Information from the Commission - Forward estimate for the 1998/99 wine year
Date: 1998-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, viticulture

16.12.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  392/7

Forward  estimate  for  the  1998/99  wine  year

(98/C  392/06)

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
organisation  of  the  market  in  wine(cid:216)(˛),  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1627/98(cid:216)(ˇ),
and  in  particular  Article  3(4)  thereof,

Whereas  Article  31(1)  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  822/87  stipulates  that  a  forward  estimate  must
be  drawn  up  each  year  in  order  to  determine  the  resources  and  assess  the  requirements  of  the
Community,  including  foreseeable  imports  from  and  exports  to  third  countries;

Whereas,  pursuant  to  Commission  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2396/84(cid:216)(—),  as  last  amended  by
Regulation  (EEC)  No  3373/89(cid:216)((cid:209)),  the  forward  estimate  must  be  drawn  up  on  the  basis  of  all
the  information  available,  and  in  particular  that  forwarded  by  the  Member  States;

Whereas  the  Member  States  have  forwarded  information  to  the  Commission  on  harvest  and
stock  declarations  relating  to  wine  products  in  accordance  with  Commission  Regulation  (EEC)
No  1294/96(cid:216)((cid:210)),  consolidating  the  provisions  on  the  subject,  as  last  amended  by  Regulation
(EC)  No  225/97(cid:216)((cid:211));

Whereas  the  measures  provided  for  in  this  Regulation  are  in  accordance  with  the  opinion  of
the  Management  Committee  for  Wine,

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  ESTIMATE:

The  forward  estimate  for  the  1998/99  wine  year  for  the  Community  shall  be  as  shown  in  the
Annex  hereto.

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  84,  27.3.1987,  p.  1.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  L  210,  28.7.1998,  p.  8.
(—)(cid:217)OJ  L  224,  21.8.1984,  p.  14.
((cid:209))(cid:217)OJ  L  325,  10.11.1989,  p.  19.
((cid:210))(cid:217)OJ  L  166,  5.7.1996,  p.  14.
((cid:211))(cid:217)OJ  L  37,  7.2.1997,  p.  1.

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EN(cid:217)(cid:216)

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

16.12.98

Annex

COMMUNITY  FORWARD  ESTIMATE  FOR  THE  1998/99  WINE  YEAR

Description

Total

Red  and
ros~

White

Total

Red  and
ros~

White

Total

Red  and
ros~

White

Total

Red  and
ros~

White

All  wines

Quality  wines  psr

Table  wines

Other  wines

(in  1(cid:216)000  hl)

Total  production:
-(cid:217)grape  juice(cid:216)(˛)
-(cid:217)vinification

164(cid:216)112 82(cid:216)134 81(cid:216)978
5(cid:216)758
156(cid:216)854 80(cid:216)634 76(cid:216)220

1(cid:216)500

7(cid:216)258

63(cid:216)937 33(cid:216)417 30(cid:216)520
0
63(cid:216)937 33(cid:216)417 30(cid:216)520

0

0

88(cid:216)206 48(cid:216)167 40(cid:216)039
1(cid:216)015
1(cid:216)000
2(cid:216)015
86(cid:216)191 47(cid:216)167 39(cid:216)024

Stocks  at  start  of  wine  year:
-(cid:217)producers
-(cid:217)trade

119(cid:216)186 59(cid:216)927 59(cid:216)259
75(cid:216)082 38(cid:216)938 36(cid:216)144
44(cid:216)104 20(cid:216)989 23(cid:216)115

71(cid:216)159 35(cid:216)384 35(cid:216)775
48(cid:216)130 24(cid:216)685 23(cid:216)445
23(cid:216)029 10(cid:216)699 12(cid:216)330

46(cid:216)027 23(cid:216)839 22(cid:216)188
26(cid:216)344 14(cid:216)205 12(cid:216)139
9(cid:216)634 10(cid:216)049
19(cid:216)683

11(cid:216)969
5(cid:216)243
6(cid:216)726

2(cid:216)000
608
1(cid:216)392

550 11(cid:216)419
4(cid:216)743
500
6(cid:216)676
50

704
48
656

1(cid:216)296
560
736

276(cid:216)040 140(cid:216)561 135(cid:216)479

135(cid:216)096 68(cid:216)801 66(cid:216)295

132(cid:216)218 71(cid:216)006 61(cid:216)212

8(cid:216)726

754

7(cid:216)972

Quantities  available  at  start  of
wine  year

Imports:
-(cid:217)intra(cid:220)Community
-(cid:217)extra(cid:220)Community

5(cid:216)699

Total  quantities  available

281(cid:216)739

Total  home  use:
-(cid:217)human  consumption
-(cid:217)processing:

of  which  distillation
-(cid:217)grape  spirit
-(cid:217)Regulation 
822/87

(EEC)  No

-(cid:217)other
of  which  vinegar
of  which  vermouth

-(cid:217)losses:

-(cid:217)producers
-(cid:217)trade

Exports:
-(cid:217)intra(cid:220)Community
-(cid:217)extra(cid:220)Community

Stocks  at  end  of  wine  year:
-(cid:217)producers
-(cid:217)trade

Variations  in  stocks

Self(cid:220)sufficiency

151(cid:216)719
127(cid:216)827
22(cid:216)586
18(cid:216)973
4(cid:216)000

14(cid:216)573
400
1(cid:216)306
2(cid:216)307
1(cid:216)306
753
553

13(cid:216)153

116(cid:216)867

(cid:134)2(cid:216)319

1,14

Consumption  (litres  per  capita)

34,13

135(cid:216)096

55(cid:216)926
53(cid:216)862
1(cid:216)590
1(cid:216)590

1(cid:216)390
200

474
259
215

6(cid:216)485

72(cid:216)685

1(cid:216)526

1,17

14,38

132(cid:216)218

81(cid:216)641
66(cid:216)367
14(cid:216)486
10(cid:216)873

10(cid:216)673
200
1(cid:216)306
2(cid:216)307
788
485
303

6(cid:216)598

43(cid:216)979

(cid:134)2(cid:216)048

1,21

17,72

(˛)(cid:217)Juice  as  well  as  the  decrease  in  volume  determinated  by  the  quantity  used  for  concentrated  must.

5(cid:216)699

14(cid:216)425

14(cid:216)152
7(cid:216)598
6(cid:216)510
6(cid:216)510
4(cid:216)000

2(cid:216)510

44
9
35

70

203

(cid:134)1(cid:216)797

0,58

2,03