31976R2790

19 . 11 . 76 No L 319 / 21 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2790/76 of 18 November 1976 derogating from the obligation to distil wines made from table grapes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas in the circumstances it seems advisable to COMMUNITIES, derogate from the obligation referred to in Article 24b and to authorize the enrichment of wine by means of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European concentrated grape musts made from table grapes ; Economic Community, Whereas this derogation should be limited to those Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No regions where the climatic conditions have led to the 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ production of table grapes of such mediocre quality sions for the common organization of the market in that they are not fit to be marketed ; wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 67/76 (2), and in particular Article 24b (4) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas paragraph 1 of the said Article provides that, ment Committee for Wine, except where a derogation has been decided on, wines made from table grapes may only be transported to a distillery for the purposes of distillation ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the 1976 harvest is average and even below Article 1 average in Italy ; whereas, moreover in that Member State the average alcoholic strength is low ; whereas Table wines which have been produced by enrich­ coupage with wines of high alcoholic strength is all the more difficult as the wines with low alcoholic ment by means of concentrated grape musts made from grapes of the varieties listed in the classification strength are mainly the wines of the south of Italy of vine varieties as table grapes produced in 1976 in intended for coupage ; the Italian part of Zone C III and in the administra­ Whereas in these circumstances an increased demand tive districts of L'Aquila, Chieti , Pescara, Teramo shall for concentrated grape musts is to be expected ; be exempt from the obligation laid down in Article whereas to meet this demand producers might decide 24b of Regulation (EEC) No 816/7Q . to concentrate grape musts which would otherwise be made into wine ; whereas in this way the volume of A rticle 2 production might subsequently be reduced with adverse effects on the market ; whereas moreover the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its table grapes are frequently not of sufficiently good publication in the Official Journal of the European quality to be marketed ; Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 November 1976 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 99, 5. 5. 1970, p. 1 . O OJ No L 135, 24. 5. 1976, p. 42.