Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) No ... of ... amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organisation of the market in wine
Date: 1999-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural market, agricultural product, agricultural production, fixing of prices

1.3.1999

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  59/13

Proposal  for  a

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)  No  . . ./1999

of  . . .  1999

99/0032(CNS)

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

(1999/C  59/09)

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,

Having  regard 
Parliament,

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

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

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,

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

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;

1.  In the third subparagraph of Article 16(5), ‘between 1
September  1998  and  31  August  1999’  is  replaced  by
‘between  1  September  1999  and  31  August  2000’.

2.  In  Article  39:

Whereas,  as  a  temporary  derogation,  the  total  acidity  of
table  wines  should  be  fixed  at  a  lower  level  in  certain
wine  growing  zones;

—  in 

the 

first  and 

second 

paragraph  10, 
‘1999/2000’,

‘1998/1999’ 

subparagraphs  of
replaced  by

is 

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 Council Regulation
(EEC) No 822/87 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No  1627/98 (2),  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  only  be  conducted  until  the  1998/1999
wine  year;  whereas  they  should  be  continued  for  one
wine  year  so  that  their  effectiveness  may  be  assessed;

Whereas  Article  65(5)  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  822/87
provides  that,  during  the  1998/1999  wine  year,  the
Commission  is  to  submit  to  the  Council  a  report  on
in  wine  and  any
maximum  sulphur  dioxide 

levels 

(1)  OJ  L  84,  27.3.1987,  p.  1.
(2)  OJ  L  210,  28.7.1998,  p.  8.

—  in  paragraph  11,  ‘1998/1999’  is  replaced  by

‘1999/2000’.

3.  In  Article  46(4), 

‘1998/1999’ 

is 

replaced  by

‘1999/2000’.

4.  In Article 65(5), ‘1 April 1999’ is replaced by ‘1 April
2000’  and  ‘1  September  1999’  is  replaced  by  ‘1
September  2000’.

5.  In  Annex  I,  the  third  subparagraph  of  point  13  is

replaced  by  the  following:

‘For  the  1997/1998,  1998/1999  and  1999/2000  wine
years,  table  wines  produced  in  Greece,  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  Guipúzcoa
and  Vizcaya, 
consumption
respectively  on  the  market  in  Greece,  France,  Italy,
Portugal  and  Spain  may  have  a  total  acidity  content
of  not  less  than  3,5  g/l,  expressed  as  tartaric  acid’.

released 

and 

for 

C  59/14

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

1.3.1999

Article  2

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

It  shall  apply  from  1  September  1999.

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

Done  at  . . .

For  the  Council

The  President

. . .