No C 139/66 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 88 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 
introducing a system of guarantee thresholds for certain processed fruit and vegetable products 
(88/C 139/56) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 
24 February 1986 on the common organization of the 
market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (!), 
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No ..., and in 
particular Article 2(3) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 (2), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No ..., introduces a system 
of guarantee thresholds for certain processed fruit and 
vegetable products, and in particular processed tomato 
products; 
Whereas account should be taken of developments on the 
market in processed tomato products since 1984 and the 
allocation of the total quantities should be adapted in the 
light of the respective share of each of the categories of 
finished product, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
(!) OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 103, 16. 4. 1984, p. 19. 1. Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 is hereby 
replaced by the following: 
'A guarantee threshold equal to a quantity of 
processed tomato products corresponding to 
4 700 000 tonnes of fresh tomatoes is hereby fixed 
for each marketing year. 
That tonnage shall be divided as follows: 
— 2 884 615 tonnes for the manufacture of tomato 
concentrate, 
— 1 307 150 tonnes for the manufacture of whole 
peeled tomatoes, 
— 508 235 tonnes for the manufacture of other 
processed tomato products. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication jn the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 
on the common organization of the market in wine 
(88/C 139/57) 
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 Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, Whereas in view of the large surplus on the wine market, all 
new planting of vines has been temporarily forbidden; 
whereas for the same reason the existing ban on the 
granting of national aid for new planting or replanting of 
vineyards for the production of table wine should be 
extended to all planting, irrespective of the quality of the 
wine produced or the classification of the vineyard; 
Whereas because of the technical nature of the quantitative 
limits for certain oenological practices and processes 
referred to in Annex VI of Council Regulation (EEC) 
30,^.88 Cofficial]ournal of the European Communities NoC13^7 
No822B87(^ as last amended hy Regulation (EEC) 
No 3^2/87 (^)^ provision should he made for the Council 
to amend those limits^ acting hyaquahfied majority ona 
proposal fromtheCommission^mtheh^htof scientific 
progress and experienced 
Whereas experience shows that the use of copper sulphate 
should no longer he restricted^ as laid down in Article 17(1) 
ofRe^ulation (EEC) No 822/87mo regions in which it has 
not heen used forthe treatment ofthevmes^whereas on the 
other hand the maximum dose which may he used in wine 
must he restricted^ 
WhereasArticle 17(3) ofRe^ulation (EEC) No822B87lays 
down the conditions under which calcium tartrate or 
tartaric acid may be used for deacidification^whereas the 
useofahomo^eneous and finally pulverised preparation of 
tartaric acid andcalciumcarhonateshouldhe permitted 
subject to the same conditions as calcium tartrates and in 
equivalent quantities^ 
Whereas as part ofthe scheme for compulsory deliveries of 
wine for distillationaproducer is ohh^ed to deliver all hy 
products of winemal^in^ for distillation^whereas in order 
toavoidtheoverpressm^ofhyproductstheproducermust 
dehveracertam quantity expressed asavolume of alcohols 
whereasif this quantity isnotreachedhythevolume of 
alcohol contained in the byproducts the producer is 
obliged to mal^e up the difference hy delivering wine^ 
whereasthereisatpresentasurplusof non^mart^etable 
wine anditis thus in the interest ofthe Commumtytoavoid 
as much as possible the production of wine of lesser 
quahty^whereas^ therefore^ the quantities of byproducts 
of winemal^in^ to be compulsonly delivered should be 
increased in the h^ht of the market situations 
Whereas compulsorydistillationofwinefrom crapes of 
vine varieties not classified as wine varieties and wine from 
crapes of double or tnple^purpose varieties^ as referred to 
inArticle3^ofRe^ulation(EEC)No822/87^havetobe 
effected by the end of the wine year in which those wines 
are produced^whereas in order to ensure that sanctions for 
e^ceedm^ this timedimit are in proportion to the 
infringements and forthesat^eofharmom^ation with other 
distillation measuresm^ should be left for the Commission 
to setatime limits 
Whereas Article^ofRe^ulation (EEC) No 822/87 lays 
down that in the case of certain distillation operations the 
buyin^m price for wine obtained by producers who have 
brought about an increase in alcoholic strength by adding 
sucrose or must having benefited from the aid referred to in 
Article^of that Regulation is to be reduced mamanner which corresponds to the economic advantage thus 
obtamed^whereasmhereforemhe reduction in the buying 
in price should be calculated on the basis of the level of the 
aid referredtomArticle^andwhereasthat reduction 
should be applied to all distillation operations^ 
Whereas^m^^w of the trend in trade in wine with certain 
third countries^ rules should be laid down mal^in^ it 
possible to import into the Community wines available in 
limited quantities and possessing amon^othe^paiaaculai^ 
qualitative characteristics^alow total aciditycontent^ 
Whereastheuse of concentrated rectified ^rapemust in 
winemalein^ has assumed ma^or proportions^ whereas 
provision should be made for effective supervision of such 
use by the competent authorities^ which requires analytical 
examination of rectified concentrated ^rape must in order 
tochecl^its authenticity^ whereasmorder tocarry out 
these examinations sufficiently frequently andefficiently 
the definition of rectified concentrated ^rape must should 
stress those characteristics which are determinant as 
re^ardsits authenticity and whichcan bechecl^ed with 
certainty and speeds 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 as it currently 
stands does not lay down any definition of a product 
designated as wine from overripe ^rapes^withanatural 
alcoholic strength by volume of more than 1^^ vol.and 
obtained^ with or without raisimn^ from crapes of certain 
vine varieties^whereasmn order to ensure free circulation 
of this products it should be defined in Anneal to 
Regulation (EEC)No822/87and Article 6^(1) of that 
Regulation should provide that that product may be 
obtained only from crapes of the vine varieties listed in the 
classification established in accordance with Articlel3 of 
that Regulations 
Whereas under Article 26 ofRe^ulation (EEC) No 822/87 
certain oenological practices not permitted under that 
Regulation have been authorised for experimental pur 
poses by the member ^tates^whereas the results obtained 
are such that those practices may be considered as 
providing better control of winemal^m^ and at the same 
time offering no danger to the health of consumers^ 
whereas they should therefore be permitted at Community 
levelandAnne^VltoRe^ulation (EEC) No 822/87 should 
be amended accordingly^ 
^^^no^T^or^^^^nLATto^ 
A^r^A^ 
^)01^oL^^7^i^7^D t Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 is hereby amended as 
follows^ 
No C 139/68 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 88 
1. Article 14 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 14 
The granting of national aid for the planting of vines 
shall be prohibited, except for purposes of viticultural 
experimentation'. 
2. Article 15(5) is replaced by the following: 
'5. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a 
proposal from the Commission may: 
(a) for the products referred to in paragraph 1, restrict 
or prohibit the use of the oenological practices and 
processes referred to in Annex VI; 
(b) amend in the light of scientific progress and 
experience the quantitative limits for certain oenolo­
gical practices and processes referred to in Annex 
VI'. 
3. In Article 17: 
(a) paragraph 1 is deleted; 
(b) the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 is replaced by 
the following: 
'The use of calcium tartrate or tartaric acid or a 
homogeneous preparation of tartaric acid and 
calcium carbonate, as referred to in points l(m) and 
3(1) of Annex VI for deacidification purposes shall 
be permitted until 31 August 1990. Use of tartaric 
acid in any form other than the preparation referred 
to above shall be allowed only for products: 
— made from vine varieties which yield relatively 
acidic grapes, 
— made from grapes harvested in certain wine­
growing regions, to be defined, in the northern 
part of wine-growing zone A'. 
4. The third subparagraph of Article 35(2) is replaced by 
the following: 
'The percentage referred to in the second subparagraph 
may not be less than: 
— 8 % if the wine has been obtained by direct 
vinification of grapes, 
— 3 % if the wine has been obtained by vinification of 
grape must, grape must in fermentation or new wine 
still in fermentation'. 
5. Article 36(1) and (2) are replaced by the following: varieties for the administrative unit where they were 
harvested, and which is not exported during the wine 
year concerned shall be distilled by a date to be 
determined. Except by derogation, it may not be moved 
except to a distillery. 
2. Where wine is produced from a grape variety listed 
in the classification for the administrative unit as both a 
wine grape variety and a variety for use for another 
purpose, any wine which is produced in excess of the 
normal quantity and which is not exported during the 
wine year concerned shall be distilled by a date to be 
determined. Except by derogation, it may not be moved 
except to a distillery. 
The quantity of wine normally produced shall be 
determined from: 
— the quantities produced during a reference period to 
be determined antedating the 1980/1981 wine year 
or, for Spain, antedating the 1984/1985 wine year, 
— the quantities of wine put to traditional uses'. 
6. Article 44 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 44 
For the wines obtained by producers who have brought 
about an increase in alcoholic strength by adding 
sucrose or must having benefited from the aid referred 
to in Article 45, the buying price fixed for each 
distillation shall be reduced by a flat-rate amount 
calculated on the level of the aid referred to in 
Article 45. Detailed rules for the application of this 
Article shall be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 83'. 
7. In Article 69(1) the following indent is added: 
'— wine from over-ripe grapes'. 
8. In Article 70(2), the second subparagraph, (a), is 
replaced by the following: 
(a) allowing certain wines originating in third countries 
as referred to in paragraph 1(b) possessing particular 
qualitative characteristics and bearing a geograph­
ical ascription to be delivered for direct human 
consumption: 
— if their actual alcoholic strength by volume 
amounts to at least 8,5 % vol. or their total 
alcoholic strength by volume exceeds 15 % vol. 
without any enrichment, or 
'1. Wine made from grapes belonging to varieties not 
listed as wine grape varieties in the classification of vine — their total acidity content, expressed as tartaric 
acid, is less than 4,5 but more than 3 grams per 
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litre, i.e. less than 60 but more than 45 
milliequivalents per litre'. 
9. In Annex I; 
(a) point 7 is replaced by the following: 
'7. Rectified concentrated grape must: the liquid 
uncaramelized product which: 
— is obtained by partial dehydration of grape must 
carried out by any authorized method other than 
direct heat in such a way that the figure indicated by 
a refractometer at a temperature of 20°C is not less 
than 72,8 %, 
— has undergone authorized treatment for deacidifi-
cation and elimination of constituents other than 
sugar, 
— has the following characteristics: 
— a pH of not more than 5 at 25 ° Brix, 
— an optical density at 425 nm for a thickness of 1 
cm of not more than 0,100 in grape must 
concentrated at 25° Brix, 
— a sucrose content undetectable by a method of 
analysis to be defined, 
— a Fomin-Ciocaltheau index of not more than 4,00 
at 25° Brix, 
— a titratable acidity of not more than 15 milliequi­
valents per kilogram of total sugars, 
— a sulphur dioxide content of not more than 
25 milligrams per kilogram of total sugars, 
— a total cation content of not more than 8 mil­
liequivalents per kilogram of total sugars, 
— a conductivity at 25° Brix and 20°C of not more 
than 120 uS/cm, 
— a hydroxymethylfurfural content of not more 
than 25 milligrams per kilogram of total sugars, 
— traces of mesoinositol, 
— is derived exclusively from the vine varieties referred 
to in Article 69, 
— is produced within the Community, 
— is obtained from grape must having at least the 
minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume laid 
down for the wine-growing zone in which the grapes 
were harvested. An actual alcoholic strength of the rectified concen­
trated grape must of not more than 1 % vol is 
permissible'; 
(b) the following point 14a is added: 
'14a. Wine from over-ripe grapes: 
— the product obtained in the Community, without 
enrichment, from raisined grapes harvested in the 
Community, derived from the vine varieties referred 
to in Article 69 and included on a list to be drawn up; 
— having a natural alcoholic strength by volume of 
more than 15 % vol.; 
— having a total alcoholic strength of not less than 
17 % vol. and an actual alcoholic strength by 
volume of not less than 12 % vol.; 
— having been aged for not less than 2 years from 
1 January of the year following that in which the 
grapes were harvested'. 
10.In Annex VI, point 1 is amended as follows: 
(a) the following indent is added under (j): 
'— an enzymatic preparation of betaglucanase, up to 
a maximum of 5 g per hi,' 
(b) the following indents are added under (m): 
'— a homogeneous preparation of tartaric acid and 
calcium carbonate in equivalent proportions and 
finely pulverized, under the conditions laid down in 
the first subparagraph of Article 17(3), 
— a vinous suspension of lactic bacteria,' 
(c) the following are added after (n): 
(o) the use of preparations of yeast cell wall, up to a 
maximum of 40 g per hi, 
(p) the use of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone, up to a 
maximum of 80 g per hi,' 
11.In Annex VI, point 3 is amended as follows: 
(a) the following indents are added after the last indent 
of (1): 
'— a homogeneous preparation of tartaric acid and 
calcium carbonate in equivalent proportions and 
finely pulverized, under the conditions laid down in 
the first subparagraph of Article 17(3), 
— a vinous suspension of lactic bacteria,' 
(b) the following indent is added under (m): 
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'— an enzymatic preparation of betaglucanase, up to 
a maximum of 5 g per hi,' 
(c) (s) is replaced by the following: 
'(s)use of DL tartaric acid, also called racemic acid, 
or of its neutral salt of potassium, under 
conditions to be laid down, for precipitating 
excess calcium,' 
(d) (w) is replaced by the following: 
'(w) use of copper sulphate to eliminate defects of 
taste or smell in the wine, up to a maximum of 1 
g per hi and provided that the copper content of 
the product so treated is not more than 0,5 mg/ 
1,' 
(e) the following are added: 
' (x) the use of preparations of yeast cell wall, up to a 
maximum of 40 g per hi, 
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 Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Article 89(1) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 
16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market 
in wine (*), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) 
No ..., and in particular Article 27 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas, when the guide prices for the various types of 
table wine are fixed, account should be taken both of the 
objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy and of the 
contribution which the Community wishes to make to the 
harmonious development of world trade; whereas the 
objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy are, in 
particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the 
(!) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. (y) the use of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone, up to a 
maximum of 80 g per hi, 
(z) use of paraffin oil to protect the wine against 
oxygen, in containers holding not more than 60 
litres and not less than 5 litres,'. 
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 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
agricultural community and to ensure that supplies are 
available and reach consumers at reasonable prices; 
Whereas it is therefore essential not to increase the present 
gap between production and demand; whereas, accord­
ingly, the guide prices for the 1988/1989 wine year should 
be maintained; 
Whereas the level of prices in Spain differs from that of the 
common prices; whereas pursuant to Article 70 of the Act 
of Accession these prices should be aligned with the 
common prices in annual steps at the beginning of each 
marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid 
down give the Spanish prices set below; 
Whereas the guide prices must be fixed for each type of 
table wine representative of Community production as 
defined in Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/ 
87, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1988/1989 wine-growing year, the guide prices for 
table wines shall be: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the guide prices for wine for the 1988/1989 
wine-growing year 
(88/C 139/58)