CELEX: 51993PC0036(29)
Language: en
Date: 1993-02-09
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in wine

No C 80 / 48                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                        20 . 3 . 93
                                                              Proposai for a
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                   of . . .
                 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 822 / 87 on the common organization of the market in wine
                                                              ( 93 / C 80 / 29 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                   must be drawn up when all data are available and
                                                                            accordingly certain time limits must be deferred by one
                                                                            wine year ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community , and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                                                         Article 1
Having      regard    to     the    opinion  of the     European
Parliament ,                                                                Regulation ( EEC ) No 822 / 87 is hereby amended as
                                                                            follows :
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                     1 . In Article 17 ( 3 ), '31 August 1993' is replaced by
Committee ,                                                                      '31 August 1994'.
                                                                            2 . The second subparagraph of Article 18 ( 3 ) is replaced
Whereas Article 17 ( 3 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC )                           by the following:
No 822 / 87 i 1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC )
No 1756 / 92 ( 2 ), provides that one particular form of                         'Before the end of the 1993 / 94 wine year, the
deacidification is permitted on a transitional basis only ;                      Commission shall submit to the European Parliament
whereas so that a final decision can be taken regarding that                     and to the Council a report on the demarcation of
technique , current practice should be continued at least                        wine-growing zones in the Community . The Council ,
until the end of the 1993 / 94 wine year ;                                       acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                                 Article 43 ( 2 ) of the Treaty , shall decide on the
                                                                                 demarcation of the wine-growing zones for the
Whereas Article 46 ( 4 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 822 / 87                       Community as a whole , such provisions applying from
provides that campaigns to promote the consumption of                            the 1994 / 95 wine year.'
grape juice may only be conducted until the 1992 / 93 wine
year and whereas they should be continued for one wine                      3 . Article 20 ( 2 ) is replaced by the following:
year so that their effectiveness may be assessed ;                               '2 . Before the end of the 1992 / 93 wine year , the
                                                                                 Commission shall submit to the European Parliament
Whereas Articles 18 ( 3 ), 20 ( 2 ), 39 ( 12) and 65 ( 5 ) of                    and to the Council a report on the demarcation of
Regulation ( EEC ) No 822 / 87 provide that , during the                         wine-growing zones in the Community . The Council ,
 1992 / 93 wine year , the Commission is to submit to the                        acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                                 Article 43 ( 2 ) of the Treaty , shall decide on the
Council reports on wine-growing zones, enrichment , the
effects of the structural measures and their link with                           demarcation of the wine-growing zones for the
compulsory distillation , maximum sulphur dioxide levels in                      Community as a whole, such provisions applying from
wine and any proposals arising therefrom ; whereas the                           the 1993 / 94 wine year .'
drafting of some of those reports has required the                          4 . In Article 39 :
organization of studies entailing the participation of
independent experts which have not yet been completed ;                          — the third and fourth subparagraphs of paragraph 3
                                                                                      are replaced by the following:
Whereas the significance for the sector of the                                        'Until the end of the 1993 / 94 wine year:
abovementioned problems calls for the highest degree of                               — the uniform percentage shall be 85 ;
consistency between the solution to be proposed ; whereas                             — the consecutive reference years shall             be
when achieving such consistency , the requisite proposals                                 1981 / 82 , 1982 / 83 and 1983 / 84 .
                                                                                      From the 1994 / 95 wine year onwards , the uniform
(») OJ No L 84 , 27 . 3 . 1987 , p . 1 .
                                                                                      percentage and consecutive reference years shall be
( 2 ) OJ No L 180 , 17 . 6 . 1992 , p . 27 .                                          determined by the Commission which shall fix:
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         — the uniform percentage on the basis of the                           Parliament and to the Council a report on the
               quantities that must be distilled in accordance                  demarcation of wine-growing zones in the
               with paragraph 2 in order to eliminate the                       Community . The Council , acting in accordance
               production surplus for the year in question ,                    with the procedure laid down in Article 43 ( 2 ) of
                                                                                the Treaty , shall decide on the demarcation of the
         — the consecutive reference years on the basis of                      wine-growing zones for the Community as a whole ,
               the trend of production , and , in particular , the              such provisions applying from the 1993 / 94 wine
               effects of the grubbing policy .'                                year .'
                                                                       5 . Article 46 (4 ) is replaced by the following:
     — paragraph 10 is replaced by the following:
                                                                           '4 . During the 1985 / 86 to 1993 / 94 wine years , apart
         ' 10 . Notwithstanding this Article, for the 1985 / 86            to be determined of the aid provided for in the first
         to 1993 / 94 wine years , compulsory distillation in              indent of paragraph 1 shall be set aside for the
         Greece may be implemented in accordance with                      organization of campaigns to promote the consumption
         special provisions taking account of the difficulties             of grape juice . The aid may , for the purposes of
         encountered in that country in particular as regards              organizing such campaigns , be fixed at a higher level
         knowledge of yield per hectare . These provisions                 than that resulting from the application of paragraph
         shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure                 3 .'
         laid down in Article 83 .';                                   6 . Article 65 ( 5 ) is replaced by the following:
                                                                           '5 . Before the end of the 1993 / 94 wine year , the
     — the first subparagraph of paragraph 11 is replaced                  Commission shall submit to the European Parliament
         by the following:                                                 and to the Council a report on the demarcation of
                                                                           wine-growing zones in the Community . The Council ,
         'if, during the 1987 / 88 to 1993 / 94 wine years,                acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
         difficulties likely to jeopardize the execution or                Article 43 ( 2 ) of the Treaty , shall decide on the
         balanced application of the compulsory distillation               demarcation of the wine-growing zones for the
         operation referred to in paragraph 1 occur , the                  Community as a whole , such provisions applying from
         measures necessary in order to ensure effective                   the 1993 / 94 wine year .'
         application of the distillation scheme shall be
         adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                                                    Article 2
         down in Article 83 .';
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
     — paragraph 12 is replaced by the following:                      following its publication the Official Journal of the
                                                                       European Communities .
         'Before the end of the 1993 / 94 wine year, the
         Commission shall submit to the European                       It shall apply from 1 September 1993 .
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at . . .
                                                                                               For the Council