Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 establishing a Community vineyard register

(95/C 99/27)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 of 24 July 1986 establishing a Community vineyard register (), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas trends on the wine market have shown that the establishment of the Community vineyard register is a vital instrument in ensuring the proper functioning of the common organization of the market in wine and in particular the monitoring of areas under vines;

Whereas some Member States have encountered technical difficulties which have delayed their undertaking to establish this instrument within the time limit laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86;

Whereas those difficulties should be taken into account and the time limit laid down in Article 4 (1) should therefore be extended;

Whereas the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden obliges Austria to establish a vineyard register by 1 December 1996 at the latest; whereas all the time limits for the establishment of vineyard registers should be harmonized on that laid down in the Act of Accession;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation must be sufficiently flexible to allow them to be adjusted to developments in the common organization of the market in wine; whereas, taking account of current discussions by the Council concerning reform of that market organization, the Commission should be asked to ensure that measures are not taken which risk becoming quickly obsolete;

Whereas, in any case, the establishment of a vineyard register must commence with the establishment of reference charts,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 4, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

'1. The register shall be established in its entirety by 31 December 1996 at the latest.'

2. In Article 4, the following paragraph 4 is added:

'4. Member States which, on the date of entry into force of this Regulation, have not yet established a vineyard register or which have only established a partial register shall, before 31 December 1995 establish reference charts covering the entire area under vines.

Member States shall forward to the Commission, within three months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, programmes relating to the progress of work on their register and, where appropriate, the status of work already carried out.

The Commission shall study the programme and shall authorize measures in line with forecast requirements engendered by the development of the common organization of the market in wine.'

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.

Done at . . .

For the Council

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() OJ No L 208, 31. 7. 1986, p. 1.