No L 14/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 1. 86 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 90/86 of 17 January 1986 authorizing the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must in respect of the 1985/86 wine year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European - Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3307/85 (%), and in particular Articles 7 (5) and 65 thereof, ‘ Whereas the forward estimate drawn up for the 1985/86 wine vyear indicates that the amounts of table wine available at the beginning of the wine year exceeds by more than four months’ supply those normally used up. over the year ; whereas the conditions for authorization of long-term storage contracts specified in Article 7 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 are therefore met; Whereas the forward estimate indicates the existence of surpluses for all types of table wine and for table wines which stand in close economic relationship to those types of table wine; whereas it should therefore be made possible for long-term contracts to be concluded for those types of table wine ; whereas it is necessary for the same reasons to open this possibility for grape must, concen- trated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must ; Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 provides that only producers fulfilling the obligations laid down in Article 39 and, where appropriate, Articles 40 and 41 of that Regulation during a reference period to be determined may qualify for the intervention measures ; whereas that period must therefore be specified ; Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 6 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 on storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must (’), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2850/85 (*), specifies that table wines eligible for long-term storage contracts shall be classified into two categories on the basis of their characteristics with regard to quality ; whereas minimum quality characteristics commensurate with the quality of the 1985 harvest should be fixed for each category; Whereas it is necessary, for the purposes of possible implementation of Article 12a of Regulation (EEC) No J No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. J No L 320, 29. 11. 1985, p. 1. J No L 116, 30. 4. 1983, p. 77. J No L 270, 12. 10. 1985, p. 6. 337/79, to know the maximum quantity of table wine subject to storage contract which may be distilled as provided for in the said Article; whereas producers should therefore be requried to provide intervention agencies with the necessary information, which they are then to pass on to the Commission ; 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 1. During the period 16 December 1985 to 15 February 1986 private long-term storage contracts may be concluded, in accordance with the provisions of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1059/83, for: — all types of table wine and for table wines in close economic relationship to such table wine, provided that the conditions of Article 6 of that Regulation are met, and : — grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must. 2. In accordance with Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, producers who were subject to the obligations referred to in Articles 39, 40 or 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 during the 1984/85 wine year shall not be entitled to benefit from the measures provided for in this Regulation unless they provide evidence that they have complied with their obligations during the reference periods laid down in Article 16 of Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 2461/84 (), Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2462/84 (%) and Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 147/85 (). Article 2 The minimum quality conditions that must be met for the two categories of wine referred to in Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 are set out in the Annexes to this Regulation. () OJ No L 231, 29. 8. 1984, p. 12. () OJ No L 231, 29. 8. 1984, p. 18. () O] No L 16, 19. 1. 1985, p. 25.