CELEX: 51989PC0040(52)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 822/87 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE

3. 4. 89                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 82/71
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at...
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                         Proposal for a
                                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                              of...
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in wine
                                                          (89/C 82/52)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
                                                                    Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (*) is amended as
                                                                    follows:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                    1. The following subparagraph is added to Article 7(3).
                                                                        'When a replanting right is exercised only those vine
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,                varieties may be used that in the classification of vine
                                                                        varieties are ranked in the same category, as far as
                                                                        normal utilization of the grapes obtained is concerned,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                 as the vines in the area grubbing of which has given rise
Committee,                                                              to the planting right.'
                                                                    2. The first subparagraph of Article 39(1) shall read:
Whereas the reduction in wine production anticipated from
the structural measures covering areas planted to wine                  'If, in respect of a given wine year, the market in table
grapes should not be prevented from being realized on                   wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine is in a
account of replanting under rights arising from the                     state of serious imbalance compulsory distillation of
grubbing of areas planted to vines that fall into another               table wine and of wine suitable for yielding table wine
category as far as normal utilization of the grapes produced            shall be decided on.'
is concerned; whereas it is necessary to stipulate therefore
that areas grubbed may be replanted only with vines of the
same category;                                                                                  Article 2
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Whereas in order to prevent the enrichment of wine                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
suitable for yielding table wine in order to produce table          European Communities.
wine, which at present is the only wine that may be distilled
under the provisions on compulsory distillation, the                It shall apply from 1 September 1989.
possibility of delivering such wine for distillation, which
already exists where preventive distillation is concerned,
should be extended to compulsory distillation,                      (!) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak---  No C 82/72                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    3. 4. 89
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at...
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                            Proposal for a
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                                 of...
                                    fixing the guide prices for wine for the 1989/90 wine year
                                                             (89/C 82/53)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               vinification practices and the delivery of disproportionate
                                                                       volumes of red wine for distillation; whereas it should
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  therefore be eliminated by lowering the guide price for red
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       wine of types RI and RII and increasing that for white wine
thereof,                                                               of type AI by such amounts that the mean financial impact
                                                                       on both producers and the Community budget is nil;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     whereas, however, it is necessary to avoid excessively large
Portugal, and in particular Article 89(1) thereof,                     price changes by effecting the elimination over two wine
                                                                       years;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market
in wine (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No ... (2),
and in particular Article 27 thereof,                                  Whereas the level of prices in Spain differs from that of the
                                                                       common prices; whereas pursuant to Article 70 of the Act
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     of Accession these prices should be aligned with the
                                                                       common prices in annual steps at the beginning of each
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,               marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid
                                                                       down give the Spanish prices set below;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,
Whereas, when the guide prices for the various types of                Whereas the guide prices must be fixed for each type of
table wine are fixed, account should be taken both of the              table wine representative of Community production as
objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the                defined in Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/
contribution which the Community wishes to make to the                 87,
harmonious development of world trade; whereas the
objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in
particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the
agricultural community and to ensure that supplies are                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
available and reach consumers at reasonable prices;
Whereas until now the guide prices have been set at
differing levels for white and for red wines in order to
reflect differing market prices; whereas since prices have
moved closer together this difference in levels is no longer                                    Article 1
justified; whereas, furthermore, it occasions unwarranted
(!) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.                                     1. The guide prices for table wines for the 1989/90 wine
(2) See page 71 of this Official Journal.                              year shall be: