No L 197/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 7. 94 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1891/94 of 27 July 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in 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 (1), Having  regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas Article 17 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (4) provides that one particular form of deacidification is permitted on 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 1994/95 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 1993/94 wine year; 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 1993/94 wine year permits the partial placing on the market of products that are subject to long-term storage contracts; whereas a date should be fixed for wines that are to be delivered for compulsory distillation; Whereas Articles 18 (3), 20 (2), 39 (12) and 65 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provide that, during the 1993/94 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 in wine and any proposals arising thereform; whereas the drafting of some of those reports has required the (1) OJ No C 83, 19. 3. 1994, p. 50. (2) O] No C 128, 9. 5. 19%94. (3) OJ No C 148, 30. 5. 1994, p. 49. (4) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC} No 1566/93 (O] No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 39). wine 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, when achieving such consistency, the requisite proposals 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 17 (3), ‘31 August 1994’ is replaced by ‘31 August 1995’ the second subparagraph of Article 18 (3) is replaced by the following: ‘Before the end of the 1994/95 wine year, the Commision shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the demarcation of wine-growing zones in the Community. The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty, shall decide on the demarcation of the wine-growing zones for the Community as a whole, such provisions applying from the 1995/96 wine year.’ Article 20 (2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. Before 1 September 1994, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the conclusions of the study provided for- in paragraph 1, together with any suitable proposals. During 1995, the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article "~ 43 (2) of the Treaty, shall decide on the measures to be taken with regard to the increase of the natural alcoholic strength by volume of the products referred to in Article 18 (1) the final subparagraph of Article 32-(3) 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 1993/94 wine year may request termination of such contracts (up to a