CELEX: 51980PC0158
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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 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(80)158 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
             ( submitted to the Council
                                   Council by the .commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MWKORANDUM
  The object of this proposal for a Council Regulation is to add certain
 provisions to Regulation (EEC ) No 337/79 on the common organization of the
 market in wine which have "become necessary by the accession of Greece .
  In the course of the -negotiations , the question as to whether " retsina"
 wine fell within the common organization of the market in wine had arisen.
 The Community stated that it would examine in a positive spirit the Greek
  request for resinated wines to be subject to Community provisions concer– ^
  ning wines , with the necessary arrangements to be made between now and
  Acoession .                '
  As a result of this examination , the specific rules governing these product
  need to be defined and , in particular , the oenological practices permitted
  and the prohibition on coupage with other wines . These rules are the sub­
  ject of the amendments proposed in Articles 43 » 46 and in . Annexes III and
 V to Regulation 337/79-
 Moreover , it is necessary to specify in Article
30c.(l ) that the figures relating to changes in vineyards communicated annual
  ly by Member States must be distinguished according to the "nomoi" with
  regard to Greece .
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                 amending Regulation (EEC ) No 337/79 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 Article 43 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ,
Whereas the Accession of the Hellenic Republic to the European Communities
requires certain additions to the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC )
           1               ...     _   ...    -  »          2
No 337/79 t as Last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No          ,
Whereas resinated wines ("retsina" ) must "be made subject to the same customs
and economic arrangements as table wines in order to establish fair condi­
tions of competition; whereas it is appropriate to clarify the definitions
of products falling within heading 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   •/.
 * OJ No L 54 , 5.3.1979 , P.  1
 ---pagebreak---                                     Article 1
Regulation (EEC ) NO 337/ 79 is hereby amended as follows :
1 . In the seoond subparagraph of Artiole 30c(l)(a) the following indent is
     added between the third and fourth indent :
        in Greece , the nomoi ".
2 . The following paragraph is added after paragraph 3 of Article 43 :
     "3a. Coupage of a wine .("retsina" ) or a grape must to which has been .
          added Aleppo pine resin referred to in Annex III ( l)(n) with a wine
          or grape must which has not been subjected to such an oenological
          practice shall be prohibited."                              ;   _
3 . The following text is added to the third subparagraph of Article 46(3 )t
     "The use of Aleppo pine resin referred to in Annex III ( l)(n) for the
      purpose of obtaining a table wine which may be described as "ret sina"
      or "retsina wine" shall be allowed only
      – on the geographical territory of the Hellenic Republic ,
      - by adding it to the grape must before or , provided that the quantity
        of ^fermented sugar does not exceed one third of the initial quantity
        during fermentation in quantity which does not exceed 1000 grammes per hi
        for a grape must produced from grapes for which the varieties , the
        production area and the wine-making area have been determined by
        Greek provisions ."
4. The following text is added to Annex IIl(l ) :
     Mn) addition of Aleppo pine resin under the conditions referred to in
         the third subparagraph of Article 46(3 )•"
5 « In Annex V the following text is added to point 4 of the Additional Notes
     to Chapter 22 s
     "d) retsina wine obtained on the , territory of the Hellenic Republic by
    v    the addition of Aleppo pine resin to the grape must ."
 ---pagebreak---                                 Article 2
The transitional measures necessary to facilitate the changeover to    the
eystem introduced by this Regulation shall he adopted in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 67 of Regulation (EEC ) NO 337/79 »
                                Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States *
Pone at Brussels .                               For the Council
                                                   The President