Commission Regulation (EC) No 1893/98 of 3 September 1998 determining the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice may be carried out in respect of the 1997/98 wine year
Date: 1998-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: food consumption, fruit juice, grape, sales promotion

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1893/98

of 3 September 1998

determining the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the
consumption of grape juice may be carried out in respect of the 1997/98 wine
year

THE 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
1627/98 (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 Regu-
lation (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 1402/97 (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 2641/88 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 583/
98 (8),
the aid intended for
the proportion of
financing the promotional campaign at 25 %;

fixes

Whereas Annex VII to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1475/97 of 28 July 1997 fixing the buying-in prices, aids
and certain other amounts applicable for the 1997/98
wine year to intervention measures in the wine sector (9)
fixes the amount of aid for the 1997/98 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

(1) OJ L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 332, 10. 12. 1985, p. 22.
(6) OJ L 194, 23. 7. 1997, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 236, 26. 8. 1988, p. 25.
(8) OJ L 77, 14. 3. 1998, p. 14.
(9) OJ L 200, 29. 7. 1997, p. 25.

1997/98 campaign measure
7 000 000;

is

estimated at ECU

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, 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 1997/98 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:

(cid:190) ECU 2 200 000 in Germany,

(cid:190) ECU 700 000 in Austria,

(cid:190) ECU 1 800 000 in France,

(cid:190) ECU 1 600 000 in Spain,

(cid:190) ECU 700 000 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 1998.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 3 September 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission