Commission Regulation (EC) No 496/2000 of 6 March 2000 laying down measures for the application of Article 6(1a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organisation of the market in wine
Date: 2000-03-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, market, plantation, utilised agricultural area, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 496/2000

of 6 March 2000

laying down measures for the application of Article 6(1a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
on the common organisation of the market in wine

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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999 (2),
and in particular Article 6(1a) and (4) thereof,

(5)

(6)

It is therefore essential in such cases to determine the
data relating to production potential before new rights
are granted so as to avoid the risk of market disruption.

The Management Committee for Wine has not delivered
laid down by its
an opinion within the time limit
chairman,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The production potential arrangements provided for in
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999
on the common organisation of the market in wine (3)
involve the granting of new planting rights, within a
certain limit. These arrangements enter into force on 1
August 2000. The urgent need for additional rights in
certain wine-growing regions has led the Council to
amend Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 to permit Member
States to grant some of the newly created rights in
advance.

Under Article 6(1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999, the
Member States may grant authorisation for new planting
from 1 January 2000 until the end of the 1999/2000
wine year by using up to 20 % of the newly created
planting rights allocating to them under Article 6(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. These rights must be
used in compliance with the provisions of Title II,
Chapter I of that Regulation.

Sound management of the system of allocating new
planting rights under Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999,
requires
knowledge of the exact situation with regard to the
production potential

ensuring market

equilibrium,

involved.

The Council acknowledges this requirement in Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999, in which it indicates that, to
encourage Member States to compile an inventory,
access to the regularisation of unlawfully planted areas,
the increase in planting rights and support for restruc-
turing and conversion should be limited to those who
have compiled an inventory.

(1) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.

Article 1

Member States may grant the new planting rights referred to in
Article 6(1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 only if informa-
tion on wine potential as referred to in Article 2 of this
Regulation has been submitted to the Commission. Member
States must base on objective criteria their recognition that,
owing to its quality, production of a quality wine psr or a table
wine described by means of a geographical indication is far
below demand.

Article 2

1.
The information referred to in paragraph 2 may be
broken down by region. It may also be presented for one
region only.

2.

Information must be submitted on:

(a) the total wine-growing area:

(i) broken down by category of wine in the case of areas
planted with vines classified as wine-grape varieties
(quality wines psr and table wines) including the area
suitable for the production of wines described by a
geographical
indication; areas planted under each
variety in excess of 5 % of the total area shall also be
indicated; areas planted with varieties below that
percentage shall be shown under ‘Other’.

(ii) given separately in the case of areas planted with both
vines classified as wine-grape varieties and varieties
destined for another use; areas planted under each
variety in excess of 5 % of the total area shall also be
indicated; for this area class also, areas planted with
varieties below that percentage shall be shown under
‘Other’;

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(b) the area of valid planting rights broken down into:

(i) new planting rights:

— granted to producers each marketing year,
— used for the same marketing year;

(ii) replanting rights held by producers.

The information in point 2 should refer to:
— a historical reference year (to be fixed by the Member State),
— 1998, based on final figures,
— 1999, based on final or provisional figures.

Article 3

The Commission must also be informed of the source(s)

3.
of the above information.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 6 March 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission