Commission Regulation (EEC) No 940/81 of 7 April 1981 on the declaration of areas used for producing vegetative propagation material for vines

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 940/81 of 7 April 1981 on the declaration of areas used for producing vegetative propagation material for vines
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3456/80 (2), and in particular Article 28 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 provides that Member States shall keep a check, by annual surveys, on areas for the production of vegetative propagation material for vines ; whereas that provision was introduced at the same time as the system of statistical surveys replaced the viticultural land register ; whereas detailed rules should be laid down in respect of these surveys and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1894/68 (3) repealed;
Whereas, so that control on the production and marketing of vegetative propagation material for vines by Member States can be effectively organized, producers should make individual declarations as regards stock and cutting nurseries used to obtain vegetative propagation material for vines;
Whereas, in the interests of simplicity, the declarations already available to Member States through their own legislation should be used for checking on the production of vegetative propagation materials for vines;
Whereas declarations should be made according to the various categories of stock set out in Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine (4), as last amended by Council Directive 78/692/EEC (5);
Whereas, in order to check cutting nursery production, annual declarations are needed on the number of nursery cuttings and grafted cuttings planted;
Whereas an estimate of the percentage of successful nursery cuttings and grafted cuttings is useful for following the market in vegetative propagation material for vines;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,