CELEX: 51988PC0120(58)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE GUIDE PRICES FOR WINE FOR THE 1988/89 WINE-GROWING YEAR

No C 139/70                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30. 5. 88
        '— an enzymatic preparation of betaglucanase, up to                   (y) the use of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone, up to a
        a maximum of 5 g per hi,'                                                 maximum of 80 g per hi,
    (c) (s) is replaced by the following:                                     (z) use of paraffin oil to protect the wine against
        '(s)use of DL tartaric acid, also called racemic acid,                    oxygen, in containers holding not more than 60
             or of its neutral salt of potassium, under                           litres and not less than 5 litres,'.
             conditions to be laid down, for precipitating
             excess calcium,'
                                                                                                  Article 2
    (d) (w) is replaced by the following:
        '(w) use of copper sulphate to eliminate defects of            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
               taste or smell in the wine, up to a maximum of 1        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
               g per hi and provided that the copper content of        European Communities.
               the product so treated is not more than 0,5 mg/
               1,'                                                     It shall apply from 1 September 1988.
    (e) the following are added:
                                                                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
        ' (x) the use of preparations of yeast cell wall, up to a      applicable in all Member States.
               maximum of 40 g per hi,
                   Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the guide prices for wine for the 1988/1989
                                                           wine-growing year
                                                             (88/C 139/58)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               agricultural community and to ensure that supplies are
                                                                       available and reach consumers at reasonable prices;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,              Whereas it is therefore essential not to increase the present
                                                                       gap between production and demand; whereas, accord-
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     ingly, the guide prices for the 1988/1989 wine year should
Portugal, and in particular Article 89(1) thereof,                     be maintained;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of                 Whereas the level of prices in Spain differs from that of the
16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market                 common prices; whereas pursuant to Article 70 of the Act
in wine (*), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC)               of Accession these prices should be aligned with the
No ..., and in particular Article 27 thereof,                          common prices in annual steps at the beginning of each
                                                                       marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid
                                                                       down give the Spanish prices set below;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                       Whereas the guide prices must be fixed for each type of
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                       table wine representative of Community production as
                                                                       defined in Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                 87,
Committee,
Whereas, when the guide prices for the various types of                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
table wine are fixed, account should be taken both of the
objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy and of the
contribution which the Community wishes to make to the
harmonious development of world trade; whereas the
objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy are, in                                              Article 1
particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the
                                                                        For the 1988/1989 wine-growing year, the guide prices for
(!) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.                                      table wines shall be:
 ---pagebreak--- 30. 5. 88                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 139/71
                  Guide price in the                                                            Article 2
     Type     Community as constituted          Guide price
    of wine     on 31 December 1985              in Spain
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
RI              3,35 ECU/%, vol/hl          2,49 ECU/%, vol/hl        European Communities.
RII              3,35 ECU/%, vol/hl         2,49 ECU/%, vol/hl
R III           52,23 ECU/hl               38,89 ECU/hl               It shall apply from 1 September 1988.
AI               3,11 ECU/%, vol/hl         2,31 ECU/%, vol/hl
All             69,60 ECU/hl               51,78 ECU/hl
                                                                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
A III           79,49 ECU/hl               59,14 ECU/hl               applicable in all Member States.
                      Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/70
                                     on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco
                                                            (88/C 139/59)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              the varieties of tobacco grown in traditional communes of
                                                                      production; whereas, in order to determine those com-
                                                                      munes, account should be taken of whether the tobacco
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 was harvested during a representative period; whereas,
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,             however, with a view to permitting conversion of tobacco
                                                                      production to sought-after varieties, certain varieties
                                                                      should be excluded from the application of this measure;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      Whereas the possibility of offering baled tobacco for
                                                                      intervention must be an exceptional means for processing
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                      and market preparation undertaking of solving difficulties
                                                                      arising from an abnormal market situation; whereas the
                                                                      offering for intervention over several consecutive years of a
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
                                                                      major percentage of tobacco prepared for market by the
Committee,
                                                                      undertaking accordingly appears to be a practice which
                                                                      does not meet the objectives of the Community rules;
                                                                      whereas systematic recourse to intervention should
Whereas Regulation (EEC) N o ..., amends Council                      accordingly be discouraged by reducing the derived
Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 (l) to introduce arrange-                  intervention price applicable to the quantities offered,
ments providing for the fixing of a maximum guaranteed
quantity for each variety or group of varieties in
Community tobacco production; whereas any exceeding of
that maximum quantity entails a proportional reduction in             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the prices and premiums for each variety;
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas tobacco is grown in specific areas where it often
constitutes a resource vital to the existence of agricultural
holdings; whereas a reduction in the prices and premiums
on account of the maximum guaranteed quantity being                   Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 is hereby amended as
exceeded as a result of production from areas newly given             follows:
over to that crop would lead to serious difficulties for
producers in areas where the crop is grown traditionally;
whereas any extension of tobacco growing outside the                  1. The following Article 7a is inserted:
areas where it is grown should accordingly be discouraged
by limiting the application of the prices and premiums to                 'Article 7a
                                                                          1. Notwithstanding Articles 2, 4 and 6, the prices and
(!) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1.                                        premiums shall apply only to varieties of tobacco from