No L 62/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 5. 3. 87 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 649/87 of 3 March 1987 laying down detailed rules for the establishment of a Community vineyard register 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 536/87 (3), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 of 24 July 1986 establishing a Community vineyard register (*), and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas, in order to ensure that the register is established uniformly throughout the Community, certain basic elements should be defined ; whereas, to that end, existing definitions in the Community or national wine legislation should be used as far as possible ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86, the register is to cover every holding where vines are grown; whereas, having regard to the objectives to be achieved by the register, when it is esta- blished it need not include holdings with very limited production ; whereas the holdings to be included in the register should consequently be defined taking into account in particular the area and physical or economic production thresholds to be determined by the Member States ; Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 makes a distinction between compulsory information required by the Community rules and optional informa: tion which the Member States may in addition gather; whereas a list should be drawn up of compulsory and optional items of information to be included in the holding and production files respectively ; Whereas, for certain regions not yet covered by a land register which may serve as a basis for the vineyard register, specific provisions must be adopted to ensure that the latter is established within the time limits laid down ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 154/75 (¥), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3788/85 (), provides for the establishment of a register of olive cultivation in the Member States producing olive oil; whereas, in certain Member States, some results of the work under- () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 55, 25. 2. 1987, p. 1. ) OJ No L 208, 31. 7. 1986, p. 1. () O No L 19, 24. 1. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, p. 1. taken to set up that register may be taken into account; whereas it should be specified that the Member States may avail themselves of the results of such work in order to reduce the cost of and the length of time for establi- shing the vineyard register ; ' Whereas, to that end, provision should be made for penal- ties in the case of failure to fulfil such obligations laid down in this connection, together, where necessary, with penalties applied by the Member States; Whereas time limits should be laid down for certain noti- fications to be sent to the Commission by the Member States ; Whereas, pursuant to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, the provisions relating to the establishment of the vineyard register do not apply to Portugal during the first phase ; whereas provision should be made for specific time limits for the speedy establishment of the register as __from the beginning of the second stage ; Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 This Regulation lays down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 establishing a Community vineyard register. Article 2 For the purposes of this Regulation : (2) ‘holding’ shall mean a single unit, both technically and economically, which has a single management and — which has a wine-growing area of at least 10 ares, or — which is subject to a declaration required under Community or national wine legislation if the unit concerned has a wine-growing area of less than 10 ares, or — which produces from its wine-growing area quan- tities exceeding certain physical or economic thre- sholds set by the Member State concerned if the unit concerned has a wine-growing area of less than 10 ares and is not subject to a declaration as referred to in the second indent;