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The maximum quantities laid down may differ by 
region of production and by variety and may in no 
case exceed 300 kg per hectare.' 
6. The following Article 33a is inserted: 
'Article 33a 
1. In wine-growing regions where the addition 
of sucrose is authorized in accordance with 
Article 33, a tax shall be levied in respect of wines 
produced on holdings where the yield per hectare 
exceeds 80 hectolitres. The tax shall be levied 
when the wine is sold for the first time, including 
when it is delivered for the purpose of distillation. 
2. The amount of the tax shall be fixed in the 
light of the difference between the cost of 
enrichment by means of sucrose and that obtained 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
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, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 of 
5 February 1979 laying down special provisions 
relating to quality wines produced in specified 
regions (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
3159/83 (2), sets out criteria for the recognition of 
wines by the Member States as quality wines 
produced in specified regions; whereas, in view of the 
growing surpluses on the wine market and the 
pressures exerted on the market by quality wines psr, 
the said criteria should be supplemented by 
the provision that only wines with 
(') OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 48. 
O OJ No L 309, 10. 11. 1983, p. 21. by means of musts for which the aid referred to in 
Article 14 was paid. 
3. The proceeds of the tax referred to in 
paragraph 1 shall be used to finance Community 
expenditure in the wine sector. 
4. The amount of the tax referred to in 
paragraph 1 shall be fixed in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 67. Detailed rules 
for the application of this Article shall be adopted 
in accordance with the same procedure.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 
1985. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
lasting prospects of finding a market may be 
recognized as quality wines psr and by making 
recognition of such wines subject to a Community 
authorization procedure; 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 does not 
include rectified concentrated grape must among the 
products which may be used for sweetening quality 
wines psr; whereas the present state of scientific 
knowledge suggests that it can be used for this 
purpose; 
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 
provides that Member States are to fix a maximum 
yield per hectare for quality wines psr and to 
determine the conditions on which these yields may 
be exceeded; whereas the application of this provision 
by some Member States has led to the yields 
compatible with a product of best quality being 
exceeded, with the attendant likelihood that such 
wines will be increasingly difficult to market; whereas 
these considerations make it essential to fix maximum 
yields per hectare applicable throughout the 
Community and to define precisely the conditions on 
which the designation of a quality wine psr can be 
recognized when the maximum yield is exceeded; Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 laying down 
special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions 
COM(84) 515 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 September 1984) 
(84/C 259/07) 
No C 259/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.9. 84 
Whereas yield per hectare is the most salient feature 
of the production of a quality wine psr; whereas 
awareness of yields should therefore be improved by 
adding to the list of quality wines psr published in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities an 
indication of the yield of the wine-growing area 
producing each such wine, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 1 
1. This Regulation lays down special provisions 
for quality wines produced in specified regions and 
wines qualified to acquire this status. 
"Quality wines produced in specified regions" 
(hereinafter called "quality wines psr") means 
wines which satisfy the provisions of this Regu­
lation and those national rules adopted pursuant 
thereto. 
"Quality sparkling wines produced in specified 
regions" (hereinafter called "quality sparkling 
wines psr") means quality wines psr which comply 
with the definition in point 13 of Annex II to 
Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, with Title I of 
Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 and with this Regu­
lation. 
2. The Member States shall transmit to the 
Commission a list of the quality wines psr 
recognized by them together with the yields per 
hectare fixed for each quality wine psr pursuant to 
Article 11. The Commission shall publish these lists 
in the C series of the Official Journal of the 
European Communities.' 
2. The following Article is inserted: 
'Article la 
With effect from 1 September 1985, the 
recognition of a wine by a Member State as a 
quality wine psr shall be subject to authorization 
from the Commission. Authorization shall only be 
given for wines for which there are lasting 
prospects that the whole of production can be 
marketed. Authorization shall be granted, upon 
application by the Member State concerned, in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 67 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79* 
Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the same 
procedure as required.' 
3. The following subparagraph is added to Article 
7(1): 
'The natural alcoholic strength by volume may be 
fixed at different levels for the same quality wine 
psr according to: 
— the sub-region, local administrative area or part 
thereof, 
— the vine variety or varieties, 
from which the grapes used are derived.' 
4. The third indent of the first subparagraph of 
Article 9 (2) is replaced by the following: 
'— using grape must or concentrated grape must 
originating in the same specified region as 
the wine in question or using rectified 
concentrated grape must.' 
5. The following subparagraph is added to Article 
11(1): 
'Except in cases to be determined, the yield shall 
not be fixed at a level higher than 100 hectolitres 
per hectare.' 
6. Article 11 (2) is replaced by the following: 
'2. The quantity of wine per hectare which may 
be recognized as a quality wine psr shall in no case 
exceed the yield fixed in accordance with para­
graph 1. 
3. Use of the designation claimed shall be 
prohibited for the entire harvest if the stipulated 
yield is exceeded. 
However, in years during which weather 
conditions are particularly favourable to 
production, a designation may be recognized even 
if the stipulated yield is exceeded, provided that: 
(a) the yield is not exceeded by more than 20 %, 
and at any event more than 10 hectolitres per 
hectare; 
(b) without recourse to public intervention, the 
excess quantities are: 
— in respect of half the quantity, stored for 
the remainder of the wine year in which 
the wine is produced and excluded from 
sale with a view to recognition in the 
following wine year or years, where 
relevant after blending, in whole or in part, 
with wine from the new harvest, 
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— in respect of the other half, sent for 
distillation. 
4. Detailed rules for the application of this 
Article, in particular the exceptions provided for in 
paragraph 1, shall be adopted in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 67 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 337/79.' Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 
1985. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation introducing a derogation to the scheme provided for in 
Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 on the granting of temporary and permanent abandonment 
premiums in respect of certain areas under vines and of premiums for the renunciation of 
replanting 
COM(84) 515 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 September 1984) 
(84/C 259/08) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
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, in view of the increasing imbalance on the 
wine market, it is indispensable that the reduction of 
wine-growing potential be accelerated; whereas the 
measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 
456/80 are proving inadequate as a means of 
achieving this objective and must be replaced by a 
scheme which provides greater incentive and ensures 
that areas which are abandoned are abandoned 
permanently; whereas, in parallel to the said scheme, 
steps should be taken to bring forward the expiry of 
the provisions of the aforesaid Regulation and 
provide financial encouragement for wine-growers 
who, under Regulation (EEC) No 456/80, have 
undertaken to abandon certain areas under vines 
temporarily to replace such undertakings by those of 
permanent abandonment as soon as possible, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
By way of derogation from the terms of Articles 2 
(1), 4 (2) and 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 456/80: 
(a) the premium for the temporary abandonment of 
wine-growing may be granted only until the end 
of the 1984/85 wine-growing year; 
(b) the amount of the permanent abandonment 
premium shall be fixed at 3 000 ECU per hectare 
for wine-growers lodging applications in respect 
of the 1984/85 and 1985/86 wine-growing years; 
(c) the common measure provided for in Regulation 
(EEC) No 456/80 shall end with the 1984/85 
wine-growing year as regards the temporary 
abandonment premium and with the 1992/93 
wine-growing year as regards the permanent 
abandonment premium. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 
day following its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.