CELEX: 51979PC0041
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-12
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 959/70 authorizing the coupage of German red wines with imported red wines (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            COM(79)41   final
                                            Brussels - 12 February 1979
                         Proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 959 / 70 authorizing the
   coupage of German red wines with imported red wines
                          _           / "                  \
                                                .■  .
          ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
   COM ( 79 ) 41 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Council Regulation (EEC ) NO 959/70 authorizes the ooupage of German red
wines with imported red wines only under certain restrictive conditions
and until 30 June 1979 * In order to establish fair conditions of competition
throughout the Community, it is necessary to abandon this practice as soon
as possible * The technical efforts by producers of red wines in Germany in
order to make themselves independent of coupage with imported wines have
yielded results which suggest the possibility of a cessation of this prac­
tice within five years . This period is necessary to allow time for setting
up installations to be used for the temperature treatment of the wine har­
vests and for expanding the production of wines originating from the
colouring varieties * It therefore appears appropriate to extend until
30 June 1984 the transitional period during which the coupage of German
red wines with imported red wines will be authorized* In order to encourage
the German producers to use red coupage wines originating in the Community f
it appears appropriate to reduce from 15 to 10 $ the percentage allowed
for the coupage of German red wines with imported wines *
     /
This proposal for a Regulation involves no finanoial charge on the Commu­
nity budget *
 ---pagebreak---                                 Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
        amending Regulation (EEC) No 959/70 authorizing the coupage of
                    German red wines with imported red wines
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Counoil Regulation (EEC ) No 8I6/7O of 28 April 1970 laying
down additional provisions for the oommon organization of the market in
wine Ί , as last amended "_by Regulation (EEC /   \         /. η2
                                                  ) No 3065/78    , and in particular
Artiole 26(4) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission^,
Whereas Article 26(4 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 8I6/7O prohibits the coupage
of an imported wine with a Community wine , except by way of derogation to
be decided by the Counoil ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/70^ authorizes the coupage of
German red wines with imported red wines only under restrictive conditions
and until 30 June 1979 1 whereas , in order to establish fair conditions of
competition throughout the Community, this practice should be abandoned
as soon as possible ; whereas             efforts to produce red wines solely from
grapes harvested in Germany have yielded results such that it may be
expected that German producers will soon be in a position to cease the
ooupage of their red wines with imported wines ; whereas it is , however,
necessary to reduce the proportion of imported wines allowed for the
coupage of German red wines ,        order to enoourage German producers to use
red coupage wines originating in the Community;
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 99 » 5* 5*1970 , p. 1
 ( 2 ) OJ No L 366 , 28. 12 « 1978 , p. 9
 ( 3 ) OJ No
 (4) OJ No L 115 , 28. 5.1970 , p. 6
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
    Regulation ( EEC ) No 959 / 70 is amended as follows :
1 . The rate of 15 $ specified in Article^ 1(2 )
    is replaced "by the rate of 10
2 . The date ." 30 June 1979 " specified in Article 2
    is replaced "by the date " 30 June 1984 ".
                                      Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1979 »
This Regulation shall "be "binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States *
Done at Brussels ,                                 For the Council
                                                    The President