Explanatory Memorandum to COM(1995)744-1 - Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions

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date 12-01-1996
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Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions /* COM/95/0744 FINAL - CNS 96/0007 */

Official Journal C 074 , 14/03/1996 P. 0012


Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions (96/C 74/11) COM(95) 744 final - 96/0007(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 15 January 1996)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,

Whereas new specific traditional terms have been defined in Germany; whereas those terms should be included in Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3896/91 (2), to ensure protection in all Member States;

Whereas, by virtue of Article 15 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 823/87, the name of a specified region attributed by a Member State to a quality wine psr may not be used for the designation of other wine-sector products; whereas, however, the creation of new designations of origin should be authorized whose names were previously used for certain table wines; whereas provision should also be made for a transitional period during which those names may be used concurrently to enable traditional users to adjust to the new situation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:


Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 15 (2) (a) the following indents are added:

- 'Qualitaetswein garantierten Ursprungs`

- 'Qualitaetsschaumwein garantierten Ursprungs`.

2. The third subparagraph of Article 15 (4) is replaced by the following:

'Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, a Member State may, where a traditional practice is in accordance with the rules in that Member State allow certain geographical names used to describe a table wine which have become the name of a specified region to continue to be used also to describe table wines for a period of three wine-years.`


Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.


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

OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59.

OJ No L 368, 31. 12. 1991, p. 3.