CELEX: 31977D0720
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 November 1977 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the United Kingdom to permit under certain conditions an additional increase in the alcoholic strength of certain wines and certain products intended for wine making

No L 296/30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             19 . 11 . 77
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                                           (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                   COMMISSION
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 17 November 1977
               authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand
               Duchy of Luxembourg and the United Kingdom to permit under certain condi­
               tions an additional increase in the alcoholic strength of certain wines and
                                        certain products intended for wine making
                                  (Only the French , German and English texts are authentic)
                                                          (77/720/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 in many cases do not
COMMUNITIES,                                                       allow the wines that are normally required by the
                                                                   market to be produced ; whereas this situation has
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             adversely affected certain varieties in particular ;
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas , therefore, the Member States concerned
 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­             should be authorized to make an additional increase
sions for the common organization of the market in                 in the natural alcoholic strength as provided for in
wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 while
221 1 /77 (2), and in particular Articles 18 (4) and 35            limiting such authorization to certain vine varieties, to
thereof,                                                           certain products and to the areas affected ; whereas
                                                                   provision should be made for Member States to
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      communicate to the Commission certain information,
817/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down special provi­                 in particular under Commission Regulation (EEC) No
sions relating to quality wines produced in specified               1594/70 of 5 August 1970 on the notification,
regions (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                carrying out and control of the processes of enriching,
2211 /77, and in particular the third subparagraph of              acidifying and deacidifying wine (4), as last amended
Article 7 (2) thereof,                                             by Regulation (EEC) No 2531 /77 (5) ; whereas this
                                                                   information should be submitted by administrative
Whereas under Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No              units within the meaning of Article 5 of Commission
816/70 the Member States may permit an increase in                 Regulation No 26/64/EEC of 28 February 1964 laying
the actual or potential natural alcoholic strength only            down additional provisions for the preparation of the
within certain limits ;                                            viticultural land register, for its management and for
                                                                   keeping it up to date (6) ;
Whereas, because of the exceptionally unfavourable
climate conditions in 1977 in parts of wine-growing
zones A and B, where there was an abnormally high                  Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has
rainfall and a lack of sunshine, the limits to increasing          not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
the natural alcoholic strength as fixed by Article 18 ( 1 )        its chairman ,
(!) OJ No L 99, 5. 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .                               (4) OJ No L 173, 6. 8 . 1970, p. 23.
(2) OJ No L 256, 7 . 10 . 1977, p. 1 .                             (5) OJ No L 294, 18 . 11 . 1970 , p. 10 .
(3) OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 20 .                            (6) OJ No 48 , 19 . 3 . 1964, p. 753/64.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                 (v) in     the   Walporzheim,     Rheinburgengau,
                                                                                 Bacharach, Kreuznach        and Schloßböck­
                            Article 1                                            elheim areas of the Rhein sub-region and
                                                                                 which
The Federal Republic of Germany, the French Repu­
                                                                                 — belong to the blauer Portugieser, blauer
blic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the United
                                                                                     Spatburgunder,            Müller-Thurgau,
Kingdom are hereby authorized for the 1977/78 wine­
                                                                                      Riesling and Sylvaner varieties,
growing year to allow an increase in the alcoholic
strengths laid down, in respect of wine-growing zones                            — are intended for the production of table
A and B, in Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                                    wines ;
816/70 and the third subparagraph of Article 7 (2) of                  (d) are produced from grapes harvested in the
Regulation (EEC) No 817/70 as regards products listed                      Regierungsbezirk Rheinhessen-Pfalz
in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of the said
Article 18 and the first subparagraph of the said                           (i) in the Mittelrhein and Nahe specified
Article 7 (2) which :                                                           regions and which
1 . in the case ot Germany :                                                    — belong to the Müller-Thurgau, Riesling
                                                                                     and Sylvaner varieties,
    (a) are produced from grapes
                                                                                — are intended for the production of
         — harvested in the Regierungsbezirk Köln,                                   quality wines psr ;
         — of the Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, Sylvaner
              and blauer Portugieser varieties,                            (ii) in the Bacharach, Kreuznach and Schloss­
                                                                                böckelheim areas of the Rhein sub-region
         — intended for the production of table wines                           and which
              and quality wines psr ;
                                                                                — belong to the blauer Portugieser, blauer
    (b) are produced from grapes                                                     Spatburgunder,            Müller-Thurgau,
         — harvested in the Saarland and the Regi­                                   Riesling and Sylvaner varieties,
              erungsbezirk Trier,                                               — are intended for the production of table
         — of the Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, roter                                    wines ;
               Elbling and weisser Elbling varieties,
         — intended for the production of table wines                 (e) are produced from grapes harvested in the Re­
              and quality wines psr ;                                      gierungsbezirk Stuttgart
     (c) are produced from grapes harvested in the Re­                      (i) in the Badisches Frankenland part of the
         gierungsbezirk Koblenz                                                 Baden specified region and which are
                                                                                intended for the production of quality
           (i) in the Ahr specified region and which                            wines psr ;
               — belong to the blauer Spatburgunder,
                    blauer Portugieser, Müller-Thurgau and                 (ii) in the Oberrhein production area and
                    Riesling varieties,                                         which are intended for the production of
                                                                                table wines ;
               — are intended for the production of
                    quality wines psr ;                                (f) are produced from grapes harvested in the Regi­
          (ii) in the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer specified region                    erungsbezirk Karlsruhe in the Oberrhein
               and which                                                   production area and which are intended for the
                                                                           production of table wines ;
               — belong to the Müller-Thurgau, Riesling,
                    roter Elbling and weisser Elbling varie­          (g) are produced from grapes harvested in the Re­
                    ties,                                                  gierungsbezirke Freiburg and Tübingen
               — are intended for the production of                          (i) in the Bodensee sub-region of the Baden
                    quality wines psr ;                                         specified region and which are intended for
         (iii) in the Mittelrhein and Nahe specified                            the production of quality wines psr ;
                regions and which
                                                                           (ii) in the Oberrhein production area and
               — belong to the Müller-Thurgau, Riesling                         which are intended for the production of
                    and Sylvaner varieties,                                      table wines ;
               — are intended for the production of
                    quality wines psr ;                            2. in the case of France, are produced from grapes
          (iv) in the Mosel sub-region and which                      — harvested in the departments of Bas-Rhin,
               — belong to the Müller-Thurgau, Riesling,                    Haut-Rhin, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle,
                    roter Elbling and weisser Elbling varie­          — of the Riesling, Sylvaner, Gutedel , Pinot blanc
                    ties,                                                  and Muscat varieties,
               — are intended for the production of table             — intended for the production of quality wines
                    wines :                                                 psr ;
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3. in the case of Luxembourg, are produced from             administrative unit within the meaning of Article 5 of
   grapes                                                   Regulation No 26/64/EEC.
   — of the Riesling, Elbling and Rivaner varieties,        2. These communications shall give estimates of
   — intended for the production of table wines and         the quantities of sugar and concentrated grape must
       quality wines psr ;                                  used to make an additional increase in the alcoholic
4. in the case of the United Kingdom, are produced          strength as provided for in Article 1 8 (2) of Regulation
   from grapes                                              (EEC) No 816/70 .
   — of all the varieties appearing in the classifica­                             Article 3
       tion of vine varieties for that Member State,
   — intended for the production of table wines.            This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
                                                            Germany, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of
                       Article 2                             Luxembourg and the United Kingdom .
1.    On the basis of the declarations referred to in
                                                             Done at Brussels, 17 November 1977.
the second subparagraph of Article 22 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 816/70 the Member States concerned
                                                                                      For the Commission
shall communicate to the Commission before 31 May
1978 the quantities of sugar and concentrated grape                                    Finn GUNDELACH
must used to increase the natural alcoholic strength of
the products referred to in Article 1 , broken down by                                    Vice-President