CELEX: 51982PC0341
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Date: 1982-06-15
Title: Amendment to the Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 laying down special provisions relating quality wines produced in specified regions (1) (submitted by the Commission to the Council under the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM ( 82 ) 341 final
                                                   Brussels -   15 June 1982
                               Amendment to the
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 338/ 79 laying down special provisions relating
           quality wines produced in specified regions ( 1 )
           ( submitted by the Commission to the Council under
             the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC
             Treaty )
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Community provisions oblige the producer Member States to fix the minimum
natural alcoholic strength for each quality wine p.s.r . to ensure a satis­
factory quality standard for these wines . These alcoholic strengths
must comply with the minimum limits for the various wine-growing zones
                                                              f1 )
laid down in Article 7(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 338 / 79       - as last amended
                                    (2)
by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3578 / 81      = Experience has shown that in some
northern wine-growing regions of zone . A , wines of a satisfactory quality may
be obtained from grapes which do not quite reach the prescribed minimum
natural alcoholic strength , in particular in the case of late varieties .
To prevent wine-growers abandoning these varieties in favour of early
 varieties which produce a wine which is generally not as good , the minimum
 natural alcoholic strength for these regions should be reduced by 0,5 % vol .
  ( 1 ) 0J No L 54 , 5 . 3.1979, p. 48
  ( 2 ) 0J No L 359, 15.12.1981 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak---         Amendment to the   proposal for Council Regulation ( EEC ) amending
        Regulation ( EEC ) No 338''79 laying down special provisions relating
        to quality wines produced in specified regions ( 1 )
        ( Submitted by the Commission to the Council under the second
          paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty ).
   I„   Amendment to the recitals ;
        The following recital is added :
        " Whereas Article 7(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 338 / 79 fixes , for the
        various wine-growing zones , the minimum alcoholic strengths which
        must be respected by Member States when establishing the rules on
        production for each quality wine p.s.r .; whereas experience has
         shown that in certain northern wine-growing regions of wine-growing
        zone A , wine of a satisfactory quality may be obtained from grapes
         which do not quite reach the prescribed minimum natural alcoholic
         strength , in particular in the case of late varieties ; whereas to
        prevent wine growers abandoning varieties which have on average
         over ten years produced very good wine , in favour of early varieties
         which give a wine which is generally less good , the minimum natural
         alcoholic strength in these regions should be reduced by 0.5% vol ;
 II .    Amendment to the Articles ;
         The following paragraph is inserted into Article 1 :
( 1 ) 0J No C 206, 14.8.1981 , p. 11 .
 ---pagebreak---   Article 7(2 ) is replaced by the following :
• 2 . Except for derogations adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
      down in Article 67 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 / 79, the alcoholic strengths
      referred to in paragraph 1 may not be less than :
      - 6.5% vol in zone A , with the exception of the specified regions
         "Mosel - Saar- Ruwer", " Ahr", "Mittelrhein " and "Moselle luxembourgeoi se "
         in which the said alcoholic strength shall be 6%,
      - 7.5%    vol in zone B ,
      - 8.5% vol in zone C I ( a ),
      - 97. vol in zone C I (b ),
      - 9.5% vol in zone C II ,
      - 10% vol in zones C III ( a ) and C III ( b ).
      The zones referred to above are those defined in Annex IV to Regulation
      ( EEC ) No 337 / 79 . ' "