CELEX: 31971R0608
Language: en
Date: 1971-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 608/71 of the Council of 22 March 1971 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1388/70 on general rules for the classification of vine varieties

Official Journal of the European Communities                                       161
 25.3.71                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 71 / 1
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 608/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 22 March 1971
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 1388/70 on general rules for the classification of vine
                                                          varieties
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                               Article 1
European Economic Community ;
                                                                   1 . The following shall be substituted for Article 2
Having regard to Council Regulation No                            (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1388 /70 :
816/701 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                       '(b) "table grape variety" means a vine variety
provisions for the common organisation of. the                               which comes within the common quality
market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC )                        standards for table grapes adopted under
No 2612/70,2 and in particular Article 16 ( 1 ) thereof ;                   Regulation No 23 , normally cultivated for
Having      regard   to     the    proposal     from    the                 the production of grapes for consumption
Commission ;                                                                when fresh ;'
Whereas at has become apparent that the provisions                2 . The following third indent shall be added to
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1388/703 of 13 July                Article 2 (2) ( c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1388 /70 :
1970 on general rules for the classification of vine
varieties are sometimes too narrow in concept to take                  '— the production of grapes normally used in the
account of economic needs ; whereas it is necessary in                      canning industry;'
particular to admit to the category of grape varieties
for special uses those used in the canning industry,                                       Article 2
and not to classify them with table grape varieties ;
                                                                  The following Article shall be added to Regulation
Whereas, since different names are used to describe a             (EEC) No 1388/70 :
single vine variety, it is appropriate to establish
within the classification a list of synonyms know to                                         'Article 9a
be used in the trade; whereas, moreover, a list of
homonyms may be useful where a single term is vised                    1.    Subject to the provisions of Article 5 (d) (3 )
to cover several vine varieties ;                                     of the Council Directive of 9 April 19684 on the
                                                                      marketing of material for the vegetative
Whereas it is appropriate, moreover, that varieties                   propagation of the vine, as amended by the
intended for the production of vegetative propagation                 Directive of 22 March 1971 ,3 a list of synonyms
material for vines, used exclusively for export, and                   of the vine varieties appearing in the classification
not listed in the classification, should be acceptable                shall be included in the classification if such
for cultivation ;                                                      synonyms are :
Whereas Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                       (a) used in the trade to designate the wines
1388 /70 gives an exhaustive list of cases in which the                     produced from the vine varieties in question
classification of vine varieties may be altered ;                           and
whereas it is essential, in order to produce a                         (b) sufficiently well known.
satisfactory classification, to permit alterations other
than those provided for in that paragraph ;
                                                                      2. A list of homonyms of the vine varieties
                                                                      referred to in paragraph 1 may also be included .'
1 OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970 , p . 1 .
2 OJ No L 281 , 16.12.1970, p. 6.                                 4 OJ No L 93 , 17.4.1968 , p . 15 .
3 OJ No L 155 , 16.7.1970 , p. 5.                                 5 Of No L 71 , 25.3.1971 , p . 16.
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                            Article 3                                                       Article 5
1.         The following shall be substituted for Article 10      The following shall be substituted for Article 11 (2)
( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1388 /70 :                           of Regulation (EEC) No 1388 /70 :
       ' 1 . From 1 January 1971 , only recommended                   '2.     Member States may, however, permit
       vine varieties may be added to the classification of           derogations from the provisions of the first indent
       vine varieties .'                                              of paragraph 1 for the following purposes :
                                                                      — testing of the cultivation suitability of a vine
                                                                           variety not listed in the classification for the
2. The following shall be substituted for the first                        administrative unit or part thereof concerned
subparagraph of Article 10 (2):                                            or for the Community as a whole ;
       'The addition provided for in paragraph 1 may be               — scientific research ;
       made only if the cultivation suitability of the                — selection or crossing studies ;
       varieties in question is considered satisfactory for
       an administrative unit or part thereof or,' where              — production of vegetative vine propogation
       appropriate, for the Community as a whole.'                         material for vines reserved exclusively for
                                                                           export to third countries on condition that
                                                                           there is suitable control over production.
                            Article 4
                                                                      Member       States   concerned shall notify the
                                                                      Commission before 1 October 1971 of :
The following Article shall be added to Regulation
(EEC) No 1388 /70 :                                                   ( a) the list of vine varieties which are subject to
                                                                            the fourth indent of the first subparagraph ;
      'Article 10a                                                          and
      1 . Vine varieties whose cultivation suitability,               (b) the provisions they are applying to ensure
      after the establishment of the classification, is                     control over that production.
      considered unsatisfactory for an administrative
      unit or part thereof or, where appropriate, for the             They shall inform the Commission before 1
      Community as a whole shall be eliminated from                   October of each year of the alterations to be
      the classification for the administrative unit or               made to that list.'
      part thereof concerned or, where appropriate, fbr
      the Community as a whole.
     2. Subject to the provisions of Article 10, the                                        Article 6
      classification of a vine variety in one of the
      categories specified in Article 5 shall be altered if       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
      it is considered that its cultivation suitability           day following its publication in the Official Journal
      justifies the alteration.'                                  of the European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 22 March 1971 .
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                        M. COINTAT