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Date: 1980-04-02
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 on the common organization of the market in wine and Regulation (EEC) No 347/79 on general rules for the classification of vine varieties (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                               COM(80)159 final
                                               Brussels , 2 April 1980
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
           amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 / 79 on the common
           organization of the market in wine and Regulation
           ( EEC ) No 347 / 79 on general rules for the classi­
           fication of vine varieties
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 C0M(80 ) 159 final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The purpose of this Council Regulation is to formulate those adjustments
to the Council acts relating to the wine sector which have been made
necessary by the accession of Greece and which have not yet been laid down
in Annex I to the Act concerning the conditions of accession . The
proposal comprises the following provisions :
1 . In the second subparagraph of Article 4(1)(c ) of Regulation ( EEC )
    No 337 / 79 the number of average prices tp be used must be increased to
    take account of the new situation resulting from the accession of the
    Hellenic Republic . It is proposed that the minimum number of prices to
    be used be increased from five to six forRI wines , from three to four
    for R II wines and from three to five for A I wines .
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2 . It was agreed that the rules should be amended to demarcate the zones in
    Greece where deacidif ication of wine is permitted . To that end it is
    proposed that a new wine-growing zone within the meaning of the rules
    relating to certain oenological practices be created, for which the same
    minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume would be required as for the
    existing C III zone but where deacidi f ication would be provided for , as
    is currently the case for zones C II ( a ) and C II | ( b). Annex IV to    ( '
    Regulation ( EEC ) No 337/ 79 demarcating the wine-growing zones is thus
    supplemented by the creation of a zone C III ( a ) covering the Greek nomoi
    in which a large part of the land under vines is located at an altitude
    of over 350 m , together with the island of Thira . The remainder of land
    under vines in Greece is included in the present zone C III which x
    becomes zone C III ( b ). Articles 32 , 33 and 34 of Regulation ( EEC ) No
    337 / 79 are amended accordingly .
3 . With regard to the Greek request that Regulation ( EEC ) No 347 / 79 be
    amended to include varieties used for the production of dried grapes ,
    for which triple use would have to be authorized ( dried grapes , table
    grapes and wine grapes ), the Community reserved i^s position until such
    time as the requisite additional information was supplied by the Greek
    Delegation . Having undertaken this technical examination, the Commission
    proposes that Regulation ( EEC ) No 347 / 79 be amended so as to permit
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exceptional ly , one and the same variety tq be included simultaneously ,
as the case may be ,
- among win » grape varieties and table grape varieties ;
- among wine grape varieties and grape varieties for special uses or
- among wine grape varieties , table grape varieties and grape varieties
  for special uses .
This latter provision would apply only to the " Sultanine " variety
cultivated in a limited number of Greek nomoi .
Lastly , the criteria relating to the classification of grape varieties
for special uses ( recommended, authorized and temporarily authorized
varieties ) laid down in Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 347 / 79 appear
satisfactory as regards grape varieties for drying also .
 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
           amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 / 79 on the common
           organization of the market in wine and Regulation
           ( EEC ) No 347 / 79 on general rules for the classi­
           fication of vine varieties
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -            1
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the
                                                                  (1
Hellenic Republic and the adjustments to the Treateis                 , and - in
particular Article 146(2 ) thereof ,
                                               I - ' '■ .
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 / 79 ; of ~5 February 1979
                                                          (2)
on the common organization of the market in wine              , as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No 459/ 89 *^, and in particular Article 30(1 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , under Article 22 of the said Act , certain adaptations made
necessary by accession should be made to Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 / 79 in
conformity with the guidelines set out in Annex II to the Act ;
Whereas it is also necessary to amend Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 347/ 79 ^
so as to include dried grape varieties which should be allowed to be used
for thriee different purposes ,                                    i.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                   i ,.          |
(1) 0J  No L 291 , 19.11.1979 , p. 17
(2) 0-J No L 54 , 5.3.1979 , p. 1
(3) OJ  No L 57 , 29.2.1980 , p. 32
(4) OJ  No L 54 , 5.3.1979 , p. 75
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                                       Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) No 337/ 79 is hereby amended as follows : .
1 , The second subparagraph of Article 4(1 )( c ) is. amended as follows :
    " Where the application of the abovement ioned rules results in the number
    of average prices to be used being less than six for table wine of type
    R I , less than four for type R II and less than five for type A I , the
    $ix , four and five lowest prices respectively shall be used . However ,
    if the total number of average prices established is lower than the said
    figures , all the average prices established shall be used ."
2 . The second subparagraph of Article 32(1 ) is amended as follows :
    "The products referred to in the first subparagraph may not be subjected
    to an increase in natural alcoholic strength by volume unless their
    minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume is as follows :
    - in wine-growing zone A : 5% vol ,
    - in wine-growing zone B : 6% vol ,
    - in wine-growing zone C I ( a ): 7.5% vol ,
    - in wine-growing zone C I ( b ): 8% vol ,'  ,       ,i 1
    - in wine-growing zone C II : 8.5% vol .
    - in wine-growing zones                                                   ,
        C III ( a ) and C III ( b ): 9% vol ."   !
3 . The first subparagraph of Article 33(6 ) is amended as follows :
    " 6 . In no case shall the abovement ioned processes have the effect of
    raising tomore than 11.5% vol in wine-growing zone' A , 12% vol in wine-
    growing zone B , 12.5% vol in wine-growing zones C I ( a ) and C I ( b),
    13% vol in wine-growing zone C II and 13.5% vol in wine-growing zones
    C III ( a ) and C III ( b) the total alcoholic strength by volume of the
    fresh grapes , grape must , grape . must in fermentation, new wine still in
    fermentation, wine suitable for yielding table wine1 or table wine
    subjected to those processes .
 ---pagebreak--- Article 34(1 ) and ( 2 ) are amended as follows :
" 1 . Fresh grapes , grape must / grape must in fermentation and new wine
still in fermentation may be the subject of :
- partial deacidification in wine-growing zones A , B , C I ( a ) and
    C I .( b ) ,                                             '
- acidification anddeacidification in wine-growing zones C II and
    C III ( a )/ without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 3 /
- acidification in wine-growing zone C III ( b ).
Acidification may only be carried out subject to an upper limit of
1.50 g / l expressed in tartaric acid, or 20 milliequivalents *
Moreover , grape must intended for concentration may be the subject of
partial deacidification .
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2 . In years when climatic conditions have been exceptional : •
- additional acidification may be authorized up to a limit of 1.50 g / l
    expressed in tartaric acid , or 20 mi I liequivalents :          .
    - for the products referred to in paragraph 1 originating from zones
      C II , C III ( a ) and C III ( b ).
    - or for wine from the same wine-growing zones , provided that
      acidification is carried out in the installations of the person who
      used the grapes and grape must from which the wine originated ,
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- acidification of the products referred to in paragraph 1 may be
    authorized in wine-growing zones C I ( a ) and C I ( b ) in the conditions
    referred to in paragraph 1 in the case pf zones C II , C III ( a ) and
    C III ( b ),                             .                   1
                                               •        '   I. .   '
- partial deacidification of wine from wirie-growing zones A , B , C ,
    CI ( a ), C I ( b), C II and C III ( a ) maybe authorized provided that
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    the deacidif ication is carried out in tfie installations of the person
    who used the grapes and grape must from which the wine originated ."
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5 . Point 6 of Annex IV is amended as follows :
     "6 . In Greece , wine-growing zone C III ( a ) shall pomprise the areas under
           vines in the following nomoi : Fiorina / Hematheia , Kilkis , Grevena ,
           Larissa , Ioannina , Levkas , Achaea , Messenia , Arcadia , Corinth ,
           Herakleion , Chania , Rethymno , Samos , Lasithi and the island of Thira
           ( Santorim ) .
 6 . The following point 7 is added to Annex IV :
      "7 . Wine-growing zone C III Cb) shall comprise :
           ( a ) in France , the areas under vines :
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                 - in the departments of Corsica ,
                 - in that part of the department of the Var situated between the
                   sea and a line bounded by the communes ( which are themselves
                   included ) of Evenos , Le Beausset , Sol li£s-Toucas , Cuers ,
                   Puget-Ville , Collobri6res , La_ Garde-Freinet , Plan- de - la -Tour
                   and Sainte-Maxime ,                      '     '
                 - in the cantons of Olette and Arles- sur-Tech in the department
                   of Pyrenees-Orientales ;
           ( b ) in Italy , the areas under vines in the following regions :
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                 Calabria , Basilicata , Puglia , Sardegna and Sicilia , including
                 the islands belonging to those regions , such as Pantelleria ,
                 Eolie and the Lipari , Egadi and Pelagian Islands .
           ( c ) in Greece , the areas under vines not listed in point 6 ."
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                                        Article 2    :. 4
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Article 4(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 347 / 79 is amended to read as follows :
" 2 . One and the same variety may , exceptionally , be classified
       - as a wine grape variety and a table grape variety , or ,
       - as a wine grape variety and a grape viariety for special use , or
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       - a wine grape variety , a table grape variety and s grape variety for
          special use ."                           . >•. 5    ...... \    . ...
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981 .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
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Done at Brussels ,     • •                           For the Council
                                                     The President