalculatedonthebasisofthevolumestowhichthe
averagepricesusedrefer.'—fortheproductsreferredtoinparagraph 1
originatingfromzonesCIIandCIII,
—orforwinefromthesamewine-growing
zonesprovidedthatacidification iscarried
outintheinstallationsofthepersonwho
usedthegrapesandgrapemustfrom
whichthewineoriginated ;
—acidificationoftheproductsreferredtoinpara­
graph1maybeauthorizedinwine-growing
zonesCI(a)andCI(b)intheconditions
referredtoinparagraph 1inthecaseofzones
CIIandCIII;
—partialdeacidification ofwinefromwine­
growingzonesA,B,CI(a),CI(b)andCII
maybeauthorizedprovidedthatthedeacidifi­
cationiscarriedoutintheinstallations ofthe
personwhousedthegrapesandgrapemust
fromwhichthewineoriginated .
3.Acidificationandenrichment ,exceptbyway
ofderogationtobedecidedcasebycase,andacidi­
ficationanddeacidification ofoneandthesame
productaremutuallyexclusiveprocesses.
4.Theauthorizations pursuanttoparagraph2,
thederogationsreferredtoinparagraph3andthe
otherdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthis
Articleandinparticulartheconditionsunder
whichtheoperationsreferredtoinparagraph2
maybecarriedoutshallbeadoptedinaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7ofRegu­
lationNo24.'Article2
Theterm'weightedaveragepriceinArticles5(2),6
(3)and6c(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70shallbe
replacedbytheterm'representative price'.
Article4
Article3
Article22ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70shallbe
replacedbythefollowing:Article20ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70shallbe
replacedbythefollowing:
Article22Article20
1.Freshgrapes,grapemust,grapemustin
fermentation andnewwinestillinfermentation
maybethesubjectof:
—partialdeacidification inwine-growing zones
A,B,CI(a)andCI(b),
—acidification anddeacidification inwine­
growingzoneCII,withoutprejudicetopara­
graph3,
—acidificationinwine-growing zoneCIII.
Acidification mayonlybecarriedoutwithinan
upperlimitof1*50g/1expressedintartaricacid,
or20milliequivalents .
Moreover,grapemustintendedforconcentration
maybethesubjectofpartialdeacidification .
2.Inyearswhenclimaticconditionshavebeen
exceptional :
—additionalacidificationmaybeauthorizedup
toalimitof1-50g/1expressedintartaricacid,
or20milliequivalents :1.NoneoftheprocessesmentionedinArticles
19and20shallbeauthorizedunlesscarriedoutas
asingleoperationatthetimewhenthefresh
grapes,grapemust,grapemustinfermentationor
newwinestillinfermentation arebeingturned
intowinesuitableforyieldingtablewineorinto
tablewine,andinthewine-growing zonewhere
thefreshgrapesusedhavebeenharvested.The
sameshallapplytotheconcentration ,acidification
anddeacidification ofwinessuitableforyielding
tablewinesandoftablewines.
Eachoftheprocessesreferredtointhefirstsubpa­
ragraphmustbenotifiedtothecompetentauthori­
ties.Thesameshallapplyinrespectofthequanti­
tiesofsucroseorconcentratedgrapemustheldin
theexerciseoftheirprofessionbynaturalorlegal
persons,inparticularproducers,bottlers,proces­
sorsandmerchantstobedetermined ,atthesame
timeandinthesameplaceasfreshgrapes,grape
must,grapemustinfermentationorwineinbulk.
Thenotificationofthesequantitiesmay,however,

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1.Inparagraph 1: bereplacedbyentryinagoodsinwardsandstock
utilizationregister.
2.Exceptbywayofderogationjustifiedby
exceptionalclimaticconditionsandexceptwhere
theprocess\soneofthosereferredtoinArticle20
(2),firstandthirdindents,thoseprocessesmay
onlybecarriedout:
—before1January,inwine-growing zonesCI
(a)andCI(b);
—before16March,inwine-growingzonesAand
B,
andonlyforproductsofthewineharvestimmedi­
atelyprecedingthosedates.—thewords'paragraph 1andparagraph2in(1)
aredeleted;
—thewords'paragraph 1'in(m)aredeleted.
2.Thefollowingpointsshallbeaddedtoparagraph2:
'(k)useoftartaricacidforacidificationpurposes
undertheconditionsreferredtoinArticles20
and22;
(1)useofoneofthefollowingsubstancesfor
deacidification purposesundertheconditions
referredtoinArticles20and22:
—neutralpotassiumtartrate,
—potassiumbicarbonate ,
However :—calciumcarbonatewhichmaycontainsmall
quantitiesofdoublesaltofcalciumofL
(+)tartaricandL(—)malicacids.'
Article6—concentration bycoolingmaybepractised
throughouttheyear;
—theprocessesreferredtointhefirstindentof
Article20(2)maybecarriedoutonlybefore
16Mayandonlyonproductsofthewine
harvestimmediatelyprecedingthatdate;
—theprocessesreferredtointhethirdindentof
Article20(2)maybecarriedoutonlybefore
16June,andonlyonproductsofthewine
harvestimmediatelyprecedingthatdate.
3.Detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthis
Article,andinparticulartheexemptionsfromthe
obligationcontainedinparagraph 1,secondsubpa­
ragraph,andthederogationsfromtheclosing
dateslaiddowninparagraph2,firstsubparagraph ,
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle7ofRegulationNo24.'Thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle8(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No817/70shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'1.Conditionsandlimitsfortheacidification
anddeacidification offreshgrapes,grapemust,
grapemustinfermentation ,newwinestillin
fermentationandwine,andtheprocedurefor
grantingauthorizations andderogationsshallbe
thoselaiddowninArticle20ofRegulation (EEC)
No816/70.'
Article7
Article5ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Articles1and2shallapplyasfrom16December
1977.AnnexHatoRegulation(EEC)No816/70shallbe
replacedbythefollowing:
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27September1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.HUMBLET