Agricultural prices 1999/2000: wine, common organisation of the market COM (amend. regul. 822/87/EEC)

PURPOSE: Agricultural prices 1999/2000 - Wine (common organisation of the market). COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation 1677/1999/EC. CONTENT: The Council has introduced an amendment to Regulation 822/87/EC which provides that Member States may grant authorisation for new planting as from 1 January 2000 until the end of the 1999/2000 wine year by using up to 20% of the planting rights newly created which are allocated to them in Regulation 1493/1999/EC on the common organisation of the wine market, approved in the context of Agenda 2000. These rights may only be used subject to compliance with the provisions laid down in Title II, Chapter I of that Regulation. Furthermore, pending application of the reform of the sector and in order to avoid any legal hiatus, certain provisions of Regulation 822/87/EEC are extended for a further wine year (e.g. the possibility for Spain to continue to blend red and white wine (mezcla); possibility to withhold part of the aid for must used in the production of grape juice with a view to the promotion of grape juice; the derogation relating to the total acidity content of table wines. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 30.07.1999. It shall apply fro 1 September 1999.�