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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)182 final.
Brussels-11April1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No357/79onstatistical surveysof
areasundervines
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C0M(80)182final.

Justification
InviewoftheagreementsreachedtheCommissionforwardstotheCouncila
draftregulationamendingRegulation(EEC)No357/79whichisintendedtoi
(i)enableItaly,followingsomeunforeseeabledifficulties ,tocarryout
thefirstbasicsurveyonareasundervinesoneyearlaterthanthedate
providedforj
(ii)imposealegalobligationtoforwardseparatelyinfoxmation onchanges
intheformofnewplantingsorreplantings duringtheintermediate
surveysofareasundervinescultivatedwithwinegrapevarieties.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC)NO357/79on
statistical surveys ofareas under vines
.THECOUNCIL OP1THEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission
2)Having regard tothe opinion oftheEuropean Parliament x
Whereas Article 1(1)ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No357/79 provides that the
Member States concerned shall carry outevery tenyears basic surveys onthe
area under vines andannually intermediate surveys ;andwhereas asaresult of
unforeseeable difficulties itwill not bepossible tocomplete thefirst basic
survey onareas under vines inItaly within theprescribed period ;whereas it
isnowadvisable toallow this Member State topostpone foroneyear thedates
bywhich this survey must becompleted andtheresults forwarded tothe
Commission ;
Whereas Article 5(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No357/79provides that during the
intermediate surveys ofareas under vines cultivated with wine grape varieties the
Member States ooncerned arerequired tocompile only general data onareas whioh have
been planted orreplanted ;whereas theCounoil hassubsequently adopted provisions
concerning theright toreplant ,whioh makes itneoessary torecord changes
separately asnewplantings orreplantings ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION i
(1)OJNo
(2)OJNo
(3)OJNoL54,5.3.1979 ,p.124

Regulation (EEC )No351/79isamended asfollows : .
- ■ \
1.Afurther subparagraph asfollows isadded toArticle 1(1):
-"Nevertheless thefirst basic survey in-Italy may becompleted by
1April 1981 andshall relate tothe'situation after grubbing andplanting
inthe1979/80wine-growing year .Thefirst intermediate survey inthisMember
State shall becarried out in1982 andshall relate tochanges during thetwo
wine-growing years 1980/81and1981/82".
2.'InArticle 5(2)thesecond indent shall bereplaoed bytwoindents asfollows :
have been replanted . _
/ '
-have been newly planted ,".
3.Thefollowing text shall headded attheendofArticle 5(4)s "However ,Itly
maysubmit this detailed description onorbefore 30June 1981 ."
4.Article 6(l)shall "bereplaced bythefoltowing :
"l.The Member States concerned shall submit tothe Commission for each wine-
growing year themean yield perhectare interms ofhectolitres perhectare
ofgrape must orwine orinterms ofdscitonnes perhectare ofgrapes
produced ,with effect frora the1979/80wine-growing year ,andinthecase of
Italy with effect frora the1980/81wine-growing year ,from theareas under
•,wine grape varieties ,broken down into theyield classes referred toin
paragraph 2." ,
5.Article 6(5)shall bereplaced bythefollowing :
"5.TheMember States concerned shall communicate totheCanmission ,foreach
wine-growing year andbroken down bygeographical units ,estimates ofthe
mean natural alcoholic strength byvolume expressed as5&vol orin^Oechsle
ofthefresh grapes ,grape musts orwines ,produced from the1979/80wine-
growing year onwards ,andinthecase ofItaly f^rom the1980/81wine-growing
year onwards ,intheareas under vines ofwine grape varieties normally
intended fortheproduction of*
.-quality wines psr f
-other wines :
-including wines compulsorily intended forthemanufacture ofcertain
potable spirits obtained from wine with aregistered designation of
origin ."

Article 6(6) shall bereplaced bythefollowing :
"6.Theannual information referred toinparagraphs land 5shall "becommunicated
before 1April following each wine-growing year .Theinformation ontheyield
classes referred toinparagraph 2shall besubmitted within H;heperiod laid
down inArticle 4(l)«Theestimates offuture trends inaverage yields per
hectare referred toinparagraph 3shall besubmitted :
-forthefirst time ,before 1October 1981 ,andforItaly before
1October 1982 ,
-thereafter ,every five years before 1April ,except forthesecond estimate
forItaly ,which shall besubmitted after four years ."
Article 9shall bereplaced bythefollowing :
"Thenecessary expenditure forthebasic survey onthesituation after the1978/79
wine-growing year ,andinthecase ofItaly after the1979/80wine-growing year ,
shall becovered uptoalump sum tobedetermined inthebudget oftheEuropean
Communities ."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing itspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initBentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
Done atBrussels .
\
For the Council
The President

FINANCIAL RECORDSHEET
AnnextothedraftproposalforaCouncilregulationamendingRegulation
(EEC)No357/79onstatisticalsurveysofareasundervines.
1.Titleandpurpose
FirstbasiosurveyinItalyonareasundervinesattheendofthe1979/80
wine-growing year;itfollowsoneyearafterthecorresponding surveycarried
outintheotherMemberStatesooncerned.
2.Basis -«,
CouncilRegulationNo357/79*
3.Justification
Theamountallocatedinthe1979budgetforcarryingoutthesurveyinItaly
wasnotusedbecausethesurveywaspostponed. -
4.Estimatedcostandfinancing ...
Theappropriations inthebudgetforstatisticalstudiesandsurveys(Article264)
-surveysonwine-growingareas-weresplitbetween1979(l000000EIJA)and
1980(2500000EUA).
ItisrequestedthattheamountallocatedforItalyandnotusedin1979
(595000EU$shouldbere-insertedintothe1981budget.