CELEX: 31977R2775
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2775/77 of 14 December 1977 authorizing the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for certain table wines for the 1977/78 wine year

No L 320/26                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            15. 12. 77
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2775/77
                                                       of 14 December 1977
                 authorizing the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for certain
                                              table wines for the 1977/78 wine year
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     to justify the conclusion of long-term contracts, provi­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       sion should be made for increasing by 10 % the rates
                                                                    of aid specified in Article 11 of Commission Regula­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              tion (EEC) No 2015/76 of 13 August 1976 on storage
 Economic Community,                                                contracts for table wine, grape must and concentrated
                                                                    grape must (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       2206/77 (4) ; whereas, however, a 20 % increase should
 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­              be provided for contracts for table wines of a higher
 sions for the common organization of the market in                 quality, and therefore of a higher price, than the
 wine (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   average table wines which may be subject to long­
 221 1 /77 (2), and in particular Articles 5 (6) and 6 (5)          term storage contracts ;
 thereof,
                                                                    Whereas, in order to relieve the market on a more
 Whereas the estimates for 1977/78 show that the
                                                                    lasting basis and to prevent further difficulties after
 quantity of table wines available at the beginning of              the expiry of the short-term contracts already
 that year exceeds total foreseeable requirements for               concluded, it appears advisable to permit the conclu­
 the said year by more than four months' consump­                   sion of long-term storage contracts for wine covered
 tion ; whereas, consequently, the conditions for autho­            by short-term contracts concluded before the date of
 rizing the conclusion of long-term storage contracts               entry into force of this Regulation ;
 under Article 5 (4) of the abovementioned Regulation
 are fulfilled ;                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 Whereas     the    abovementioned        estimates  reveal the
                                                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Wine,
 existence of surpluses for all types of table wine and
 for table wines which stand in close economic relation­
 ship to those types of table wine ; whereas provision              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 should therefore be made to enable long-term
 contracts to be concluded for those type§ of table
 wine ;                                                                                       Article 1
 Whereas Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70                 1 . Authorization is hereby given for the conclusion
 lays down that, for long-term contracts, the amount of             of long-term storage contracts for all types of table
 the aid may be increased to 20 % ; whereas, in view of             wine    and   for table wines which     stand  in  close
 the conditions prevailing in this wine year, and in                economic relationship to those types of table wine,
 particular of the quantities available, which are such as          provided that they meet the following conditions :
                 I. White wines
                     (a) minimum actual alcoholic strength :            1 0 % by volume ;
                     (b) minimum total acidity (expressed as
                         tartaric acid) :                               4-5 grams per litre ;
                     (c) maximum volatile acidity :                     nine milliequivalents ;
                     (d) maximum sulphur dioxide content :              160 milligrams per litre ;
                     (e) maximum residual sugar content :               2-5 grams per litre ;
                     (f) resistance with exposure to air :              good for 24 hours ;
                     (g) absence of abnormal tastes.
                II . Red wines
                     (a) minimum actual alcoholic strength :            1 0 % by volume ;
                     (b) minimum total acidity (expressed as
                         tartaric acid) :                               five grams per litre ;
( 1) OJ No L 99, 5. 5 . 1970, p. 1 .                                (3) OJ No L 221 , 14. 8 . 1976, p. 20 .
(2) OJ No L 256, 7 . 10 . 1977, p. 1 .                              (4) OJ No L 255, 6. 10. 1977, p. 13 .
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                  (c) maximum volatile acidity :
                      — wines      whose     actual  alcoholic
                           strength is less than 12-5 % by
                          volume :                                 12 milliequivalents ;
                      — wines      whose     actual  alcoholic
                           strength is equal to or greater
                           than 12-5% by volume :                  14 milliequivalents ;
                  (d) maximum sulphur dioxide content :            125 milligrams per litre ;
                  (e) maximum residual sugar content :             2-5 grams per litre ;
                  (f) resistance with exposure to air :            good for 24 hours :
                  (g) absence of abnormal tastes ;
                  (h) absence of hybrids.
             Rose wines must comply with the conditions laid down above for red wines except as
             regards their content of sulphur dioxide, for which the same limits apply as in the case of
             white wines .
             Conditions (a), (d) and (e) shall not apply to table wines of types R III, A II and A III.
             2.      For the purposes of this Regulation, there shall be considered to be in close
             economic relationship with table wine of type :
             — A I, those white table wines with an actual alcoholic strength of not less than 12° and
                  not more than 14° , not belonging to type A II or type A III,
             — R I, those red wines with an actual alcoholic strength of not less than 12° and not
                  more than 12-5° , not belonging to type R III,
             — R II, those red table wines with an actual alcoholic strength of more than 12-5° and
                  not more than 14-5° , not belonging to type R III .
                                                         Article 2
             For the storage contracts referred to under Article 1 , the aid provided for under Article 11
             of Regulation (EEC) No 2015/76 shall be increased by 10 % . However, the said aid shall
             be increased by 20 % in the case of table wines meeting the following conditions :
              I. White wines
                  (a) minimum actual alcoholic strength :          1 1 % by volume ;
                  (b) minimum total acidity (expressed as
                      tartaric acid) :                             4-5 grams per litre ;
                  (c) maximum volatile acidity :                   eight milliequivalents
                  (d) maximum sulphur dioxide content :            140 milligrams per litre ;
                  (e) maximum residual sugar content :             two grams per litre ;
                  (f) resistance with exposure to air :            good for 24 hours ;
                  (g) absence of abnormal tastes.
             II . Red wines
                  (a) minimum actual alcoholic strength :          1 1 % by volume ;
                  (b) minimum total acidity (expressed as
                      tartaric acid) :                             4-5 grams per litre ;
                  (c) maximum volatile acidity :                   1 1 milliequivalents ;
                  (d) maximum sulphur dioxide content :            100 milligrams per litre ;
                  (e) maximum residual sugar content :             two grams per litre ;
                  (f) resistance with exposure to air :            good for 24 hours ;
                  (g) absence of abnormal tastes ;
                  (h) absence of hybrids.
             Rose wines must comply with the conditions laid down above for red wines except as
             regards their content of sulphur dioxide, for which the same limits apply as in the case of
             white wines .
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          Conditions (a), (d) and (e) shall not apply to table wines of types R III, A II
          and A III .
                                                   Article 3
          Short-term contracts concluded before the date of entry into force of this Regulation,
          shall, at the request of the party concerned, be terminated in respect of those quantities
          for which at the time of such termination that party enters into a long-term storage
          contract .
          In this event, for the quantities thus placed under a long-term storage contract, entitle­
          ment to short-term storage aid shall not be lost in respect of the period during which
          they were the subject of the short-term contract.
                                                   Article 4
          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official
          Journal of the European Communities.
          It shall apply with effect from 16 December 1977.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
           Done at Brussels, 14 December 1977.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President