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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(76)313 final
Brussels,24June1976
Proposalfora
cCOUNCIL---REGULATION(EEC-)
amendingRegulation(EEC)No817/70laying
downspecialprovisionsrelatingtoquality
winesproducedinspecifiedregions
V,
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(76)313final

EXPLANATORY MEMDRMIXJM
BydocumentN°R/IO4I/I/76of12MayI976theCommissioninformedthe
Councilofitsintentiontopresentbefore30JuneI976adraftRegulation
amendingRegulation(EEC)N°8I7/7Olayingdownspecialprovisionsrelating
toqualitywinesproducedinspecifiedregions,inparticularwithrespect
toArticle10thereof.Inviewofthedifferencesintheapplicationofthis
ArticleintheMemberStatesitseemsessentialtolaydowncertainalternative
rulesfortheuseofgrapesorwinesobtainedinexcessoftheyieldfixed
perhectare.Inthiswayminimumharmonisation willbeachievedinthe
applicationofArticle10bytheMemberStateswithoutdivergingtoofar
fromtheirrequirements ,whichobviouslydifferwidelyasaresultofnatural
productionconditionsandcustom.ThepresentproposalforaRegulation
providesMemberStateswiththreealternative usesforgrapesorwineobtained
inexcessofthefixedyieldperhectare.
ThetermsoftheRegulationaresuchthatintheeventofexcessyieldthe
productionoftablewinewouldseemlessprofitablethantheproductionof
qualitywinesp.s.r.Consequently producerswilltakecarenottoexceed
theyield.Applicationoftheabovementioned Article10ascontainedinthe
presentRegulationisthereforeunlikelytoincreasethequantityoftable
winethatwouldbeeligibleformarketintervention .
ApplicationofthisRegulationwillnotentailanyfinancialburdenforthe
Communitybudget.

Commissionproposalfora
COUNCIL.REGULATION (EEC)No/76
of
amendingRegulation(EEC)Mo817/70laying
downspecialprovisionsrelatingtoquality
winesproducedinspecifiedregions
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
WhereasexperiencegainedinapplyingCouncilRegulation (EEC)No817/70
of28April1970layingdownspecialprovisionsrelatingtoqualitywines
producedinspecifiedregions(1),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1161/76(2),showsthatitsArticle10shouldbeamended;
WhereasinordertoharmonizetherulesappliedinproducerMemberStates
forfixingtheyieldsperhectareandfortheuseofgrapesharvestedin
excessofsuchyield,thesaidArticle10shouldbemademorespecificas
regardsthemeasureswhichMemberStatesmaytaketoavoiddiffering
interpretations oftheArticlewhichbothrenderitofnopracticaluse
andcauseunjustifiedlossestoproducerswho,despitethefactthatthe
prescribedyieldisexceeded,offergoodqualitywines;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
mmm/••«
(1)0JNoL99,5.5.1970,p.20
(2)0JNoL135,24.5.1976,p.27

Article-10ofRegulation (EEC)No817/70isherebyamendedtoread
asfollows: '
A£ticle10
1.Ayieldperhectareexpressedinquantitiesofgrapes,grapemustor
wineshallbefixedforeachofthequalitywinespsrbytheMember
Stateconcerned.
Whenthisyieldisbeingfixed,particularaccountshallbetakenof
theyieldsobtainedoverthetenprecedingyears.Onlyharvestsof
satisfactoryqualityfromthemostrepresentative soilsofthespecified
regionshallbeconsidered.
Theyieldperhectaremaybefixedatdifferentlevelsforthesame
qualitywinepsrdependingon:
-thesub-regionorcommune,
-thevinevarietyorvarieties
fromwhichthegrapesusedarederived.
«
Intheyearswhereclimaticconditionsareexceptionally favourablethe
yieldmaybeadjustedupwardsbytheMemberStateconcernedinrespect
oftheharvestoftheyearconcerned.
2.emberStatesmaytolerateanexcessyieldperhectare,ifnecessary,
adjustedbyupto20%,providedthat:
-producerssortthegrapesharvestedinsuchawaythatonlya-
quantitycorresponding totheyieldperhectareisusedtoproduce
thequalitywinepsrconcerned,or
-thequantityofgrapesharvestedinexcessoftheyieldisusedto
produceproductsotherthantablewineorqualitywinepsr,or
-thenaturalalcoholicstrengthis1°abovetheminimumnatural
alcoholicstrengthfixedbytheprovisionsoftheMemberState
concernedforthequalitywinepsrconcerned.
3.If,afteradjustmentandallowingforthe20%tolerance,theyieldper
hectareisoverthelimitfixedtheuseoftheentireharvestforthe
preparationofaqualitywinepsrshallbeprohibited."
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities . •
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident