Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organisation of the market in wine
Date: 1998-07-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common organisation of markets, plantation, vineyard, viticulture, wine

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1627/98

of 20 July 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organisation of the
market in wine

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

Whereas all new planting of vines is prohibited until 31
August 1998; whereas, in view of the situation on the
wine market, this prohibition should be extended until 31
August 2000, pending Council decisions on reform of the
sector; whereas, on the one hand, Member States need a
further marketing year in which to implement the provi-
sion adopted in 1996 permitting the authorisation of new
planting on areas intended for the production of certain
wines; whereas, on the other hand, in order to enable the
production potential of certain wines to be adapted to
increasing market demand, it is advisable to authorise
again, for two marketing years, Member States to grant
rights for new plantings, within well-defined limits and
subject to conditions which avoid all risk of increase in
potential for wines for which no adequate outlet can be
guaranteed;

Whereas, to take account of the special conditions in
which table wines are produced in Spain,
temporary
derogations should be laid down concerning blending of
wines in that Member State;

Whereas, as a temporary derogation, the total acidity of
table wines should be confirmed at a lower level, for
certain Member States, to take account of trends in this
respect;

Whereas, pending Council decisions on reform of the
sector and in order to avoid any legal hiatus, certain
provisions referred to in Article 39 of Regulation (EEC)
No 822/87 (4), should be extended for a further wine year;

Whereas Article 46(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
provides that campaigns to promote the consumption of
grape juice may be conducted only until the 1997/98
wine year; whereas they should be continued for one wine
year so that their effectiveness may be assessed;

that, during the 1997/1998 wine year,

Whereas Article 65(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
the
provides
Commission is to submit to the Council a report on
maximum sulphur dioxide levels
in wine and any
proposals arising therefrom; whereas the significance for
the sector of
the sulphur dioxide problem calls for
proposals taking account in particular of the work of the
International Vine and Wine Office (IWO); whereas that
time limit should therefore be deferred by one wine year,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 is amended as follows:

1. in Article 6(1):

(cid:190) in the first subparagraph ‘31 August 1998' shall be

replaced by ‘31 August 2000',

(cid:190) in the third subparagraph ‘and/or 1998/99' shall be

added after ‘1997/98',

(cid:190) the following subparagraphs shall be added after

the third subparagraph:

‘Authorisations for new plantings may also be
granted by Member States during the 1998/99 and
1999/2000 wine years.

These authorisations may not exceed, per Member
State, the following limits for these two years taken
together:

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Luxembourg

Austria

Portugal

289 ha

208 ha

3 615 ha

2 584 ha

2 442 ha

4 ha

139 ha

719 ha.

These authorisations may not be granted:

(1) OJ C 87, 23. 3. 1998, p. 13.
(2) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998.
(3) OJ C 214, 10. 7. 1998.
(4) OJ L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2087/97 (OJ L 292, 25. 10. 1997, p. 1).

(cid:190) to wine from specified areas which have been
the subject, over the last three wine years, of
permanent abandonment premiums provided
for by Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88;

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(cid:190) to wine from administrative regions in which
the total of the quantities distilled voluntarily
over the last three wine years exceeded 10 % of
the total production of these years.

In allocating these rights, Member States shall
ensure as a matter of priority that the rights will
meet the requirements of the specified areas in
which plantings have been carried out over the
the
three
replanting rights liberated by other production
regions.

preceding wine

years,

using

Should new planting rights be provided for as
part of
rights
mentioned in the fourth and fifth subpara-
graphs will be discounted.

the planting

reform,

the

Member States
shall communicate to the
Commission the provisions they adopt for the
granting of authorisations, the list of the wines
which have benefited and the corresponding
areas.'

2. in the third subparagraph of Article 16(5),

‘between 1
September 1997 and 31 August 1998' shall be replaced
by ‘between 1 September 1998 and 31 August 1999'.

3. in Article 39:

(cid:190) in the first and second subparagraphs of paragraph

(cid:190) in paragraph 11,

‘1997/98' shall be replaced by

‘1998/99'.

4. in Article 46(4),

‘1997/98' shall be replaced by ‘1998/

99'.

5. in Article 65(5), ‘1 April 1998' shall be replaced by ‘1
April 1999' and ‘1 September 1998' by ‘1 September
1999'.

6. in Annex I, the third subparagraph of point 13 shall be

replaced by the following:

‘For the 1997/98 and 1998/99 wine years, table wines
produced in France, Italy, Portugal and in the Spanish
parts of winegrowing zones C other than the regions of
Asturias, Baleares, Cantabria, Galicia, and the provinces
of Guip(cid:156)zcoa and Vizcaya, and released for consump-
tion respectively on the market
Italy,
Portugal and Spain may have a total acidity content of
not less than 3,5 grams per litre, expressed as tartaric
acid'.

in France,

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

10,

‘1997/98' shall be replaced by ‘1998/99',

It shall apply from 1 September 1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1998.

For the Council

The President

W. MOLTERER