CELEX: 51976PC0313
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Date: 1976-06-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 817/70 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                          COM(76)313 final
                                          Brussels , 24 June 1976
                                 Proposal for a
                           cCOUNCIL---REGULATION ( EEC-)
                 amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 817/ 70 laying
                 down special provisions relating to quality
                 wines produced in specified regions
                                                           V,
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
    C0M(76 ) 313 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMDRMIXJM
By document N° R/IO4I/I/76 of 12 May I976 the Commission informed the
Council of its intention to present before 30 June I976 a draft Regulation
amending Regulation (EEC ) N° 8I7/7O laying down special provisions relating
to quality wines produced in specified regions , in particular with respect
to Article 10 thereof . In view of the differences in the application of this
Article in the Member States it seems essential to lay down certain alternative
rules for the use of grapes or wines obtained in excess of the yield fixed
per hectare . In this way minimum harmonisation will be achieved in the
application of Article 10 by the Member States without  diverging too far
from their requirements , which obviously differ widely as a result of natural
production conditions and custom . The present proposal for a Regulation
provides Member States with three alternative uses for  grapes or wine obtained
in excess of the fixed yield per hectare .
The terms of the Regulation are such that in the event of excess yield the
production of table wine would seem less profitable than the production of
quality wines p.s.r . Consequently producers will take care not to exceed
the yield . Application of the abovementioned Article 10 as contained in the
present Regulation is therefore unlikely to increase the quantity of table
wine that would be eligible for market intervention .
Application of this Regulation will not entail any financial burden for the
Community budget .
 ---pagebreak---                             Commission proposal for a
                        COUNCIL . REGULATION ( EEC ) No    / 76
                                   of
                      amending Regulation ( EEC ) Mo 817/ 70 laying
                     down special provisions relating to quality
                     wines produced in specified regions
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 experience gained in applying Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 817/ 70
of 28 April 1970 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines
produced in specified regions ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC )
No 1161 / 76 (2 ), shows that its Article 10 should be amended ;
Whereas in order to harmonize the rules applied in producer Member States
for fixing the yields per hectare and for the use of grapes harvested in
excess of such yield, the said Article 10 should be made more specific as
regards the measures which Member States may take to avoid differing
interpretations of the Article which both render it of no practical use
and cause unjustified losses to producers who , despite the fact that the
prescribed yield is exceeded, offer good quality wines ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                mm m/••«
 ( 1 ) 0J No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 20
 ( 2 ) 0J No L 135 , 24.5.1976 , p. 27
 ---pagebreak--- Article- 10 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 817/ 70 is hereby amended to read
as follows :                        '
                                   A£ti cle 10
1.  A yield per hectare expressed in quantities of grapes, grape must or
    wine shall be fixed for each of the quality wines psr by the Member
    State concerned .
    When this yield is being fixed , particular account shall be taken of
    the yields obtained over the ten preceding years . Only harvests of
    satisfactory quality from the most representative soils of the specified
    region shall be considered .
    The yield per hectare may be fixed at different levels for the same
    quality wine psr depending on :
    - the sub-region or commune ,
    - the vine variety or varieties
    from which the grapes used are derived .
                «
    In the years where climatic conditions are exceptionally favourable the
    yield may be adjusted upwards by the Member State concerned in respect
    of the harvest of the year concerned .
2.   ember States may tolerate an excess yield per hectare , if necessary ,
    adjusted by up to 20% , provided that :
    - producers sort the grapes harvested in such a way that only a -
       quantity corresponding to the yield per hectare is used to produce
       the quality wine psr concerned , or
    - the quantity of grapes harvested in excess of the yield is used to
      produce products other than table wine or quality wine psr , or
    - the natural alcoholic strength is 1° above the minimum natural
       alcoholic strength fixed by the provisions of the Member State
       concerned for the quality wine psr concerned .
3.  If , after adjustment and allowing for the 20% tolerance , the yield per
    hectare is over the limit fixed the use of the entire harvest for the
    preparation of a quality wine psr shall be prohibited ."
                                     Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication 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 ,
                                         For the Council
                                         The President