CELEX: 51989PC0660(59)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 822/87 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE

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                                                                       proposal fora
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                      amending R e g n t a t i o n ( E E C ) N o 8 2 2 B 8 7 o n t h e c o m m o n o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e m a r k e t in
                                                                             wine
                                                                       (^OBC^B^)
                                                                                      must be drawn up when all data are available and
                                                                                      accordingly certain time limits must be deferred by one wine
having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                 year^
Economic Community^ and in particular A r t i c l e d
thereof                                                                               Whereas experience gained shows that the disposal of
                                                                                      alcohol obtained from compulsory distillation and held by
having regard to the proposal from the Commissions                                    theinterventionagenciesmainly involvescertaintypesof
                                                                                      products^ whereas provision should therefore be made for
                                                                                      the possibility ofhavingthose types of alcohol where there is
staving regard to the opinion of the European parliaments                             thegreatestprobability of disposal taken over asapriority by
                                                                                      the intervention agencies^
having regard to the opinion of the Economic and social
Committees
Whereas the ban on new planting laid down in Article^of                               ^A^^OO^T^nT^t5^^nL^T^O^
Council regulation (EEC) No 822^87 (^)^ as last amended
by regulation (EEC) No 12^B8^(^)^expiresattheend of
the 1^8^B^0 wine year^ whereas^ in view of the structural
surplusesaffectingthesector^arrangementsforthevoluntary
abandonment of winegrowing areas on payment of a                                      Regulation (EEC) No822B87 is hereby amended as
premium to absorb that surplus were introduced until                                  follows^
t ^ ^ g ^ w h e r e a s m n order not to cancel out the effects of
the abandonment measuremhe ban on new planting and the                                1. Article^(i)is replaced by the following^
accompanying derogations (with the exception of that                                       q.       All new planting ofvines shall be prohibited until
relating to certain duality wines psrmn respect of which the                               ^t August l^DD f^owever^ authorisations for new
extension may be limited toasingle wine year pending the                                   planting may be granted by member states for the
introduction of definitive arrangements)^shouldbeextended                                   l ^ O g ^ i wine year in respect of areas intended for the
at least until the same date^                                                              production of o^ualitywinespsr^productionofwhich the
                                                                                           Commission basrecogni^ed^ because of their qualitative
Whereas A r t i c l e ^ ( ^ ) of regulation (EEC) No822B87                                 features^ as being far below demandB
providesthatcampaignstopromotetheconsumptionof
grape juice may only be conducted until the 1^8^^0 wine                               2. ThesecondsubparagraphofArticlei8(^)is replaced by
yean                                                                                       the following^
                                                                                           before the end of the l ^ O g ^ l wine year^ the
WhereasArticlesl8(^2^^(t2)and^(^)of^egulation
                                                                                           Commission shall submit to the Councilareport on the
(EEC) No 822/87 provide tha4 during the 1^8^^0 wine
                                                                                           demarcation of winegrowing ^ones in the Community^
year^ the Commission is to submit to the Council reports on
                                                                                           LheCounciLactingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposal
wine^growing^ones^enrichmentgheeffectsofthestructural
                                                                                           fromtheCommission^shalldecideonthedemarcationof
measures and their link with compulsory distillations
                                                                                           the winegrowing ^ones for the Community asawhole^
maximum sulphur dioxide levels in wine and any proposals
                                                                                           such provisions applying from the r ^ l g ^ 2 wine
arisingtherefrom^whereasthedraftingof some of those
                                                                                           yearB
reports has required the organisation of studies entailing the
participation ofindependentexpertswbichbavenotyet been
                                                                                      ^. Article 20 (2) is replaced by the following^
completed^
                                                                                           ^        8eforet^eptember 1^0^ the Commission shall
Whereas the significance for the sector of the                                             present to the Councilareport on the conclusions of the
abovementionedproblemscallsfor thehighestdegreeof                                          study provided for i n p a r a g r a p h l together with any
consistency between the solutions to be proposed^ whereas^                                 suitable proposals. Lhe Councils acting on those
when achieving such consistency^ the re^uisiteproposals                                    proposalsbyaqualifiedmajority^shalldecideini^lon
                                                                                           themeasurestobetaken with regard to theincreasein the
                                                                                           naturalalcoholic strength by volumeof theproducts
(^ot^DLr^M ^ r ^ D ^ n                                                                     referred to in Article 18 (i)B
 ---pagebreak--- No C 49/96                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    28. 2. 90
4. The following first indent is inserted in the second                     measures applicable in the wine sector and, where
   subparagraph of Article 35 (6):                                          appropriate, proposals to repeal or replace the
                                                                            provisions of this Article by other measures designed
   '— it may be decided, in accordance with the procedure                   to maintain balance on the wine market.'
       laid down in Article 83, that only certain products
       among those with an alcoholic strength of at least          7. Article 46 (4) is replaced by the following:
       9 2 % vol may be delivered to the intervention                   '4.    During the 1985/86 to 1990/91 wine years, a
       agency,'.                                                        part to be determined of the aid provided for in the first
                                                                        indent of paragraph 1 shall be set aside for the
                                                                        organization of campaigns to promote the consumption
5. The following first indent is inserted in the second                 of grape juice. The aid may, for the purposes of
   subparagraph of Article 36 (4):                                      organizing such campaigns, be fixed at a higher level
                                                                        than that resulting from the application of
   '— it may be decided, in accordance with the procedure               paragraph 3.'
       laid down in Article 83, that only certain of those
       products with an alcoholic strength of at least 92 %        8. Article 65 (5) is replaced by the following:
       vol may be delivered to the intervention agency,'.
                                                                        '5.    The Commission shall submit to the Council
                                                                        before 1 April 1991, in the light of experience gained, a
6. In Article 39:                                                       report on the maximum sulphur dioxide levels of wine,
                                                                        together, where appropriate, with proposals on which
   — the following first indent is inserted into the second             the Council shall act by a qualified majority before 1
      subparagraph of paragraph 7:                                      September 1991.'
      '— it may be decided, in accordance with the                 9. The second and third subparagraphs of Article 70 (3) are
           procedure laid down in Article 83, that only                 deleted.
           certain of those products with an alcoholic
           strength of at least 92 % vol may be delivered to
           the intervention agency,',                                                          Article 2
   — paragraph 12 is replaced by the following:                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
      '12.     Before the end of the 1990/91 wine year, the        European Communities.
      Commission shall submit to the Council a report
      outlining, in particular, the effect of the structural       It shall apply from 1 September 1990.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, . .
                                                                                       For the Council