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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)41 final
Brussels-12February1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No959/70authorizing the
coupageofGermanredwineswithimportedredwines
_/"\
.■ .
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(79)41final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Council Regulation (EEC)NO959/70authorizes theooupage ofGerman red
wines with imported redwines only under certain restrictive conditions
anduntil 30June 1979 *Inorder toestablish fair conditions ofcompetition
throughout theCommunity ,itisnecessary toabandon this practice assoon
aspossible *Thetechnical efforts byproducers ofredwines inGermany in
order tomake themselves independent ofcoupage with imported wines have
yielded results which suggest thepossibility ofacessation ofthis prac­
tice within five years .This period isnecessary toallow time forsetting
upinstallations tobeused forthetemperature treatment ofthewine har­
vests andforexpanding theproduction ofwines originating from the
colouring varieties *Ittherefore appears appropriate toextend until
30June 1984 thetransitional period during which thecoupage ofGerman
redwines with imported redwines will beauthorized *Inorder toencourage
theGerman producers touseredcoupage wines originating intheCommunity f
itappears appropriate toreduce from 15to10$thepercentage allowed
forthecoupage ofGerman redwines with imported wines *
/
This proposal foraRegulation involves nofinanoial charge ontheCommu­
nity budget *

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC)No959/70authorizing thecoupage of
German redwines with imported redwines
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCounoil Regulation (EEC)No8I6/7Oof28April 1970 laying
down additional provisions fortheoommon organization ofthemarket in
Ί _ / \ /.η2wine ,aslastamended "byRegulation (EEC)No3065/78,andinparticular
Artiole 26(4 )thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal fromtheCommission ^,
Whereas Article 26(4 )ofRegulation (EEC)No8I6/7Oprohibits thecoupage
ofanimported wine with aCommunity wine ,except bywayofderogation to
bedecided bytheCounoil ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No959/70^authorizes thecoupage of
German redwines with imported redwines only under restrictive conditions
anduntil 30June 1979 1whereas ,inorder toestablish fair conditions of
competition throughout theCommunity ,this practice should beabandoned
assoon aspossible ;whereas efforts toproduce redwines solely from
grapes harvested inGermany have yielded results such that itmaybe
expected that German producers willsoon beinaposition tocease the
ooupage oftheir redwines with imported wines ;whereas itis,however ,
necessary toreduce the proportion ofimported wines allowed forthe
coupage ofGerman redwines ,order toenoourage German producers touse
redcoupage wines originating intheCommunity ;
(1)OJNoL99»5*5*1970 ,p.1
(2)OJNoL366,28.12«1978 ,p.9
(3)OJNo
(4)OJNoL115,28.5.1970 ,p.6

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Regulation (EEC )No959/70isamended asfollows :
1.Therate of15$specified inArticle ^1(2)
isreplaced "bytherate of10
2.The date ."30June 1979 "specified inArticle 2
isreplaced "bythedate "30June 1984 ".
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on1July 1979 »
This Regulation shall "be "binding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States *
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President