CELEX: 51984PC0515(02)
Language: en
Date: 1984-09-12
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 338/79 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO QUALITY WINES PRODUCED IN SPECIFIED REGIONS

27.9. 84                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 259/7
    The maximum quantities laid down may differ by                    by means of musts for which the aid referred to in
    region of production and by variety and may in no                 Article 14 was paid.
    case exceed 300 kg per hectare.'
                                                                      3.    The proceeds of the tax referred to in
                                                                      paragraph 1 shall be used to finance Community
6. The following Article 33a is inserted:                             expenditure in the wine sector.
     'Article 33a                                                     4.    The amount of the tax referred to in
                                                                      paragraph 1 shall be fixed in accordance with the
    1.     In wine-growing regions where the addition                 procedure laid down in Article 67. Detailed rules
    of sucrose is authorized in accordance with                       for the application of this Article shall be adopted
    Article 33, a tax shall be levied in respect of wines             in accordance with the same procedure.'
    produced on holdings where the yield per hectare
    exceeds 80 hectolitres. The tax shall be levied
                                                                                           Article 2
    when the wine is sold for the first time, including
    when it is delivered for the purpose of distillation.         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
                                                                  1985.
    2.     The amount of the tax shall be fixed in the
    light of the difference between the cost of                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
    enrichment by means of sucrose and that obtained              directly applicable in all Member States.
                Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 laying down
                         special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions
                                                     COM(84) 515 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 September 1984)
                                                       (84/C 259/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       lasting prospects of finding a market may be
COMMUNITIES,                                                      recognized as quality wines psr and by making
                                                                  recognition of such wines subject to a Community
                                                                  authorization procedure;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 does not
                                                                  include rectified concentrated grape must among the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                products which may be used for sweetening quality
                                                                  wines psr; whereas the present state of scientific
                                                                  knowledge suggests that it can be used for this
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                 purpose;
liament,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 of                     Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) N o 338/79
5 February 1979 laying down special provisions                    provides that Member States are to fix a maximum
relating to quality wines produced in specified                   yield per hectare for quality wines psr and to
regions (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No               determine the conditions on which these yields may
3159/83 (2), sets out criteria for the recognition of             be exceeded; whereas the application of this provision
wines by the Member States as quality wines                       by some Member States has led to the yields
produced in specified regions; whereas, in view of the            compatible with a product of best quality being
growing surpluses on the wine market and the                      exceeded, with the attendant likelihood that such
pressures exerted on the market by quality wines psr,             wines will be increasingly difficult to market; whereas
the said criteria should be supplemented by                       these considerations make it essential to fix maximum
the        provision     that      only     wines      with       yields per hectare applicable throughout the
                                                                   Community and to define precisely the conditions on
(') OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 48.                                which the designation of a quality wine psr can be
O OJ No L 309, 10. 11. 1983, p. 21.                                recognized when the maximum yield is exceeded;
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Whereas yield per hectare is the most salient feature               shall be adopted in accordance with the same
of the production of a quality wine psr; whereas                    procedure as required.'
awareness of yields should therefore be improved by
adding to the list of quality wines psr published in the
 Official Journal of the European Communities an                3. The following subparagraph is added to Article
                                                                    7(1):
indication of the yield of the wine-growing area
producing each such wine,
                                                                    'The natural alcoholic strength by volume may be
                                                                    fixed at different levels for the same quality wine
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                       psr according to:
                                                                   — the sub-region, local administrative area or part
                         Article 1                                      thereof,
                                                                   — the vine variety or varieties,
Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 is hereby amended as
follows:
                                                                   from which the grapes used are derived.'
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
                                                                4. The third indent of the first subparagraph of
                                                                   Article 9 (2) is replaced by the following:
    'Article 1
    1.    This Regulation lays down special provisions             '— using grape must or concentrated grape must
   for quality wines produced in specified regions and                   originating in the same specified region as
   wines qualified to acquire this status.                               the wine in question or using rectified
                                                                         concentrated grape must.'
   "Quality wines produced in specified regions"
   (hereinafter called "quality wines psr") means               5. The following subparagraph is added to Article
   wines which satisfy the provisions of this Regu-                 11(1):
   lation and those national rules adopted pursuant
   thereto.
                                                                   'Except in cases to be determined, the yield shall
                                                                   not be fixed at a level higher than 100 hectolitres
   "Quality sparkling wines produced in specified                  per hectare.'
   regions" (hereinafter called "quality sparkling
   wines psr") means quality wines psr which comply
   with the definition in point 13 of Annex II to               6. Article 11 (2) is replaced by the following:
   Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, with Title I of
   Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 and with this Regu-                  '2.     The quantity of wine per hectare which may
   lation.                                                         be recognized as a quality wine psr shall in no case
                                                                   exceed the yield fixed in accordance with para-
   2.     The Member States shall transmit to the                  graph 1.
   Commission a list of the quality wines psr
   recognized by them together with the yields per                 3.     Use of the designation claimed shall be
   hectare fixed for each quality wine psr pursuant to             prohibited for the entire harvest if the stipulated
   Article 11. The Commission shall publish these lists            yield is exceeded.
   in the C series of the Official Journal of the
   European Communities.'                                          However, in years during which weather
                                                                   conditions      are    particularly   favourable    to
2. The following Article is inserted:                              production, a designation may be recognized even
                                                                   if the stipulated yield is exceeded, provided that:
    'Article la                                                    (a) the yield is not exceeded by more than 20 %,
                                                                        and at any event more than 10 hectolitres per
   With effect from 1 September 1985, the                               hectare;
   recognition of a wine by a Member State as a
   quality wine psr shall be subject to authorization              (b) without recourse to public intervention, the
   from the Commission. Authorization shall only be                     excess quantities are:
   given for wines for which there are lasting                          — in respect of half the quantity, stored for
   prospects that the whole of production can be                            the remainder of the wine year in which
   marketed. Authorization shall be granted, upon                           the wine is produced and excluded from
   application by the Member State concerned, in                            sale with a view to recognition in the
   accordance with the procedure laid down in                               following wine year or years, where
   Article 67 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79*                                relevant after blending, in whole or in part,
   Detailed rules for the application of this Article                       with wine from the new harvest,
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         — in respect of the other half, sent           for                                Article 2
            distillation.
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
    4.    Detailed rules for the application of this              1985.
    Article, in particular the exceptions provided for in
    paragraph 1, shall be adopted in accordance with
    the procedure laid down in Article 67 of Regu-               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
    lation (EEC) No 337/79.'                                      directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation introducing a derogation to the scheme provided for in
               Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 on the granting of temporary and permanent abandonment
               premiums in respect of certain areas under vines and of premiums for the renunciation of
                                                         replanting
                                                    COM(84) 515 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 September 1984)
                                                       (84/C 259/08)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                    By way of derogation from the terms of Articles 2
Article 43 thereof,                                               (1), 4 (2) and 11 of Regulation (EEC) N o 456/80:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                (a) the premium for the temporary abandonment of
                                                                       wine-growing may be granted only until the end
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                      of the 1984/85 wine-growing year;
liament,
                                                                  (b) the amount of the permanent abandonment
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                       premium shall be fixed at 3 000 ECU per hectare
Social Committee,                                                      for wine-growers lodging applications in respect
                                                                       of the 1984/85 and 1985/86 wine-growing years;
Whereas, in view of the increasing imbalance on the
wine market, it is indispensable that the reduction of            (c) the common measure provided for in Regulation
wine-growing potential be accelerated; whereas the                     (EEC) No 456/80 shall end with the 1984/85
measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No                           wine-growing year as regards the temporary
 456/80 are proving inadequate as a means of                           abandonment premium and with the 1992/93
 achieving this objective and must be replaced by a                    wine-growing year as regards the permanent
 scheme which provides greater incentive and ensures                   abandonment premium.
 that areas which are abandoned are abandoned
 permanently; whereas, in parallel to the said scheme,                                      Article 2
 steps should be taken to bring forward the expiry of
 the provisions of the aforesaid Regulation and                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
 provide financial encouragement for wine-growers                  day following its publication in the Official Journal of
 who, under Regulation (EEC) No 456/80, have                       the European Communities.
 undertaken to abandon certain areas under vines
 temporarily to replace such undertakings by those of              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
 permanent abandonment as soon as possible,                        directly applicable in all Member States.