31987R2387

No L 218/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities . 7. 8 . 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2387/87 of 5 August 1987 fixing the regulatory amounts for 1987/88 for imports of certain viticultural products from Spain into the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, amount for the products in question should therefore be calculated on the basis of their potential alcoholic strength by volume ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 2287/87 of 30 July 1987 on the granting of aid for the Portugal, and in particular Article 123 (2) thereof, use in winemaking of concentrated grape must and recti­ fied concentrated grape must in respect of the 1987/88 wine year (2) contains the table of equivalence to be used Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 480/86 of for expressing the potential alcoholic strength by volume 25 February 1986 laying down general rules of application according to the method laid down in the Annex to of the regulatory amounts applicable to trade in certain Commission Regulation (EEC) No 543/86 (3) ; wine sector products between the Community as consti­ tuted on 31 December 1985 and Spain ('), and in parti­ cular Article 11 thereof, Whereas the said table relates only to concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must ; whereas Whereas, in the light of the rules laid down in Regulation reference should therefore be made to the said table only (EEC) No 480/86, the regulatory amounts should be fixed for the purpose of determining the potential alcoholic by reference to the prices recorded on the Spanish market strength of concentrated grape juice, concentrated grape and on the market of the Community as constituted on must and rectified concentrated grape must ; whereas, for 31 December 1985 : the purpose of determining the potential alcoholic strength of grape juice and grape must, the Member States should be entrusted, in accordance with the terms of Article 74 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of Whereas Article 123 (2) (a) of the Act of Accession stipu­ 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the lates that a regulatory amount is to be levied for table wines ; whereas, for the purposes of applying this market in wine (4), amended by Regulation (EEC) No common measure, those table wines considered to stand 1972/87 (*), with the application of the national rules in force ; in a close economic relationship with each type of table wine should be determined ;

Whereas the use of grape must and concentrated grape Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 480/86 must in the manufacture of products other than those provides that the regulatory amount for new wines still in specified in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No. 822/87 fermentation, grape juice, grape must and partially and those falling within subheading ex 22.07 B of the fermented grape must is equal to the regulatory amount Common Customs Tariff is not liable to create distur­ applicable to table wines of types A I and R I ; whereas, to bances on' the market in wine ; whereas there is therefore this effect, provision should be made requiring the regula­ justification for not applying the regulatory amounts on tory amount for the products in question to be calculated grape must and concentrated grape must intended for the on the basis of either the potential alcoholic strength by manufacture of non-viticultural products ; whereas non­ volume or the total alcoholic strength by volume depend­ application of the regulatory amounts ^ calls for an admin­ ing on the case ; istrative arrangement making it possible to check that the products in question are used as intended ; Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 480/86 provides that the regulatory amount for concentrated grape must, concentrated grape juice and rectified Whereas the Management Committee for Wines has not concentrated grape must is derived from the regulatory delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its amount applicable to table wines, calculated on the basis Chairman, of the concentration relationships ; whereas the rates of concentration can be expressed by reference to the poten­ tial alcoholic strength by volume ; whereas the regulatory 0 OJ No L 209, 31 . 7. 1987, p. 26. 0 OJ No L 55, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 41 . 0 OJ No L 84, 27. 3 . 1987, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 54, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 2. O OJ No L 184, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 26.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the table of equivalence in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2287/87 to the figures provided at a tempera­ Article 1 ture of 20 ° C by a refractometer used in accordance with the method laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) For the wine-growing year 1987/88 , the regulatory No 543/86. amounts provided for in Articles 2, 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 480/86 shall be as shown in the Annex. Article 4

Article 2 1 . Grape must and concentrated grape must shall not be subject to the collection of regulatory amounts where For the purposes of this Regulation, the following shall be they are intended for the manufacture of products other considered to be in a close economic relationship with than those specified in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) table wines of type : No 822/87 and those falling within subheading ex 22.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff. — A I : white table wines which are not of type A I, type A II or type A III, 2. To enable the end use of products as referred to in — R I : red table wines with an actual alcoholic strength paragraph 1 to be verified, a control copy of the accom­ of less than 12,5 % vol which are not of type R I or panying document shall be made out in accordance with type R III, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 11 53/75 ('). — R II : red table wines with an actual alcoholic strength 3. In addition, Member States shall provide for users of of not less than 12,5 % vol which are not of type R II the products in question to keep stock records within the or type R III . meaning of Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 1153/75, showing in particular the entry and processing of grape The regulatory amount applicable thereto shall be that must and concentrated grape must. laid down for the particular type of table wine with which they are in a close economic relationship. Article 5 Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European The potential alcoholic strength of concentrated grape Communities. must, concentrated grape juice and rectified concentrated grape must shall be determined by applying the data from It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 August 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 113, 1 . 5. 1975, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

CCT Regulatory heading Description amount No

ex 22.05 CI White table wine, with an actual alcoholic strength of 9 % vol or CII more but not exceeding 1 5 % vol :

1 . In containers holding more than 2 litres :

— type A II 22,28 ECU/hl — type A III 35,44 ECU/hl — other 1,00 ECU/ % vol/hl

2. In containers holding 2 1 or less 0,37 ECU/ % vol/hl

ex 22.05 CI Red or rose table wine, with an actual alcoholic strength of 9 % vol CII or more but not exceeding 15 % vol :

1 . In containers holding more than 2 litres :

— type R III 16,68 ECU/hl — other 0,50 ECU/ % vol/hl

2. In containers holding 2 1 or less 0,25 ECU/ % vol/hl

ex 22.05 C I Wines with an actual alcoholic strength of 9 % or more but not CII exceeding 15 % vol, qualifying as 'Denominacion de origen' or 'Denominacion de origen calificada' wine in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 (') 0

ex 22.05 C III Liqueur wine, as specified in point 14 of Annex I of Council Regula­ CIV tion (EEC) No 822/87 (2) : 1 . Quality liqueur wines produced in specified regions 0

2. Other liqueur wines — White 12,00 ECU/hl — Red or rose 6,00 ECU/hl

New wine still in fermentation, as specified in point 11 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 : 1 . White 1,00 ECU/ % vol/hl

2. Red or rose 0,50 ECU/ % vol/hl

ex 20.07 A I Grape juice (including grape must) : B I 1 . White 1,00 ECU/% vol/hl

2. Red or rose 0,50 ECU/ % vol/hl

(') OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59 . 2) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .

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CCT Regulatory heading Description amount No

22.04 Grape must, in fermentation or with fermentation arrested otherwise than by the addition of alcohol within the meaning of Additional Note 2 to Chapter 22 of the Common Customs Tariff : 1 . White 1,00 ECU/ % vol/hl 2. Red or rose 0,50 ECU/ % vol/hl

ex 22.05 C Grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol, within the meaning of Additional Note 4 (a) to Chapter 22 of the Common Customs Tariff : 1 . White 1,00 ECU/ % vol/hl 2. Red or rose 0,50 ECU/ % vol/hl

Concentrated grape must and concentrated grape juice, as specified in points 6 and 9 respectively of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 822/ 87 : 1 . White 1,00 ECU/ % vol/hl 2. Red or rose 0,70 ECU/ % vol/hl

Rectified contentrated grape must, as specified in point 7 under b) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 0,85 ECU/ % vol/hl

ex 22.05 C Wine fortified for distillation, within the meaning of Additional Note 4 (b) to Chapter 22 of the Common Customs Tariff : 1 . White 0,60 ECU/ % vol/hl 2. Red or rose 0,30 ECU/ % vol/hl