No L 186/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 7. 84 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1997/84 of 12 July 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 on storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must 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 1208/84 (3, and in particular Articles 7 (5), 9 (5), 12a (5) and 65 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1208/84 substantially altered the private storage arrangements for table wine and grape must laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 ; whereas the provisions of Commission Regu- lation (EEC) No 1059/83 (°), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2405/83 (), should therefore be amended accordingly ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1208/84 discontinued short-term storage ; whereas there was a link between the amount of aid for long-term storage contracts and that for short-term storage contracts; whereas the aid for long-term storage contracts should therefore be redefined ; whereas the amount concerned should vary in relation to the wine’s value and its characteristics ; whereas table wine should therefore be classified into two categories, with provision for a reduction in the amount of aid in respect of the category containing wine of lesser quality; 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The first paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following : () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () O] No L 115, 1. 5. 1984, p. 77. () OJ No L 116, 30. 4. 1983, p. 77. () O] No L 236, 26. 8. 1983, p. 12. ‘This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the conclusion of the storage contracts referred to in Articles 7, 9 and 12a of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, hereinafter called “contracts”’ 2. Article 5 (1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. In the case of table wines from a single winery which are of the same type or in close economic relationship with each other and for which a common amount of aid is fixed, producers shall not conclude more than two long-term contracts or more than two contracts under Article 12a of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 in the same wine-growing year. In the case of each of the products referred to in Article 12 (c), (d) and (e), for which a common amount of aid is fixed, producers shall not conclude more than two long-term contracts in a given wine-growing year. 3. Article 6 (2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. Table wines eligible for long-term storage contracts shall be classified into two categories on the basis of their characteristics with regard to quality. The minimum quality conditions appli- cable to the wine in each category shall be laid down each year in the light of the quality of the harvest in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 67 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79. With the exception of types R III, A II and A III, table wines covered by storage contracts may not have an actual alcoholic strength of less than 10 % vol. 4. The second indent of Article 8 (3) is deleted. 5. Article 12 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 12 Storage aid shall be payable throughout the Community at the following standard rates per hectolitre per day :