NoC80/48 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.3.93
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amendingRegulation (EEC)No822/87onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinwine
(93/C80/29)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,mustbedrawnupwhenalldataareavailableand
accordinglycertaintimelimitsmustbedeferredbyone
wineyear,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicandSocial
Committee ,
WhereasArticle17(3)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No822/87i1),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1756/92(2),providesthatoneparticularformof
deacidification ispermittedonatransitionalbasisonly;
whereassothatafinaldecisioncanbetakenregardingthat
technique,currentpracticeshouldbecontinuedatleast
untiltheendofthe1993/94wineyear;
WhereasArticle46(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No822/87
providesthatcampaignstopromotetheconsumptionof
grapejuicemayonlybeconducteduntilthe1992/93wine
yearandwhereastheyshouldbecontinuedforonewine
yearsothattheireffectivenessmaybeassessed;
WhereasArticles18(3),20(2),39(12)and65(5)of
Regulation (EEC)No822/87providethat,duringthe
1992/93wineyear,theCommissionistosubmittothe
Councilreportsonwine-growing zones,enrichment,the
effectsofthestructuralmeasuresandtheirlinkwith
compulsorydistillation,maximumsulphurdioxidelevelsin
wineandanyproposalsarisingtherefrom;whereasthe
draftingofsomeofthosereportshasrequiredthe
organizationofstudiesentailingtheparticipationof
independentexpertswhichhavenotyetbeencompleted;
Whereasthesignificanceforthesectorofthe
abovementioned problemscallsforthehighestdegreeof
consistencybetweenthesolutiontobeproposed;whereas
whenachievingsuchconsistency ,therequisiteproposalsArticle1
Regulation (EEC)No822/87isherebyamendedas
follows:
1.InArticle17(3),'31August1993'isreplacedby
'31August1994'.
2.ThesecondsubparagraphofArticle18(3)isreplaced
bythefollowing:
'Beforetheendofthe1993/94wineyear,the
CommissionshallsubmittotheEuropeanParliament
andtotheCouncilareportonthedemarcationof
wine-growing zonesintheCommunity .TheCouncil,
actinginaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article43(2)oftheTreaty,shalldecideonthe
demarcationofthewine-growing zonesforthe
Communityasawhole,suchprovisionsapplyingfrom
the1994/95wineyear.'
3.Article20(2)isreplacedbythefollowing:
'2.Beforetheendofthe1992/93wineyear,the
CommissionshallsubmittotheEuropeanParliament
andtotheCouncilareportonthedemarcationof
wine-growing zonesintheCommunity .TheCouncil,
actinginaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article43(2)oftheTreaty,shalldecideonthe
demarcationofthewine-growing zonesforthe
Communityasawhole,suchprovisionsapplyingfrom
the1993/94wineyear.'
4.InArticle39:
—thethirdandfourthsubparagraphs ofparagraph3
arereplacedbythefollowing:
'Untiltheendofthe1993/94wineyear:
—theuniformpercentageshallbe85;
—theconsecutivereferenceyearsshallbe
1981/82,1982/83and1983/84.
Fromthe1994/95wineyearonwards,theuniform
percentageandconsecutivereferenceyearsshallbe
determinedbytheCommissionwhichshallfix:(»)OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.
(2)OJNoL180,17.6.1992,p.27.

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—theuniformpercentageonthebasisofthe
quantitiesthatmustbedistilledinaccordance
withparagraph2inordertoeliminatethe
productionsurplusfortheyearinquestion,
—theconsecutivereferenceyearsonthebasisof
thetrendofproduction,and,inparticular,the
effectsofthegrubbingpolicy.'
—paragraph10isreplacedbythefollowing:
'10.Notwithstanding thisArticle,forthe1985/86
to1993/94wineyears,compulsorydistillationin
Greecemaybeimplementedinaccordancewith
specialprovisionstakingaccountofthedifficulties
encounteredinthatcountryinparticularasregards
knowledgeofyieldperhectare.Theseprovisions
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle83.';
—thefirstsubparagraphofparagraph11isreplaced
bythefollowing:
'if,duringthe1987/88to1993/94wineyears,
difficultieslikelytojeopardizetheexecutionor
balancedapplicationofthecompulsorydistillation
operationreferredtoinparagraph 1occur,the
measuresnecessaryinordertoensureeffective
applicationofthedistillationschemeshallbe
adoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle83.';
—paragraph12isreplacedbythefollowing:
'Beforetheendofthe1993/94wineyear,the
Commission shallsubmittotheEuropeanParliamentandtotheCouncilareportonthe
demarcation ofwine-growing zonesinthe
Community .TheCouncil,actinginaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)of
theTreaty,shalldecideonthedemarcationofthe
wine-growingzonesfortheCommunityasawhole,
suchprovisionsapplyingfromthe1993/94wine
year.'
5.Article46(4)isreplacedbythefollowing:
'4.Duringthe1985/86to1993/94wineyears,apart
tobedeterminedoftheaidprovidedforinthefirst
indentofparagraph 1shallbesetasideforthe
organizationofcampaignstopromotetheconsumption
ofgrapejuice.Theaidmay,forthepurposesof
organizingsuchcampaigns,befixedatahigherlevel
thanthatresultingfromtheapplicationofparagraph
3.'
6.Article65(5)isreplacedbythefollowing:
'5.Beforetheendofthe1993/94wineyear,the
CommissionshallsubmittotheEuropeanParliament
andtotheCouncilareportonthedemarcationof
wine-growing zonesintheCommunity .TheCouncil,
actinginaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article43(2)oftheTreaty,shalldecideonthe
demarcationofthewine-growing zonesforthe
Communityasawhole,suchprovisionsapplyingfrom
the1993/94wineyear.'
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationtheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1September1993.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
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