Application of market regulation in the wine sector, 1986 enlargement

The proposal for a regulation seeks to amend Regulation (EEC) No 4007/87 extending the period during which transitional measures may be applied by the Commission to facilitate the transition of the arrangements which exist in Spain and Portugal prior to their accession to the COM schemes as applied under the conditions defined in the Act of Accession (particularly to resolve the significant problems associated with the implementation of the new arrangements as scheduled). The expiry date for this period, which is set for 31.12.1987 in the Act of Accession, has been extended in Regulation (EEC) No 4007/87 (lastly amended by Regulation (EC) No 370/94) to 31.12.1994 for both countries. The present proposal seeks to extend this period by one year (to 31.12.1995) in order to deal with the technical problems associated with the application of the rules applying in the wine sector of these two Member States (which are due among other things to the structures and conditions for the production of wine and to the consumption habits: for example, minimum acidity of the wine, the practice of blending table wines, etc.). There can be no quick resolution to these problems and limited transitional measures are still required, as laid down in the proposal. �