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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)341final
Brussels-15June1982
Amendment tothe
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No338/79layingdownspecialprovisionsrelating
qualitywinesproducedinspecifiedregions(1)
(submitted bytheCommissiontotheCouncilunder
thesecondparagraphofArticle149oftheEEC
Treaty)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Community provisions oblige theproducer Member States tofixtheminimum
natural alcoholic strength for each quality wine p.s.r .toensure asatis­
factory quality standard forthese wines .These alcoholic strengths
must comply with theminimum limits for thevarious wine-growing zones
f1)laid down inArticle 7(2 )ofRegulation (EEC )No338 /79 -aslast amended
(2)byRegulation (EEC )No3578 /81 =Experience hasshown that insome
northern wine-growing regions ofzone .A,wines ofasatisfactory quality may
beobtained from grapes which donotquite reach theprescribed minimum
natural alcoholic strength ,inparticular inthe case oflate varieties .
Toprevent wine-growers abandoning these varieties infavour ofearly
varieties which produce awine which isgenerally not asgood ,theminimum
natural alcoholic strength forthese regions should bereduced by0,5 %vol .
(1)0JNoL54,5.3.1979,p.48
(2)0JNoL359,15.12.1981,p.1

Amendment tothe
Regulation (EEC)
toqualitywinesproposalforCouncilRegulation (EEC)amending
No338''79layingdownspecialprovisionsrelating
producedinspecifiedregions(1)
(Submitted bytheCommission totheCouncilunderthesecond
paragraphofArticle149oftheEECTreaty).
I„Amendmenttotherecitals;
Thefollowingrecitalisadded:
"WhereasArticle7(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No338/79fixes,forthe
variouswine-growing zones,theminimumalcoholicstrengthswhich
mustberespected byMemberStateswhenestablishing theruleson
productionforeachqualitywinep.s.r.;whereasexperience has
shownthatincertainnorthernwine-growing regionsofwine-growing
zoneA,wineofasatisfactory qualitymaybeobtainedfromgrapes
whichdonotquitereachtheprescribed minimumnaturalalcoholic
strength,inparticular inthecaseoflatevarieties;whereasto
preventwinegrowersabandoningvarietieswhichhaveonaverage
overtenyearsproducedverygoodwine,infavourofearlyvarieties
whichgiveawinewhichisgenerallylessgood,theminimumnatural
alcoholicstrengthintheseregionsshouldbereducedby0.5%vol;
II.Amendment totheArticles;
ThefollowingparagraphisinsertedintoArticle 1:
(1)0JNoC206,14.8.1981,p.11.

Article 7(2 )isreplaced bythe following :
•2.Except forderogations adopted inaccordance with theprocedure laid
down inArticle 67ofRegulation (EEC )No337/79,the alcoholic strengths
referred toinparagraph 1may not beless than :
-6.5% vol inzone A,with theexception ofthe specified regions
"Mosel -Saar -Ruwer", "Ahr","Mittelrhein "and "Moselle luxembourgeoi se"
inwhich the said alcoholic strength shall be6%,
-7.5% vol inzone B,
-8.5% vol inzone CI(a),
-97.vol inzone CI(b),
-9.5% vol inzone CII,
-10% vol inzones CIII (a)and CIII (b).
Thezones referred toabove arethose defined inAnnex IVtoRegulation
(EEC )No337/79.'"