Council Regulation (EEC) No 1390/87 of 18 May 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in wine

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1390/87
of 18 May 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in wine
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas, following the accession of Spain, alterations should be made to the demarcation of the wine-growing zones provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (4);
Whereas, in view in particular of the climatic features, provision should be made, by the end of the 1989/90 wine year at the latest, for a new demarcation of wine-growing zones for the Community as a whole, using as a basis a report to be drawn up by the Commission;
Whereas Spanish legislation prior to accession provided, for the major part of Spain's wine-growing area, for a minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of 9 % vol., corresponding to that of wine-growing zones CIII; whereas that situation should be maintained until the end of the 1989/90 wine year by including the major part of Spain's wine-growing area in wine-growing zone C III b); whereas, having regard to the climatic conditions prevailing in the other parts of the Spanish wine-growing area, the said parts should be classified in wine-growing zones C I a) and C II;
Whereas, in order to make the rules on wine fully applicable in Spain as from the 1986/87 wine year, it is necessary to determine the wine-growing zones of the said Member State with effect from 1 September 1986,