30. 6. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 148/31 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1544/95 of 29 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in wine THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (!}, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas, in order to take into account the special conditions under which table wines are produced in Spain, provision should be made for temporary derogations with regard to coupage and the total acidity content of certain table wines produced in that Member State; Whereas Article 17 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (*), provides that one particular form of deacidification is permitted on a transitional basis only; whereas so that a final decision can be taken regarding that technique, current practice should be continued at least until the end of the 1995/96 wine year; Whereas Article 46 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provides that campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice may only be conducted until the 1994/95 wine year and whereas they should be continued for one wine year so that their effectiveness may be assessed; Whereas the current situation as regards availability of wine for the 1994/95 wine year permits the total or partial placing on the market of products that are subject to long-term storage contracts; Whereas Articles 18 (3), 20 (2), 39 (12) and 65 (5} of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provide that, during the 1994/95 wine year, the Commission is to submit to the Council reports on wine-growing zones, enrichment, the effects of the structural measures and their link with compulsory distillation, maximum sulphur dioxide levels ) OJ No C 99, 21. 4. 1995, p. 37. 2) OJ No L 151, 19. 6. 1995. ) O] No C 155, 21. 6. 1995, p. 21. ) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (O] No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 103). in wine and any proposals arising therefrom; whereas the drafting of some of those reports has required the organization of studies entailing the participation of independent experts which have not yet been completed; Whereas the significance for the sector of the abovementioned problems calls for the highest degree of consistency between the solutions to be proposed; whereas, in order to achieve such consistency, the proposals in question must be drawn up when all data are available and accordingly certain time limits must be deferred by one wine year, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Article 16, the following subparagraph shall be added to paragraph (5): ‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, between 1 January 1996 and 31 August 1996, coupage of a wine suitable for yielding a white table wine or of a white table wine with a wine suitable for yielding a red table wine or with a red table wine shall be permitted on Spanish territory in accordance with detailed rules to be laid down.’; 2. in Article 17 (3), ‘31 August 1995 shall be replaced ‘31 August 19967 3. in Article 32 (3), the third and fourth subparagraphs shall be replaced by the following: ‘By way of derogation from the first and second subparagraphs, producers who have concluded long-term storage contracts for the 1994/95 wine year may request termination of all or part of such contracts. In such cases aid shall be paid for such period of storage that has actually elapsed.’; 4. in Article 39: (a) the third and fourth subparagraphs of paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following: