CELEX: 31990R3622
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3622/90 of 14 December 1990 authorizing the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must in respect of the 1990/91 wine year

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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3622/90
                                                    of 14 December 1990
                  authorizing the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for table wine,
                  grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must in
                                              respect of the 1990/91 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       need not be used in view of the fairly homogenous
                                                                  characteristics of wines from the 1 990 harvest ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Economic Community,                                               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Wine,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the
market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
No 1325/90 (2), and in particular Articles 32 (5) and 81
thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas the forward estimate drawn up for the 1989/90
wine year indicates that the quantities of table wine avai­        1.    During the period 16 December 1989 to 15
lable at the beginning of the wine year exceeds by more           February 1990 private long-term storage contracts may be
than four months' supply those normally used up over the          concluded, in accordance with the provisions of Regula­
year ; whereas the conditions for authorization of long­          tion (EEC) No 1059/83, for :
term storage contracts specified in Article 32 (4) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 822/87 are therefore met ;                        — table wines, provided that the conditions of Article 6
                                                                       of that Regulation are met, and
                                                                  — grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified
Whereas the abovementioned forward estimate indicates                  concentrated grape must.
the existence of surpluses for all types of table wine and
for table wines which stand in close economic relation­           2. In accordance with Article 47 (1 ) of Regulation
ship to those types of table wine ; whereas it should there­      (EEC) No 822/87 producers who, during the 1987/88
fore be made possible for long-term contracts to be               wine year, were subject to the obligations laid down in
concluded for those types of table wine ; whereas it is           Articles 35, 36 or 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 wine
necessary by the same token to open this possibility for          year shall not be entitled to benefit from the measures
grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified                 provided for in this Regulation unless they provide
concentrated grape must ;                                         evidence that they have complied with their obligations
                                                                  during the reference periods laid down in Article 18 of
                                                                  Commssion Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88 (% in Regula­
Whereas Article 47 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87                  tion (EEC) No 2224/90 (6), and Article 22 of Commission
provides that only producers fulfilling the obligations laid      Regulation (EEC) No 441 /88 P).
down in Article 35 and, where appropriate, Articles 36
and 39 of that Regulation during a reference period to be
determined may qualify for the intervention measures ;                                     Article 2
whereas that period must therefore be specified ;
                                                                  The minimum quality conditions that must be met by
                                                                  table wines which may be the subject of a storage contract
Whereas Article 6 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC)            shall be as set out in the Annexes hereto.
No 1059/83 of 29 April 1983 on storage contracts for
table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and
rectified concentrated grape must (3), as last amended by                                  Article 3
Regulation (EEC) No 2753/89 (4), specifies that table
wines eligible for long-term storage contracts shall be
classified into two categories on the basis of their charac­      Producers who, within the limits laid down in the first
teristics with regard to quality ; whereas this possibility       subparagraph of Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  1059/83, wish to conclude a long-term storage contract
(>) OJ  No  L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 19.                            0 OJ No L 277, 8 . 10. 1988, p. 21 .
(3) OJ  No  L  116, 30. 4. 1983, p. 77.                           (6) OJ No L 202, 31 . 7. 1990, p. 34.
(4) OJ  No  L 266, 13. 9. 1989, p. 21 .                           0 OJ No L 45, 18. 2. 1988, p. 15.
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for a table wine shall, when submitting the application for                             Article 4
conclusion of a contract, advise the intervention agency of
the total quantity of table wine they have produced             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
during the current wine year.                                   publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                Communities.
For this purpose the producer shall submit a copy of the
production declaration(s) drawn up pursuant to Article 2
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3929/87                       It shall apply with effect from 16 December 1990.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 14 December 1990.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 369, 29. 12. 1987, p. 59.
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                                                            ANNEX
                              MINIMUM QUALITY CONDITIONS FOR TABLE WINES
                                                       I. White wines
           [a) minimum actual alcoholic strength :                            10,5% vol ;
           (b) minimum total acidity (expressed as tartaric acid) :           5 grams per litre and 4 grams per litre
                                                                             for table wines produced in Spain (') ;
           [c) maximum volatile acidity :                                    9 milliequivalents per litre ;
           (d) maximum sulphur dioxide content :                              1 55 milligrams per litre.
                                                        II. Red wines
           (a) minimum actual alcholic strength :                             10,5 % vol ;
           (b) minimum total acidity (expressed as tartaric acid) :           5 grams per litre and 4 grams per litre
                                                                              for table wines produced in Spain (') ;
           (c) maximum volatile acidity :                                     11 milliequivalents per litre ;
           fd) maximum sulohar dioxide content :                              115 milligrams per litre .
           Rose wines must comply with the conditions laid down above for red wines except as regards their content
           of sulphur dioxide, for which the same time limits as those fixed for white wines shall apply.
           Conditions (a) and (d) shall not apply to wines of types R III, A II and A III.
           (') Article 127 of the Act of Accession.