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ADDENDUM
■tothereportbytheCommissiontotheCouncilonthefore­
seeabledevelopments intheplantingandreplantingof
vineyardsintheCommunityandontheratio"betweenproduction
andutilizationinthewinesector(Doc.COM(77)22final)
COM(77)203final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thereport onplanting forthe1975/76marketing year
waspresented bytheCommission totheCouncil very late forreasons
given intheintroduction tothereport itself .Examination ofthe
report bytheWine Group oftheCouncil could not bescheduled until
April and since inthemeantime theMember States have forwarded to
the Commission the forecasts provided for inArticle 17of
Regulation (EEC)No816/70,itseemed advisable toincorporate the
data provided inthe report .

ADDENDUM
Thereportonplantingforthe1975/76marketingyearwas
presented ,bytheCommissiontotheCouncilverylateforreasonsgiven
intheintroduction tothereport.Examination ofthereportbythe
WineGroupoftheCouncilcouldnotbescheduleduntilAprilandsince
inthemeantimetheMemberStateshaveforwardedtotheCommission
theforecastsprovidedforinArticle17ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70,
itseemedadvisabletoincorporate thedataprovidedinthereport.
Thedataonplantingandgrubbingreflectthenotifications of
producers'intentionsandtheirreliabilityisrelative.Thepreliminary
commentsontheminthefirstchapterofthereportareentirelyvalid.
Subjecttotheseconsiderations ,thefollowingcommentsonthedatain
questionmaybeuseful.
I.FORESEEABLE DEVELOPMENT OFTHEAREAUNDERYIUESINTHEPRODUCER
MEMBERSTATES(TABLES1-2-3-5a)
(a)Germany
Therearechangesonlyasregardsqualitywinesp.s.r.
Fromthedataprovidedtheareaundervineswillincreaseby0.2%
comparedwiththepreviousmarketingyear.Comparedto1975/76
therehasbeenaslowdowningrubbingorplantingandreplanting .
Asinthepreviousyear,mostoftheincreasehasoccurredinthe
Freiburgregion.Itshouldbestressedwithrespecttonewplanting,
thatinviewoftheprohibition from1December1976theyare
unlikelytobecarriedout.Inthatcasethetotalareawilldecline
slightly.

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(Ta)France
The Prenoh forecast shows adecline intotal area
of16043ha,areduction of1.2%.This change istheresult
ofamarked decline (-19633ha)fortable wine andanincrease
(+3291ha)forquality wine p.s.r .andwine forCognac (+299ha).
The latter fact shows that unfortunately wearenotmoving inthe
right direction .Itshould bestressed that last year 'sforecast ,
adecline inarea (-0.3$), ^msno^proved correct .Thetotal area
hasincreased by0.2%.
(c)Italy
Theforecast forthe1975/76marketing year (anincrease
of0.8%intotal area )wasslightly exceeded bytheactual ficjures
(a1%increase ).Forthe1976/77marketing year ,adecline of0.5%
intotal area isforecast ,consisting ofadecline (-7 525ha)
for table wine andaslight increase forquality wine p.s.r .
Atregional level ,thedecline intable wine hasaffected all
regions butApulia (Puglia )accounts for50%ofthis .
(d)Luxembourg
Thearea should hardly change .Theexpected change (+3 ha)
would mean a0.2^increase intotal area .
II.FORESEEABLE DEVELOPMENT OFTOTAL COMMUNITY AREA UNDER VINES
There arethree factors tending inthesame direction .
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1.For the first time ,the forecast shows adecline intotal area under
vines .Thedecline should amount to0-9$ compares with the
0.6$>increase inthe1975/76marketing year .This reversal ofthe
trend issolely due tothe considerable decline that vri.ll occur in
areas producing table wine (-27159ha),while afurther increase in
quality wine p.s.r .(+4863ha)isexpected .
2.With respect toarea notyet inproduction ,here toofor the first
time there isadecline which ,although very slight ,isnot without
significance .
3-Lastly ,with respect totable grape production ,areduction
(of1704haofwhich 1529hainItaly )isexpected andmaybe
connected with the Council 'sdecisions regarding the compulsory
distillation ofwine made from table grapes .
III .EFFECT ONFUTURE PRODUCTION OFCHANGES INAREA UNDER VINES FORECAST
FOR1976/77(TABLE 6a)
The forecast changes inarea will have effect onproduction
which ,asinthepast ,will notbeinthe same proportion .Against an
expected decline of0.9$inarea estimated production could fall by0.2
Itshould bestressed that this percentage istheresult ofa1$decline
intable wine (which isnotnegligible ),&2</0increase inquality wine
p.s.r .and0.5%forother wines (allofwhich arewines forCognac ).
This discrepancy between changes inarea and inproduction once again
confirms the advance inyield per hectare andreinforces the hypotheses
set out inChapter IIofthe Report .

Table lasNewplantings ,replantings andgrubbinga ofwine grapes planned forthe1976/77wine-growir.g year
compared with forecasts forprevious wine-growing years
Changes 1
Existing area under vines
Newplant ings
haReplantings
haGrubbings
haforecast actual
inproduction
hanotyet in
production
ha haasa%ofthe
existing area
intheprevi­
ous yearha%
Germany
1974/75
1975/76
1976/7783028
8497015653
14583I
672
585
3213.843
4114
37493815
4156
3836+ '700
+543
+234+0.7
+0.6
+0.2+2678
+ 872+2,8
+0.9
France
1974/75
1975/76
1976/771194000
120000093000
8900010428
1651
146126308(*)
24128(*)
22388(*)31123(*)
30079(*)
39892(*)+5613
-4300
-16043+0.4
-0.3
-1.2+4000
+2000+0.3
+0.2
Italy
1974/75
1975/76
1976/771101000
110800068000
7300010808
2429
133416829
16290
845719471
9059
15982+•8166
+9660
-6191+0.7
+0.8
-0.5+13000
+12000+1.1
+1.0
'Luxembourg
1974/75
1975/76
1976/771057-
1098185
16815
20
539
22
2045
24
22+9
+ 18
+3+0.7
+1.4
+0.2+14
+ 24+1.1
+1.9
ESC
1974/75
1975/76
1976/772379091
2394074176839
17675221923
4685
312147019
44554
3461454454
43318
59732+14488
+5921
-21997+0-6
+0.2
-0.9+19692
+14896+0.8
+0.6
Sources :Eurostat
ECCommission -DOforAgriculture based onfigures supplied bytheMember Stvtes
(*)including operations carried outinthe"Cognac "area

Table2sBreakdown ofnewplantings andreplant ings ofwine grapes
according towhether they produce quality wines p.s.r .,
table wines orwines intended for distillation
New plantings Replant ings Grubbings Changes (ha)
GERMANY
a)table wine
b)quality wine
p.s.r .321 3749 3836 +234
FRANCE
a)table wine 9331 28964 -19633
b)quality wine
p.s.r .1461 •10556 8726 +3291
c)cognac 2501 2202 +299
ITALY
a)table wine 3797 11322 -7525
b)quality wine
p.s.r .1334 4660 4660 +1334
LUXEMBOURG
a)table wine 4
b)quality wine
p.s.r .5 16 17 +4
KEC
a)table wine 13132 40291 -27159
b)quality wine
p.s.r .3121 18981 17239 +4863
c)cognac 2501 2202 + 299

Table 3a :Forecast ofnewplantings ,replantings andgrubbings for the
1976/77wine-growing year according toregion
inhectares
New plantings Replantmgs Grubbings Changes
Table
wineQuality
wineTable
«j-imaQuality
wineTableQuality
wineTableQuality
wine'
p.6.r . Ip.s.r . p.s.r .wAiio 1Ρ.G.r .
Germany
*Rheinhessen-Pfalz 38 2062 2100
I
Koblenz 5 275 280
Trier 7 413 420
Stuttgart 95 320 350 + 65
KarlBruhe 69 69
Freiburg 100 345 345 + 100
Tubmgen 3 23 23 + 3
Darmstadt 135 142 7
Unterfranken 70 107 107 + 70
Mittelfranken )
Saarland 3 +3
Nordrhein Westfalen - -
Total 321 3749 3836E234
France Γ Γ
Centre 128 325 400566 470 2411 70
Pays delaLoire 465 700 813 600 348 + 100
Poitou-Charente * 2605* 20 2420* ! 80 + 18560
Aquitaine («) 270 1325* 34007219* 2900 5894I
|T
I500
Midi-Pyrénées 80 1450 100 4895 30 3445!♦70
Champagne 480 400!+
180
Alsace 5 335 18290 13I
ί+45
Franche Comté 42 10 35 30 42 20 7
Bourgogne 134 60 480 163 520 103 40
Auvergne 62 25 106 32 44 7
Rhônes-Alpes 344 360 520 817 560 457 40
Languedoc 223 3500 2600 8166 13004666 +1300
Provence -C.Azur 197 1600 1300 3730 1400 2130 100
Corse43 60 150 2216 90 2156 + 60
Other -111 712 -3h 1 |
Total j1461 I11831 10556 31166 8726Γ19335 ♦1830
*2500hareplanted and2200hagrubbed intheCognac area
(*)1hareplanted and2hagrubbed intheCognac area

Li.
r [
jNewplantings
iReplantings Grubbings Changes
Table
wineQuality
wineTable
wineQuality
wineTableQuality
wineTableQuality
wine
p.s.r. p.s.r.η ιp.s.r.I>Jillv 1ρ.0.Γ.
Italy
-
Piemonte 116421841461769 40+188
Vald'Aosta 10 520 10+
Lombardia 32682225110 199 n
TrentinoA.Adige 12 194 2668 26+138
Veneto 15190496116671193 763 81
FriuliV.Giulia 75 6283158 25+45
Liguria 730 813585 105 70
EmiliaRomagna 68140 98363116 223+50
Toscana 148170233252179 82+202
Umbria 35117238 67 24
Marche 4313516530 122+105
Lazio 103444853270498+388
Abbruzzi 23032674497171 465+733
Molise 207 38 +I69
Campania 18111018615175+13
Puglia 470145085050441350-3594 30
Basilicata 52825 20+28
Calabria 221 37228 51 2
Sicilia 15207441027324 820-265
Sardegna 675 748456409 43
Total 133437974660113224660Ei525+1334
SourcejECCommission–DGforAgriculture basedonfiguressuppliedbythe
MemberStates

Table 5a:Newplantings ,replantings andgrubbings ofopen-grown table grape vinesplanned forthe1976/77wine-growing year
Γ Ί Plantings Replantings Grubbings Changes
ha ha ha
FRANCE 670 845 -175
ITALY 203 707 2439 -1529
EEC 203 1377 3284 -1704

Table 6a :Effect ofnewplantings ,replantings andgrubbings planned in1976/77onfuture production
Member State
Type ofwineEstirr.ated
production
in1976/77(1)(2)
hlExpected future annual
productionForeseeable
decrease asa
result of
grubbings in
1976/77(1)(3)
hlForeseeable change in
annual production
from new1976/77
plantings(3)
hlfron 1976/77
plantings
(1)(3)
hlhl(3asa%of
production
estimated
in1976/77
Germany
-table wine
-quality wine p.s.r .455000
8.120 000 27411 356285 374065 + 9631 +0.1
France
-table wine
-quality wine p.s.r .
-other wines47050000
15200000
1335000073000653000
478000
2050001302650
349000
121 000-649650
+ 202 000
+84000-1.4
+1-3
+0.6
Italy
-table wine
-quality wine p.s.r .
-other wines52700000
6500000
3300000151940538770
517 140908470
278950-369700
+ 390 130-0.7
+6.0
Luxemoourg
-table wine
-equality wine p.s.r .55000
73000 4001
480
1280400
1360+ 80
+ 320+0.1
+0.4
EEC
-table wine
-quality wine p.s.r .
-other wines100 266000
29893000
166500002527511192250
1352705
205 0002211 520
1003 375
121 000-1019 270
+ 602 081
+84000-1.00
+2
+0.5
(1)Source :1976/77forward estimate forwine
(2)including thequantities ofmusts intended fortheproduction ofgrape juice
(3)Source :ECCommission -DGforAgriculture ,based onfigures supplied bytheMember States