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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 432/96 by Philippe-Armand MARTIN to the Council. Management of the wine sector
Date: 1996-02-19
Institutions: European Parliament, MARTIN PHILIPPE
Subjects: grubbing premium, marketing year, plantation, redevelopment aid, redirection of production, regulation of agricultural production, vineyard, viticulture













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91996E0432

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 432/96 by Philippe-Armand MARTIN to the Council. Management of the wine sector  


Official Journal C 280 , 25/09/1996 P. 0029 





WRITTEN QUESTION P-0432/96 by Philippe-Armand Martin (UPE) to the Council (19 February 1996)Subject: Management of the wine sectorArticle 6 of Regulation 822/87 ((OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. )) states that all new planting of vines shall be prohibited until 31 August 1996.Regulation 1442/88 ((OJ L 132, 28.5.1988, p. 3. )) states that grubbing-up premiums will cease on 31 August 1996.1. What does the Council intend to do with regard to forthcoming marketing years?2. Can the Council assess the structural impact of these two measures?3. If the reform of the COM for wine is not in place by 31 August 1996, what will the Council do for the next marketing year? When will it inform producers of its plans?Reply (11 June 1996)Pending reform of the COM in wine, the Council has so far extended each year, on a Commission proposal, the various time limits contained in the Community wine sector rules.As regards the time limits expiring during 1996, and more particularly the two time limits cited by the Honourable Member, the proposals which the Commission has recently submitted in the context of the 1996/1997 agricultural prices package provide in fact, by way of an interim protective measure pending the reform, for extending the time limits in question by one year. The Council has not yet acted on these proposals.As far as reform of the COM is concerned, the Council very recently gave fresh impetus to the work begun in 1994; with that in mind, the Council's subordinate bodies are currently conducting an in-depth review of the proposal submitted by the Commission in 1994, also taking into account the Opinion delivered by the European Parliament.In particular, this work is situated in the context of a reform which can also take into account the new market conditions, as established over the last three wine marketing years.Prohibition of new planting of vines, implemented in the Community since 1 December 1976, has been a vital measure for the propoer management of the market, which is faced with mounting surpluses.As regards abandonment measures in respect of wine-growing areas, the Honourable Member will find annexed hereto a table showing the results of implementation of Regulation No 1442/88.In particular, the Council would stress that over the past eight wine years, approximately 500 000 hectares of Community vineyards have been the subject of an abandonment premium under the aforementioned Regulation.Results of implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88>TABLE>(*) provisional data, subject to variations pending final data (**) global requests submitted