CELEX: 51990PC0554(01)
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 823/87 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO QUALITY WINES PRODUCED IN SPECIFIED REGIONS

28. 3. 91                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 84/9
                                                              II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No
              823/87 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions
                                                         (91/C 84/10)
                                                      COM(90) 554 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 11 March 1991)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                                              Article 1
thereof,
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 is hereby amended as
                                                                   follows:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   1. In Article 6:
Having regard      to   the   opinion   of   the   European
Parliament,
                                                                      (a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                         '2.    Notwithstanding       the first indent of
                                                                          paragraph 1, in the case of a traditional practice
                                                                          governed by special provisions of the Member
Whereas the first indent of Article 6 (1) of Regulation                   State of production, that Member State may
(EEC) No 823/87 laying down special provisions                            permit, until 31 December 1994 at the latest, by
relating to quality wines produced in specified                           means of express authorizations and subject to
regions ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                            appropriate control, that a quality wine psr be
2043/89 (2), defines the principle that quality wines                     obtained by adjusting the basic product of that
produced in a specified region, hereinafter called 'quality               wine by adding one or more wine-sector products
wines psr', may be made only from grapes harvested                        which do not originate in the specified region
within the specified region whose name they bear;                         whose name the wine bears, provided that:
whereas in order better to harmonize the conditions of
competition between the specified regions in the
production of quality wines, derogations from the above                   — this type of added wine-sector product is not
principle should be permitted only during a transitional                      produced in that specified region with the
period expiring on 31 December 1994, even in the case                         same characteristics as products not orig-
of authorizations granted pursuant to current rules;                          inating therein,
Whereas experience has shown that it should be                            — this adjustment is consistent with the oeno-
provided that the geographical name designating a                             logical practices and definitions referred to in
specified region should be sufficiently distinctive to avoid                  Regulation (EEC) No 822/87,
confusion with trade descriptions which are actually
established and recognized,
                                                                          — the total volume of added wine-sector
                                                                              products which do not originate in the
                                                                              specified region does not exceed 10 % of the
(') OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59.                                           total volume of products used which originate
(2) OJ No L 202, 14. 7. 1989, p. 1.                                           in the specified region.'
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   (b) the second subparagraph           of    paragraph   5 is               confusion with trade descriptions which         are
        replaced by the following:                                            actually established and recognized.';
        T h e y shall include in particular the definition of
        areas in immediate proximity to a specified                      (b) in the third subparagraph of paragraph 4, '31
        region, account being taken in particular of the                      August 1991' is replaced by '31 August 1992'.
        geographical       situation     and      administrative
        structures.'
                                                                                                 Article 2
2. In Article 15:
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    (a) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph             European Communities.
        3:
        'The geographical name designating a specified               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
        region must be sufficiently distinctive to avoid any         directly applicable in all Member States.
                Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 on
                                            sparkling wines produced in the Community
                                                            (91/C 84/11)
                                                         COM(90) 554 final
                                        (Submitted by the Commission on 11 March 1991)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas experience dictates that the rules on the
                                                                     production of sparkling wines should distinguish between
                                                                     quality sparkling wines of the aromatic type and quality
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                sparkling wines of the aromatic type produced in
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     specified regions (quality sparkling wines psr of the
thereof,                                                             aromatic type),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard         to  the    opinion    of   the  European                                   Article 1
Parliament,
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 is hereby amended as
                                                                     follows:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                      1. Article 12 (3) and (4) is replaced by the following:
Whereas the Commission put to the Council a proposal
                                                                          '3.   The Commission shall send the Council before
for consolidation of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                          1 April 1991 a report, based on experience acquired,
358/79 of 5 February 1979 ('), as last amended by Regu-
                                                                         on maximum sulphur dioxide contents, accompanied
lation (EEC) No 1328/90 O ; whereas it emerged on
                                                                         by any appropriate proposals, on which the Council
scrutiny of the proposal that it is necessary to extend the
                                                                          shall act by a qualified majority before 1 September
permitted periods of authorization of the present
                                                                          1991.
maximum sulphur dioxide contents of sparkling wines;
                                                                          4.    Detailed rules for the application of this Article
                                                                          shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
(') OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 130.                                       laid down in Article 83 of Regulation (EEC) No
(2) OJ No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 23.                                      822/87.'