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amending Regntation(EEC)No822B87onthecommonorganizationofthemarket in 
wine 
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having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community^ and in particular Articled 
thereof 
having regard to the proposal from the Commissions 
staving regard to the opinion of the European parliaments 
having regard to the opinion of the Economic and social 
Committees 
Whereas the ban on new planting laid down in Article^of 
Council regulation (EEC) No 822^87 (^)^ as last amended 
by regulation (EEC) No 12^B8^(^)^expiresattheend of 
the 1^8^B^0 wine year^ whereas^ in view of the structural 
surplusesaffectingthesector^arrangementsforthevoluntary 
abandonment of winegrowing areas on payment of a 
premium to absorb that surplus were introduced until 
t^^g^whereasmn order not to cancel out the effects of 
the abandonment measuremhe ban on new planting and the 
accompanying derogations (with the exception of that 
relating to certain duality wines psrmn respect of which the 
extension may be limited toasingle wine year pending the 
introduction of definitive arrangements)^shouldbeextended 
at least until the same date^ 
Whereas Article^(^) of regulation (EEC) No822B87 
providesthatcampaignstopromotetheconsumptionof 
grape juice may only be conducted until the 1^8^^0 wine 
yean 
WhereasArticlesl8(^2^^(t2)and^(^)of^egulation 
(EEC) No 822/87 provide tha4 during the 1^8^^0 wine 
year^ the Commission is to submit to the Council reports on 
wine^growing^ones^enrichmentgheeffectsofthestructural 
measures and their link with compulsory distillations 
maximum sulphur dioxide levels in wine and any proposals 
arisingtherefrom^whereasthedraftingof some of those 
reports has required the organisation of studies entailing the 
participation ofindependentexpertswbichbavenotyet been 
completed^ 
Whereas the significance for the sector of the 
abovementionedproblemscallsfor thehighestdegreeof 
consistency between the solutions to be proposed^ whereas^ 
when achieving such consistency^ the re^uisiteproposals 
(^ot^DLr^M ^ r^D^n must be drawn up when all data are available and 
accordingly certain time limits must be deferred by one wine 
year^ 
Whereas experience gained shows that the disposal of 
alcohol obtained from compulsory distillation and held by 
theinterventionagenciesmainly involvescertaintypesof 
products^ whereas provision should therefore be made for 
the possibility ofhavingthose types of alcohol where there is 
thegreatestprobability of disposal taken over asapriority by 
the intervention agencies^ 
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Regulation (EEC) No822B87 is hereby amended as 
follows^ 
1. Article^(i)is replaced by the following^ 
q. All new planting ofvines shall be prohibited until 
^t August l^DD f^owever^ authorisations for new 
planting may be granted by member states for the 
l^Og^i wine year in respect of areas intended for the 
production of o^ualitywinespsr^productionofwhich the 
Commission basrecogni^ed^ because of their qualitative 
features^ as being far below demandB 
2. ThesecondsubparagraphofArticlei8(^)is replaced by 
the following^ 
before the end of the l^Og^l wine year^ the 
Commission shall submit to the Councilareport on the 
demarcation of winegrowing ^ones in the Community^ 
LheCounciLactingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposal 
fromtheCommission^shalldecideonthedemarcationof 
the winegrowing ^ones for the Community asawhole^ 
such provisions applying from the r^lg^2 wine 
yearB 
^. Article 20 (2) is replaced by the following^ 
^ 8eforet^eptember 1^0^ the Commission shall 
present to the Councilareport on the conclusions of the 
study provided for inparagraphl together with any 
suitable proposals. Lhe Councils acting on those 
proposalsbyaqualifiedmajority^shalldecideini^lon 
themeasurestobetaken with regard to theincreasein the 
naturalalcoholic strength by volumeof theproducts 
referred to in Article 18 (i)B 
No C 49/96 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 2. 90 
4. The following first indent is inserted in the second 
subparagraph of Article 35 (6): 
'— it may be decided, in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 83, that only certain products 
among those with an alcoholic strength of at least 
92% vol may be delivered to the intervention 
agency,'. 
5. The following first indent is inserted in the second 
subparagraph of Article 36 (4): 
'— it may be decided, in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 83, that only certain of those 
products with an alcoholic strength of at least 92 % 
vol may be delivered to the intervention agency,'. 
6. In Article 39: 
— the following first indent is inserted into the second 
subparagraph of paragraph 7: 
'— it may be decided, in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 83, that only 
certain of those products with an alcoholic 
strength of at least 92 % vol may be delivered to 
the intervention agency,', 
— paragraph 12 is replaced by the following: 
'12. Before the end of the 1990/91 wine year, the 
Commission shall submit to the Council a report 
outlining, in particular, the effect of the structural measures applicable in the wine sector and, where 
appropriate, proposals to repeal or replace the 
provisions of this Article by other measures designed 
to maintain balance on the wine market.' 
7. Article 46 (4) is replaced by the following: 
'4. During the 1985/86 to 1990/91 wine years, a 
part to be determined of the aid provided for in the first 
indent of paragraph 1 shall be set aside for the 
organization of campaigns to promote the consumption 
of grape juice. The aid may, for the purposes of 
organizing such campaigns, be fixed at a higher level 
than that resulting from the application of 
paragraph 3.' 
8. Article 65 (5) is replaced by the following: 
'5. The Commission shall submit to the Council 
before 1 April 1991, in the light of experience gained, a 
report on the maximum sulphur dioxide levels of wine, 
together, where appropriate, with proposals on which 
the Council shall act by a qualified majority before 1 
September 1991.' 
9. The second and third subparagraphs of Article 70 (3) are 
deleted. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 September 1990. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, . . 
For the Council