29. 12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 369/59 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3929/87 of 17 December 1987 on harvest, production and stock declarations relating to wine-sector products THE COMMISSIONVOF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, ' Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3146/87 (3, and in particular Articles 3 (4), 36 (6), 39 (7) and 81 thereof, Whereas, following the substantial amendments made with regard to the harvest, production and stock declara- tions relating to wine-sector products provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2102/84 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2528/87 (¥), it is appro- priate, for reasons of clarity, to consolidate the said Regu- lation ; Whereas, under Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, producers of grapes intended for wine making and produ- cers of must and wine are required to make harvest decla- rations in respect of the most recent harvest ; whereas the said Article also lays down that producers of must and wine, and commercial operators other than retailers, must declare their stocks at the end of the wine year; Whereas, for the purposes of Article 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, not only should the quantity produced be known but also the yield per hectare from which it was obtained ; whereas that information can only be worked out in certain cases from the figures for the quantity of grapes obtained by the producer; whereas provision should therefore be made not only for a wine production declaration but also for a grape harvest declaration ; Whereas certain information provided by way of the various declarations must in particular enable the Commission to draw up, at the beginning of each year, the forward estimate provided for in Article 31 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 822/87; Whereas, in order to facilitate market management opera- tions, a time limit should be laid down for making decla- rations ; whereas, given that harvesting takes place at different times in different Member States, the deadlines for declarations by producers should be staggered ; Whereas it is unnecessary to require producers who can provide all the necessary information by way of a single () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 300, 23. 10. 1987, p. 4. () O] No L 194, 24. 7. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 240, 22. 8. 1987, p. 11. declaration, namely that relating to wine production, to make two declarations ; Whereas very small producers may be exempted since their production taken together accounts for a relatively modest percentage of Community production ; Whereas the arrangements applicable to cooperative wineries should be specified ; Whereas, while allowing Member States to decide the precise form in which operators should notify the particu- lars which must be included in the declarations, provision should be made for notifying the said particulars in tabular form, to make them easier to read ; whereas it is necessary both to lay down time limits by which Member States must summarize and forward to the Commission the data they have collected, and to specify the manner in which the latter should be forwarded ; Whereas, under Atrticle 31 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, the forward estimate must show the proportion of table wines and quality wines produced in specified regions, hereinafter called ‘quality wines psr, as referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 () ; whereas the declarations by operators and the stock estimates to be notified by the Member States should therefore be broken down on that basis ; whereas the category ‘other wines’ should also be defined ; Whereas implementation of the intervention measures and distillation operations referred to in Articles 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 calls for detailed knowledge of a series of particulars in respect of each production unit, in particular those concerning the cate- gories of products obtained, sold or purchased and the yield per hectare of the areas under vines; Whereas, for the purpose of drawing up the forward esti- mate, Member States should make certain estimates concerning harvests and stocks before producers and merchants have made their declarations; Whereas the application of the measures provided for in connection with the commoén organization of the market calls for plentiful and objective data on the situation and prospects of the Community’s wine market ; whereas it is understood, however, that Member States may provide for measures to ensure the confidentiality of the information concerned ; () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59.