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20.4.62 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 989/62

REGULATION No 24 on the progressive establishment of a common organisation of the market in wine

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC Whereas the manner of implementing these measures COMMUNITY,- must be such that the information obtained is comparable at Community level while taking account of the situation peculiar to each Member State; Having regard to the provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and Whereas it accords with the policy of encouraging in particular Article 43 thereof; quality production that the required characteristics of a quality wine produced in specified regions should be defined ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;

Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of the Having regard to the Opinion of the European proposed measures, a procedure should be provided Parliament; for establishing close co-operation between Member States and the Commission within a Management Whereas the. operation and development of the Committee ; common market in agricultural products must be accompanied by the establishment of a common agricultural policy to include in particular a common HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : organisation of agricultural markets established product by product; Article 1 Whereas there are appreciable divergencies in the wine-growing policies pursued by different Member States at national level, and whereas, irrespective of Member States shall, not later than 30 June 1963 , the policy followed, surpluses of a permanent nature prepare a viticultural land register which shall give rise to serious difficulties in the wine-growing thereafter be kept up to date. economy of certain producer countries ;

This register, based on the general vineyard census , Whereas wine production constitutes an important shall include the following minimum information : item in agricultural income, and whereas the common organisation must aim at stabilising markets ( a) the total area under vines ; and prices by adjusting supplies to requirements, such adjustment being directed in particular towards ( b) the area under vines subdivided according to quality production ; type of production;

Whereas the necessary steps to bring about this (c) the method of management of plantations ; adjustment require that the potential output be known and that the quantity of must and wine available be assessed each year ; (d) the classification of vine plantations according to surface area ; Whereas the preparation of a viticultural land register, the introduction of a system of harvest and (e) the classification of areas under vines according stock declarations and the compilation of an annual to age of vine-stocks ; forward estimate should make it possible to obtain the statistical information essential for a knowledge (f) classification of vine varieties according to year of the market; of planting.

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Article 2 (f) yield per hectare;

(g) analysis and assessment of organoleptic 1 . Each year beginning in 1962, characteristics . ( a) producers of must and wine shall declare the quantities they have produced during the year; 3 . In addition , to the above factors , Member States may take into account fair and traditional customs, (b ) producers of must and wine, and merchants determine such other conditions of production arid other than retailers, shall declare their stocks of characteristics as shall be obligatory for quality wines must and wine, whether from the current year's produced in specified regions. harvest or from the harvest of preceding years . Must and wine imported from third countries shall be stated separately. Article 5

2. So long as the development of the common Detailed rules for the application of Articles 1 , 2 and wine-growing policy does not require stock 3 shall be adopted, in accordance with the procedure declarations to be made before the harvest on a date laid down in Article 7, within six months from the fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in entry into force of this Regulation. Article 7, the harvest and stock declarations shall be made simultaneously not later than 31 December in each Member State . Article 6

3 . This provision shall not affect the maintenance 1 . A Management Committee for Wine in certain States of two different dates, one for stock ( hereinafter called the ' Committee') shall be declarations and the other for harvest declarations, established, consisting of representatives of Member provided that the information collected is adjusted in States and presided over by a representative of the such a way that its use at Community level remains Commission . possible. 2 . Within the Committee the votes of Member States, shall be weighted in accordance with Article Article 3 148 (2) of the Treaty. The Chairman shall not vote.

At the beginning of each year the Commission shall draw up a forward estimate in order to determine the Article 7 resources and assess the requirements of the Community, including foreseeable imports from and 1 . Where this Regulation expressly provides for exports to third countries. the application of the procedure laid down in this Article, the Chairman shall refer the matter to the Article 4 Committee either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State. 1 . Not later than 31 December 1962 the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in 2. The representative of the Commission shall Article 43 (2) of the Treaty, shall adopt Community submit a draft - of the measures to be taken . The rules regarding quality wines produced in specified Committee shall deliver its Opinion on such measures within a time limit to be set by the regions . Chairman according to the urgency of the questions under consideration. An Opinion shall be adopted by 2. These Community rules, which should take into a majority of twelve votes. account traditional conditions of production so far as these are not such as to prejudice the policy of 3 . The Commission shall adopt measures which encouraging quality production and the creation of a shall apply immediately. However, if these measures single market, shall be based on the following factors : are not in accordance with the Opinion of the (a) demarcation of the area of production ; Committee, they shall forthwith be communicated by the Commission to the Council . In that event the ( b ) vine varieties ; Commission may defer application of the measures which it has adopted for not more than one month (c) cultivation methods ; from the date of such communication . (d) wine-making methods ; The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take (e) minimum natural alcoholic strength ; a different decision within one month.

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Article 8 Article 9

The Committee may consider any other question At the end of the transitional period, the Council, referred to it by its Chairman either on his own acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the initiative or at the request of the representative of a Commission, shall decide in the light of experience Member State . whether to retain or amend the povisions of Article 7.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 4 April 1962 .

For the Council The President M. COUVE de MURVILLE