Document ID: 31998R1231

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1231/98 of 12 June 1998 amending for the 18th time Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 determining the classification of vine varieties
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2087/97 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,
Whereas the classification of vine varieties approved for cultivation in the Community is determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1721/97 (4), in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89 of 24 July 1989 on general rules for the classification of vine varieties (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2088/97 (6);
Whereas certain wine-grape and table-grape vine varieties that have been included for at least five years in the classification of varieties provisionally authorised for some administrative units of Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain have been found to be suitable for cultivation; whereas those varieties should therefore be permanently classified among the vine varieties authorised and recommended for those administrative units in accordance with Article 11(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas the classification of wine-grape and table-grape varieties should include among the varieties authorised and recommended for certain administrative units of Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain certain varieties which have been listed for at least five years in the classification for an administrative unit immediately bordering thereon and which therefore satisfy the condition laid down in the first indent of Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas four new administrative units should be included in Italy; whereas some corrections should be made;
Whereas a new subtitle should be included in Title III.B for Italy as regards the preparation of brandies; whereas the subtitle for Italy in Title IV.B concerning root stock varieties approved on the territory of that Member State should be amended;
Whereas a new Title V should be created for varieties of vines intended to supply scions; whereas the varieties which may be used to produce scions are classified by the Member States pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89; whereas, at the request of the Member States, they should be classified for all the administrative units of each Member State;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 June 1998.

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