Council Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 (repealed)Show full title

Article 6 U.K.

[F1 1. The Member States concerned shall forward to the Commission, for each wine-growing year, the mean yield per hectare, of hectolitres per hectare, of grape must or wine or decitonnes per hectare, of grapes produced for the areas under vine of wine grape varieties, broken down into the yield classes referred to in paragraph 2.

This data shall be forwarded with effect from the 1979/80 wine-growing year for Germany, France and Luxembourg, 1982/83 for Italy and Greece, 1987/88 for Spain and 1989/90 for Portugal, [F2 [F3 from 1999/2000 for Austria] ] .]

2. The Member States concerned shall subdivide the areas under the vines cultivated with wine grape varieties as recorded in the basic surveys into yield classes based upon the mean yield per hectare referred to in paragraph 1 and established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8.

3. The Member States concerned shall estimate the future trends over five wine-growing years in average yields per hectare for each yield class referred to in paragraph 2, taking into account agronomic and economic developments.

4. The information referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be broken down by the geographical units referred to in Article 4 (3), distinguishing between the areas under vines of varieties normally intended for the production of:

• quality wines psr,

• other wines:

  • including wines compulsorily intended for the manufacture of certain potable spirits obtained from wine with a registered designation of origin.

[F1 5. The Member States concerned shall communicate to the Commission, for each wine-growing year and broken down by geographical units, estimates of the mean natural alcoholic strength by percentage vol. or in Öchsle degrees of the fresh grapes, grape musts or wines produced in the areas under vines of wine grape varieties normally intended for the production of:

• quality wines psr,

• other wines:

  • including wines compulsorily intended for the manufacture of certain spirits obtained from wine with a registered designation of origin.

These data shall be communicated with effect from the 1979/80 wine-growing year for Germany, France and Luxembourg, 1982/83 for Italy and Greece, 1987/88 for Spain and 1989/90 for Portugal.

6. The annual information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 5 shall be communicated before 1 April following each wine-growing year. The information on the yield classes referred to in paragraph 2 shall be submitted within the period laid down in Article 4 (1). The estimate of future trends in average yields per hectare referred to in paragraph 3 shall be submitted:]

• [F2 [F3 for the first time before 1 October 1981 for Germany, France and Luxembourg, before 1 October 1984 for Italy and Greece, before 1 October 1991 for Spain and Portugal, and before 1 October 1996 for Austria,] ]

• [F1 thereafter every five years before 1 April except for the second estimate by Italy and Greece which shall be submitted after two years.]

7. The information referred to in this Article shall be forwarded to the Commission in the form of a schedule of tables to be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8.

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Council Regulation (EEC) No 490/86 of 25 February 1986.

F2 Inserted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (94/C 241/08).

F3 Inserted by Decision of the Council of the European Union of 1 January 1995 adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union (95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC).