CELEX: 51981PC0296
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Date: 1981-06-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 345/79 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on wine and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                COM(81)296 final
                                                Brussels . 22 June 1981
                                 Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                                                    ί ,     ν
   amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 345 / 79 laying down general rules for
   granting export refunds on wine and criteria for fixing the amount
                                of such refunds
                   â>
                           ,
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
                                                        r •
C0M(81 ) 296 final
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
At the time of the consolidation , m 1979 »        "the Council Regulations
govering the wine sector / the general rules for granting export refunds ( l )
were taken over from those laid down in 1970 ( 2 ) , there having been
no change in the meantime .                                              „
When these rules were first introduced , the basic regulation on wine
did not include in the market organization concentrated or unconcentrated
grape juices or grape mustB . The basic Regulation ( Reg . 816/70 ) did not
refer to these products except with regard to certain oenological
processes and release for consumption . This explains why the general
rules for granting refunds introduced at that time did not include
grape juices or grape musts ( CCT ex. 2007 ) » it being impossible to do so .
The amendments subsequently made to the jbasic Regulation have in the
meantime enabled these products to be included within its scope from
1 January 1978 , coinciding with their removal from       the scope of the
common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and
vegetables ( 3 ) •
During the current marketing year , it has become evident that there was
scope for exporting concentrated grape musts but that actual exports
would be possible only if the refund allowed of a competitive price on
the international market . However , as the texts stand at present , the
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Commission has no power to fix refunds in respect of these products .
Therefore it is proposing to the Council that by amending Regulation 345/79
it extends the list of products for which refunds may be granted to
include grape juices and grape musts .
( 1 ) Reg . 345/ 79 of 5 February 1979 » OJ L 54 5 March 1979 » P « 69
(2)     Reg . 957/70 of 26 May 1970 , OJ L 115 of 28 May 1970 , p. 1
( 3 ) ' Reg . 516/77 of 14 March 1977 , OJ L 73 of 21 March 1977 , P«' 1
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As in the administration of refunds m respect of table wine , the
 Commission will proceed with, due caution when fixing refunds for these
products . The quantities which may be exported in this way will probably
not be large , but will nevertheless constitute a useful addition to
sales in this sector . On the budgetary level , the cost of marketing will
in any case be well below that of the cost of aids for distillation
v
( in the region of 14 - 15 million EUA fox- 1 million hi of wine of an
alcoholic strength of 10 % vol ). Indeed , tentative information suggests
the possibility of a cost slightly lower than that of refunds in respect
of table wines ( currently 10.5 million EUA for 1 million hi of wine
of an alcoholic strength of 10 % vol ).
A financial statement setting out this information is annexed .
              \
 ---pagebreak---                               PROPOSAL FOR A
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 345/ 79 laying down general
          rules for granting export refunds on wine and criteria for
          fixing the amount of such refunds
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979
on the common organization of the market in wine ( l ), last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No 3456/80 ( 2 ) and in particular Article 20 ( I) and ( 3 ),
thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,        ■
Whereas exports of concentrated grape musts, represent an appreciable
market 'for Community wine production ; whereas if there is to 'be any
economically significant export trade in these products , the field of
application of Council R egulation (EEC ) No 345/79          must be widened,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                          ,
                             Article 1
Article 1 ( 2 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 345/79 i0 replaced by the
following texts                             ,
                                                         •/•
( 1 ) OJ No L 54 of 5-3.1979 , p. 1
( 2 ) OJ No L 360 of 31.12.1980 , p. 18
( 3 ) OJ No C
( 4) OJ No L -54 of 5.3.1979 » P. 69
 ---pagebreak---  ei . Refunds may be granted only for  he i oliowing products ;
        CCT                                     Description
Heading Wo .
a ) 20.07 A I                            Grape juice ( including grape must )
             B I a) 1                    unf ermented , not containing spirit ,
             B I b) 1                    whether or not containing sugar
b ) 22.04                                Grape must , in fermentation or with
                                         fermentation arrested otherwise than
                                         by the addition of alcohol
       22.05                             Wine of fresh grapes ; grape must with'
                                         fermentation arrested by the addition
                                         of alcohol ( including mistelles )
c ) 08.04 A II                           Fresh grapes other than table grapes
     . 22.10 A                           Wine vinegar
                                    Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1981 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                       For the Council
                                                          The President
 ---pagebreak---                       FINANCIAL                    STATEMENT
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                                                                                                           7 May 1981
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   2. title r Draft Regulation amending Reg . 3*+5/79 laying down general rules for
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      refunds .            .                    '                               '   " -
    j. lcg*l b*sis : Article 20 of Reg . 337/79
   4. m*s 0' project 1 Extending the scope of Reg . - 3^5/79 to include grape ^ uice and
     must so that these products can qualify for export refunds .
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         > '             *. " ' Quantity for export"': 60 000. hi concentrated must at an
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; The proposed measure should relieve the market of wines which would otherwise be
'distilled, or exported as wine , at higher cost . Additional expenditure will therefore
" be covered , in whole or, in part , by corresponding economics , the real impact of which
 , i8 difficult to assess with precision .                                                                            •
   Comparative cost : export of must 1.00 ECU/^vol ( potential )
                               „         "         " wine 1.05 ECUAb*ol ._,
                                      distillation of wine , some 1.50 ECU/$>vol .
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