Council Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999 of 19 July 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organisation of the market in wine
Date: 1999-07-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common organisation of markets, viticulture

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Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 7. 1999

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1677/1999

of 19 July 1999

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 37 thereof,

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

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

therefrom; 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); that time limit should therefore be
deferred by one wine year,

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

the production potential arrangements, provided for in
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May on
the common organisation of the wine market (4), involve
the granting of new planting rights within a certain
limit; these arrangements enter into force on 1 August
2000; the requirements for additional rights in certain
wine-growing regions justify granting such rights in
advance; the new planting of vines should therefore be
permitted as from 1 January 2000; that possibility can
be provided for only if the relevant provisions of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999 are complied with;

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;

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

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

1. the following paragraph shall be inserted in Article 6:

‘1a. Member States may, in addition, grant authorisation
for new planting as from 1 January 2000 and until the end
of the 1999/2000 wine year by using up to 20 % of the
planting rights newly created which are allocated to them in
accordance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999. These rights may be used only subject to compliance
with the provisions laid down in Title II, Chapter I of that
Regulation. The rights thus granted will be deducted from
the rights available for
the Member States concerned
pursuant to Article 6(1) of that Regulation’;

2.

in the third subparagraph of Article 16(5),
‘between 1
September 1998 and 31 August 1999’ shall be replaced by
‘between 1 September 1999 and 31 August 2000’;

3.

in Article 39:

pending application of the 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 (5) should be extended for a further wine year;

— in the first and second subparagraphs of paragraph 10,

‘1998/1999’ shall be replaced by ‘1999/2000’,

— in paragraph 11,
‘1999/2000’;

‘1998/1999’ shall be replaced by

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 1998/1999 wine
year; they should be continued for one wine year so that
their effectiveness may be assessed;

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 maximum
sulphur dioxide levels in wine and any proposals arising

(1) OJ C 59, 1.3.1999, p. 13.
(2) OJ C 219, 30.7.1999.
(3) OJ C 169, 16.6.1999.
(4) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1627/98 (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 8).

4.

5.

6.

in Article 46(4),
2000’;

‘1998/1999’ shall be replaced by ‘1999/

in Article 65(5), ‘1 April 1999’ shall be replaced by ‘1 April
2000’ and ‘1 September 1999’ by ‘1 September 2000’;

in Annex I, the third subparagraph of point 13 shall be
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 wine-growing zones C other
than the regions of Asturias, Baleares, Cantabria, Galicia,
and the provinces of Guipúzcoa and Vizcaya may have a
total acidity content of not
less than 3,5 gr per litre,
expressed as tartaric acid.’

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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

It shall apply from 1 September 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. HEMILÄ