No C 326/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 19.12.86 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending the Regulation on the common organization of the 
market in wine 
COM(86) 484 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 December 1986) 
(86/C 326/07) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas, on account of the accession of Spain, 
alterations should be made to the demarcation of the 
wine-growing zones provided for in Article 18 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No /86; 
Whereas, in view in particular of the climatic features, 
provision should be made by the end of the 1989/90 
wine year at the latest, for a new demarcation of wine­
growing zones for the Community as a whole, using as a 
basis a report to be drawn up by the Commission; 
Whereas Spanish legislation prior to accession provided, 
for virtually all its wine-growing area, for a minimum 
natural alcoholic strength by volume of 9 °/o vol, 
corresponding to that of wine-growing zone C III; 
whereas that situation should be confirmed until the end. 
of the 1989/90 wine year by including the major part of 
Spain's wine-growing area in wine-growing zone 
CHIb); 
Whereas a certain number of the oenological pratices 
and processes authorized for the Community as a whole 
are never used, rarely used or used only under much 
more restricted conditions than originally foreseen in one 
or more Member States; whereas, in order to encourage 
the production of wines of a natural character derived 
from the intrinsic properties of the raw material used, the 
substances which may be added to wine during its 
preparation or storage should be reduced to the strict 
minimum necessary; whereas the Member States should, 
therefore, be authorized to ban or at least restrict the use 
of certain oenological practices or processes in the 
production of wine on their territory, provided that such 
measures do not prejudice consumer protection in the 
Member States or the normal pattern of intra-
Community trade, Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No /86 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The following subparagraph is added to Article 
18(3): 
'The Commission shall, before the end of the 
1989/90 wine year, submit to the Council a report on 
the demarcation of wine-growing zones in the 
Community. The Council, acting by a qualified 
majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall 
decide on the demarcation of the wine-growing zones 
for the Community as a whole, such provisions 
applying from the 1990/91 wine year.' 
2. The first subparagraph of Article 15 (2) is replaced by 
the following: 
'2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, 
Member States may, in respect of wines and products 
intended for winemaking obtained from grapes 
harvested on their territory, 
— prohibit the use of the oenological practices and 
processes referred to in Annex VI, or 
— lay down stricter conditions on the use of the 
oenological pratices and processes referred to in 
the said Annex.' 
3. Annex IV is hereby amended as follows: 
(a) point 3 is replaced by the following: 
'3. Wine-growing zone C I a) comprises the area 
under vines: 
(a) in France: 
— in the following departments: 
Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 
Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, 
Ariege, Aveyron, Cantal, Charente, 
Charente-Maritime, Correze, Cote-
d'Or, Dordogne, Haute-Garonne, 
Gers, Gironde, Isere, Landes, Loire, 
Haute-Loire, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, 
Lozere, Nievre (except for the the 
arrondissement of Cosne-sur-Loire), 
Puy-de-Dome, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, 
Hautes-Pyrenees, Rhone, Saone-et-
Loire, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Haute-
Vienne, Yonne; 
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— in the arrondissement of Valence and 
Die in the department of Drome 
(except for the cantons of Dieulefit, 
Loriol, Marsanne and Montelimar); 
— in the department of Ardeche, the 
arrondissement of Tournon and the 
cantons of Antraigues, Buzet, 
Coucouron, Montpezat-sous-Bauzon, 
Privas, Saint-Etienne-de-Lugdards, 
Saint- Pierreville, Valgorge and La 
Voulte-sur-Rhone; 
(b) in Spain: 
— in the following provinces: 
— Asturias, Cantabria, Guipuzcoa, La 
Coruna, Pontevedra and Vizcaya; 
— in the province of Tarragona: 
the defined wine-growing district of 
Conca de Barbera; — in the provinces of Barcelona and 
Tarragona: 
the defined wine-growing district of 
Alto Penedes; 
(b) the following is added to point 7: 
'(d) in Spain, the areas under vines not listed in 
point 3 (b).' 
(c) the following is added to point 8: 
'and, in respect of Spain, those in force on 1 
March 1986.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 
1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.