Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89 on general rules for the classification of vine varieties
Date: 1997-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: plant disease, plant propagation, seedling, vineyard, viticulture

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 25.07.1997 
COM(97) 415  final 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (ECS 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89 on general rules 
for the classification of vine varieties 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The  purpose  of  this  proposal  for  a  Regulation  is  to  adjust  the  general  rules  on  the 

classification  of vine varieties as a result of the amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 

(Article 6(2)) adopted by the Council on 25 June. 

1. 

Member  States  are  authorised  to  permit  new  plantings  on  land  intended  for  the 

cultivation of parent vines for scions. 

2. 

In  addition,  the  Council  decided  that  all  varieties  listed  in  the  Community 

classification  of vine varieties may be planted on such land. That measure will enable 

nursery  growers  to  stock  marketable  varieties  and  thus  help  to  avoid  the  spread  of 

diseases resulting from transport between the different regions. 

3. 

This Regulation introduces a definition of parent vine variety for scions and stipulates 

that  it  is  the  responsibility  of  each  Member  State  to  classify  all  or  some  of  those 

varieties for one or more administrative units. 

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Proposai for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

of 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89 on general rules 
for the classification of vine varieties 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

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 
organisation  of  the  market  in  wine1,  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  ...2,  and  in 

particular Article 13(1) thereof, 

Whereas  Article 6(2)  of  Regulation  (EEC) No 822/87  has  been  amended  to  allow  Member 

States to authorise new plantings on land intended for growing parent vines for scions; whereas 

all the varieties listed in the classification of vine varieties may be planted on such land in order 

to provide nursery growers with stocks of all marketable varieties and thus avoid the spread of 

diseases resulting from transport between the various regions; 

Whereas  Member  States  may  classify  parent  vines  for  scions,  because  of  their  special 

characteristics, for their entire territory or merely for certain administrative units, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

1  OJ No L 84,27.3.1987, p. 1. 

2  OJNoL 

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Article 1 

Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89 is hereby amended as follows: 

1. 

In Article 2(2), the following point is added: 

"(e) 

scion  variety,  a  vine  variety  grown  for  the  production  of  vegetative  vine 

propagation material and supplying the aerial parts of the plant." 

2. 

In Article 3, the following paragraph is added: 

"3. 

The  scion  varieties  are  the  same  wine  and  table  grape  varieties  classified, 

pursuant to Article  3(1), for  each of the defined  administrative  units  or parts thereof. 

Each  Member  State  shall  determine  and  classify  the  scion  varieties  which  it  shall 

authorise in each of the administrative units or parts thereof referred to in paragraph 1." 

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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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

DATE: 

BUDGET HEADING: 16 

APPROPRIATIONS: ECU 862.8 million 

TITLE: 

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89 on general rules for the classification  of vine 
varieties. 

LEGAL BASIS: Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 

AIMS OF PROJECT: 

To allow Member States to classify  parent vines for scions for their entire territory or merely for certain  administrative 
units. 

FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

PERIOD OF 
12 MONTHS 

million ecu 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL  YEAR 
(97) 
million ecu 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL YEAR 
(98) 
million ecu 

5.0. 

5.1. 

EXPENDITURE 
- CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET 

(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 
- NATIONAL  ADMINISTRATION 
-OTHER 

REVENUE 
- OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS  DUTIES) 

-NATIONAL 

5.0.1. 
5.1.1. 

ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
ESTIMATED REVENUE 

5.2. 

METHOD OF CALCULATION: 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

6.0. 

6.1. 

6.2. 

6.3. 

CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT 
CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? 

CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT 
BUDGET? 

IS A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET NECESSARY? 

WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY? 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

Y-ES/NO 

YES/NO 

OBSERVATIONS: 

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