CELEX: 51986PC0484
Language: en
Date: 1986-12-02
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO /86 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE

No C 326/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   19.12.86
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending the Regulation on the common organization of the
                                                        market in wine
                                                      COM(86) 484 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 December 1986)
                                                        (86/C 326/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                           Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   Regulation (EEC) No                /86 is hereby amended as
thereof,                                                           follows:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 1. The following       subparagraph      is added to Article
                                                                       18(3):
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                      'The Commission shall, before the end of the
liament,                                                               1989/90 wine year, submit to the Council a report on
                                                                       the demarcation of wine-growing zones in the
                                                                       Community. The Council, acting by a qualified
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                       majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall
Social Committee,                                                      decide on the demarcation of the wine-growing zones
                                                                       for the Community as a whole, such provisions
                                                                       applying from the 1990/91 wine year.'
Whereas, on account of the accession of Spain,
alterations should be made to the demarcation of the
wine-growing zones provided for in Article 18 of Regu-             2. The first subparagraph of Article 15 (2) is replaced by
lation (EEC) No          /86;                                          the following:
                                                                       '2.     By way of derogation from paragraph 1,
Whereas, in view in particular of the climatic features,               Member States may, in respect of wines and products
provision should be made by the end of the 1989/90                     intended for winemaking obtained from grapes
wine year at the latest, for a new demarcation of wine-                harvested on their territory,
growing zones for the Community as a whole, using as a
                                                                      — prohibit the use of the oenological practices and
basis a report to be drawn up by the Commission;
                                                                           processes referred to in Annex VI, or
                                                                      — lay down stricter conditions on the use of the
Whereas Spanish legislation prior to accession provided,
                                                                           oenological pratices and processes referred to in
for virtually all its wine-growing area, for a minimum
                                                                           the said Annex.'
natural alcoholic strength by volume of 9 °/o vol,
corresponding to that of wine-growing zone C III;
whereas that situation should be confirmed until the end.          3. Annex IV is hereby amended as follows:
of the 1989/90 wine year by including the major part of                (a) point 3 is replaced by the following:
Spain's wine-growing area in wine-growing zone
CHIb);                                                                      '3. Wine-growing zone C I a) comprises the area
                                                                                under vines:
Whereas a certain number of the oenological pratices                            (a) in France:
and processes authorized for the Community as a whole
are never used, rarely used or used only under much                                 — in the following departments:
more restricted conditions than originally foreseen in one                              Allier,        Alpes-de-Haute-Provence,
or more Member States; whereas, in order to encourage                                   Hautes-Alpes,           Alpes-Maritimes,
the production of wines of a natural character derived                                  Ariege, Aveyron, Cantal, Charente,
from the intrinsic properties of the raw material used, the                             Charente-Maritime, Correze, Cote-
substances which may be added to wine during its                                        d'Or,     Dordogne,      Haute-Garonne,
preparation or storage should be reduced to the strict                                  Gers, Gironde, Isere, Landes, Loire,
minimum necessary; whereas the Member States should,                                    Haute-Loire, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne,
therefore, be authorized to ban or at least restrict the use                            Lozere, Nievre (except for the the
of certain oenological practices or processes in the                                    arrondissement of Cosne-sur-Loire),
production of wine on their territory, provided that such                               Puy-de-Dome, Pyrenees-Atlantiques,
measures do not prejudice consumer protection in the                                    Hautes-Pyrenees, Rhone, Saone-et-
Member States or the normal pattern of intra-                                           Loire, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Haute-
Community trade,                                                                       Vienne, Yonne;
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             — in the arrondissement of Valence and                              — in the provinces of Barcelona and
                 Die in the department of Drome                                      Tarragona:
                 (except for the cantons of Dieulefit,                               the defined wine-growing district of
                 Loriol, Marsanne and Montelimar);                                   Alto Penedes;
             — in the department of Ardeche, the                     (b) the following is added to point 7:
                 arrondissement of Tournon and the
                 cantons      of    Antraigues,     Buzet,               '(d) in Spain, the areas under vines not listed in
                 Coucouron, Montpezat-sous-Bauzon,                            point 3 (b).'
                 Privas,      Saint-Etienne-de-Lugdards,
                 Saint- Pierreville, Valgorge and La                 (c) the following is added to point 8:
                 Voulte-sur-Rhone;                                       'and, in respect of Spain, those in force on 1
         (b) in Spain:                                                   March 1986.'
             — in the following provinces:
                                                                                            Article 2
             — Asturias, Cantabria, Guipuzcoa,          La
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
                 Coruna, Pontevedra and Vizcaya;
                                                                 1986.
             — in the province of Tarragona:
                 the defined wine-growing district of            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
                 Conca de Barbera;                               directly applicable in all Member States.