COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1721/97 of 3 September 1997 amending for the seventeenth 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 organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1417/97 (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 1914/96 (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 (EEC) No 3577/90 (6);
Whereas wine-grape varieties have been examined and found suitable for cultivation in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2314/72 of 30 October 1972 on certain measures for examining the suitability of certain vine varieties for cultivation (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2462/93 (8), for certain administrative units of some Member States; whereas those varieties should be included in the category of vine varieties provisionally authorized for those administrative units, in accordance with Article 11 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89;
Whereas certain wine-grape and table-grape vine varieties that have been included for at least five years in the classification of varieties provisionally authorized for some administrative units of Greece, France and Italy have been found to be suitable for cultivation; whereas those varieties should therefore be permanently classified among the vine varieties authorized 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 authorized and recommended for certain administrative units of Germany, Greece, France, Spain and Italy 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 three new administrative units should be included in Italy; whereas some corrections should be made;
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 that of 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, 3 September 1997.