Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine
Official Journal L 054 , 05/03/1979 P. 0001 - 0047
Greek special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 24 P. 0112
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79
OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979
ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 42 AND 43 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ( 1 ) ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ) ,
WHEREAS , SINCE THEIR ADOPTION , THE BASIC PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE HAVE BEEN AMENDED A NUMBER OF TIMES ; WHEREAS , BY REASON OF THEIR NUMBER , THEIR COMPLEXITY AND THEIR DISPERSAL AMONG VARIOUS OFFICIAL JOURNALS , THE RELEVANT TEXTS ARE DIFFICULT TO USE AND THUS LACK THE CLARITY WHICH SHOULD BE AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF ALL LEGISLATION ; WHEREAS THEY SHOULD THEREFORE BE CONSOLIDATED ;
WHEREAS THE OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMON MARKET IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY TO INCLUDE IN PARTICULAR A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETS WHICH MAY TAKE VARIOUS FORMS DEPENDING ON THE PRODUCT ;
WHEREAS THE AIM OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY IS TO ATTAIN THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 39 OF THE TREATY AND , IN PARTICULAR IN THE WINE SECTOR , TO STABILIZE MARKETS AND ENSURE A FAIR STANDARD OF LIVING FOR THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY CONCERNED ; WHEREAS THESE OBJECTIVES MAY BE ATTAINED BY ADJUSTING RESOURCES TO NEEDS , IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PURSUIT OF A POLICY OF QUALITY ;
WHEREAS DETERMINATION OF THE MEASURES REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THIS ADJUSTMENT DEPENDS ON KNOWING THE PRODUCTION POTENTIAL AND ON HAVING AN ESTIMATE OF THE VOLUME OF GRAPE MUST AND WINE AVAILABLE EACH YEAR ;
WHEREAS THE PREPARATION OF A VITICULTURAL LAND REGISTER , THE INTRODUCTION OF A SYSTEM OF HARVEST AND STOCK DECLARATIONS AND THE COMPILATION OF AN ANNUAL FORWARD ESTIMATE SHOULD ENABLE THE STATISTICAL INFORMATION ESSENTIAL FOR A KNOWLEDGE OF THE MARKETS TO BE OBTAINED ;
WHEREAS THE MANNER OF IMPLEMENTING THESE MEASURES MUST BE SUCH THAT THE INFORMATION OBTAINED IS COMPARABLE AT COMMUNITY LEVEL WHILE TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE SITUATION PECULIAR TO EACH MEMBER STATE ;
WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVENTION ON THE MARKET ; WHEREAS AID FOR THE PRIVATE STORAGE OF TABLE WINES AND GRAPE MUSTS AND THE DISTILLATION OF THESE WINES MEET THIS REQUIREMENT ; WHEREAS TO APPLY SUCH MEASURES FOR THE SHORT AND LONG TERM PARTICULAR PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE , IN RESPECT OF EACH TYPE OF TABLE WINE REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION , FOR FIXING A GUIDE PRICE AND , DERIVED THEREFROM , AN ACTIVATING THRESHOLD PRICE