CELEX: 51986PC0577
Language: en
Date: 1986-10-28
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE

14.11. 86                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 287/3
                                                                    II
                                                             (Preparatory Acts)
                                                      COMMISSION
                Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) on the common organ-
                                                      ization of the market in wine
                                                            COM(86)     577final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 30 October 1986)
                                                              (86/C 287/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 danger further; whereas, to ensure the effective and fair
                                                                         application of the compulsory distillation operation, the
                                                                         transitional arrangements enabling the Commission to
Having regard of the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                         adopt the measures necessary to overcome any
Economic Community and in particular Article 43
                                                                         difficulties likely to jeopardize the execution of the
thereof,
                                                                         distillation operation without affecting the basic
                                                                         components of the system should be reintroduced for
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                       three years;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                        Whereas under Article 29 of Regulation (EEC) No . . . ,
liament,                                                                 the purpose of the intervention measures in the wine
                                                                         sector is to ensure balance on the table wine market and
                                                                         a guaranteed minimum price for such wine, equivalent to
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                                         a certain percentage of the guide price; whereas, in order
Social Committee,
                                                                         to outline more clearly the basic function of the support
                                                                         distillation scheme provided for in Article 41 of the same
Whereas Article 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No . . .                  Regulation, which is to ensure that the producer receives
lays down strict time limits and rules for the                           the said price for the wine which he delivers, it should be
implementation of the compulsory distillation scheme for                 stipulated that the buying-in price for the wine under
table wines; whereas provision has been made, however,                   such distillation operations must be fixed at the same
for the extension of certain of these time limits for the                percentage of_the guide price as that referred to in the
first year of application;                                               said Article 29,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
775/85 of 26 March 1985 amending Regulation (EEC)
No 337/79 on the common organization of the market
in wine (l) provided for the possibility for the                                                   Article 1
Commission to adopt certain transitional measures for
the first year so as to ensure smooth transition from the                Regulation (EEC) No . . . is hereby amended as follows:
old to the new arrangements governing this distillation
scheme;
                                                                         1. The following paragraph is added to Article 39:
Whereas, when the system was first implemented,                              '10a.    If, during the 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89
numerous serious difficulties emerged which, in order to                     and 1989/90 wine years difficulties likely to
ensure the actual execution of the operation could only                     jeopardize the execution or balanced application of
be overcome by extending the time limits laid down for                       the compulsory distillation operation referred to in
the first year of application;                                               paragraph 1 occur, the measures necessary in order to
                                                                             ensure effective application of the distillation scheme
Whereas the experience gained demonstrates the danger                        shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
that the rules and time table laid down may be                               laid down in Article 83 of Regulation (EEC) No . . .
impossible to apply as they stand; whereas the
application of the measure to Spain may exacerbate this                      Such measures may only relate to the provisions
                                                                             contained in this Article to the exclusion of those
C) O J N 0 L 8 8 , 28. 3. 1985, p. 1.                                        relating to:
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    — the quantities to be distilled,                                      wine delivered for distillation in the context of the
                                                                           application of paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 shall be that
    — the prices to be paid for the distilled wine,                        referred to in the first paragraph of Article 29.'
    — the figure of 85 %           to be   applied    in  each
        production region,                                                                             Article 2
    — the reference years.'                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
2. Article 41 (6) is replaced by the following:                      European Communities.
    '6.   The percentage of the guide price for each type            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
    of table wine used to determine the price paid for the           directly applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending certain Directives on the marketing of seed and
              propagating material so as to provide for rules for the application of the provisions relating to
                               seed and propagating material satisfying less stringent requirements
                                                         COM(86) 578 final
                                (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 31 October 1986)
                                                           (86/C 287/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                    Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on
                                                                            the marketing of cereal seed (5), as last amended by
                                                                            Commission Directive 86/320/EEC (6),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                                    Council Directive 66/403/EEC of 14 June 1966 on
                                                                            the marketing of seed potatoes (7), as last amended
                                                                            by Directive 86/215/EEC (8),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                           Council Directive 66/404/EEC of 14 June 1966 on
liament,                                                                    the marketing of forest reproductive material ('), as
                                                                            last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85,
Whereas the following Directives, which lay down
requirements for the marketing of seed and propagating                      Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 9 April 1968 on
material, contain provisions whereby Member States may                      the marketing of material for the vegetative propa-
be authorized to permit, for a specified period, the                        gation of the vine ( ,0 ), as last amended by Directive
marketing of seed or propagating material of a category                     86/155/EEC),
subject to less stringent requirements, or of seed or
propagating material of varieties not included in the
                                                                            Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on
common catalogues of varieties of agricultural and
                                                                            the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants ("), as
vegetable species or in their national catalogues of
varieties:                                                                  last amended by Directive 86/155/EEC,
     Council Directive 66/400/EEC of 14 June 1966 on                        Council Directive 7 0 / 4 5 8 / E E C of 29 September
     the marketing of beet seed ('), as last amended by                      1970 on the m a r k e t i n g of vegetable seed ( 12 ), as last
     Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2),                                        a m e n d e d by Directive 8 6 / 1 5 5 / E E C ;
      Council Directive 66/401 / E E C of 14 June 1966 on
     the marketing of fodder plant seed (3), as last
                                                                       (')   OJ   No    125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2309/66.
     amended by Directive 86/155/EEC (4),
                                                                       (6)   OJ   No    L 200, 23. 7. 1986, p. 38.
                                                                       O     OJ   No    125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2320/66.
                                                                       (!)   OJ   No    L 152, 6. 6. 1986, p. 46.
 O OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2290/66.                                 O     OJ   No    125, 11.7. 1966, p. 2326/66.
 O OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8.                                   (10)   OJ   No    L 93, 17. 4. 1968, p. 15.
(3) OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.                               (")    OJ   No    L 169, 10. 7. 1969, p. 3.
 (4) OJ No L 118, 7. 5. 1986, p. 23.                                  02)    OJ   No    L 225, 12. 10. 1970, p. 7.