Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/96 of 22 July 1996 determining the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice may be carried out in respect of the 1995/96 wine year
Date: 1996-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, food consumption, fruit juice, grape, marketing year, sales promotion













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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/96 of 22 July 1996 determining the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice may be carried out in respect of the 1995/96 wine year  


Official Journal L 182 , 23/07/1996 P. 0015 - 0016 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1422/96 of 22 July 1996 determining the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice may be carried out in respect of the 1995/96 wine yearTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1544/95 (2), and in particular Article 46 (5) and Article 81 thereof,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (4),Whereas Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3461/85 of 9 December 1985 on the organization of campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1828/95 (6), provides that the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice are to be carried out and the total amounts allocated for the financing of the campaigns in each of the said Member States must be determined for each wine year;Whereas Article 4 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2461/88 of 25 August 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the aid scheme for the use of grapes, grape must and concentrated grape must to produce grape juice (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2122/95 (8), fixes the proportion of the aid intended for financing the promotional campaign at 25 %;Whereas Annex VII to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1848/95 of 26 July 1995 fixing the buying-in prices, aids and certain other amounts applicable for the 1995/96 wine year to intervention measures in the wine sector (9) fixes the amount of aid for the 1995/96 wine year;Whereas the amount available for such financing depends on the quantities of products in respect of which aid is granted; whereas the amount available for financing the 1995/96 campaign measure is estimated at ECU 6.5 million;Whereas Member States meeting the conditions for carrying out such promotional campaigns are those where such measures have been carried out in previous wine years; whereas, furthermore, to enable such measures to be carried out with a view to increasing the consumption of grape juice in Austria, which has requested this, an amount should be allocated to that Member State to launch such promotional measures;Whereas, in order to ensure better management of the budget funds, it has proved necessary to fix a deadline for the signature and payment of contracts;Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 1. For the 1995/96 wine year, campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice as provided for in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3461/85 shall be carried out in Germany, Austria, France, Spain and the Netherlands.The total amount for financing those campaigns shall be:- ECU 2 120 000 in Germany,- ECU 300 000 in Austria,- ECU 1 700 000 in France,- ECU 1 500 000 in Spain,- ECU 620 000 in the Netherlands.2. Contracts for that campaign shall be signed within nine months at the latest following the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The payment of contracts shall be made three months at the latest after the successful fulfilment of the contracts.3. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be converted into national currencies using the agricultural conversion rate in force on 1 September 1996.Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 Brussels, 22 July 1996.For the CommissionFranz FISCHLERMember of the Commission(1) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.(2) OJ No L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 31.(3) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.(4) OJ No L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.(5) OJ No L 332, 10. 12. 1985, p. 22.(6) OJ No L 175, 27. 7. 1995, p. 46.(7) OJ No L 236, 26. 8. 1988, p. 25.(8) OJ No L 212, 7. 9. 1995, p. 7.(9) OJ No L 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 35.