No L 163/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 26.6.91 - COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1734/91 of 13 June 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 the definition of wine-growing year set out in Article1 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (5), should be specified; . Whereas Article 17 (3) of that Regulation 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 1991/92 wine year; Whereas the duration of the long-term storage contracts for grape must referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 32 (3) of the abovementioned Regulation may sometimes be inappropriate depending on the nature of the various wine years; whereas, therefore, it should be specified that their duration should be set by the Commission; Whereas the current situation allows products that are subject to long term storage contracts for the 1990/91 wine year to be placed on-the market; Whereas it is necessary, in the case of alcohol, to have homogeneous products of uniformly high quality; whereas, therefore, a definition of raw alcohol sent for intervention should be laid down; 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 1990/91 wine year; whereas they should be continued for one wine year so that their effectiveness may be assessed; (1) O] No L 104, 19. 4. 1991, p. 80. (2) O] No C 158, 17. 6. 1991. (3) OJ No C 159, 17. 6. 1991. (4) O] No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () O] No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. wine Whereas the redefinition of wine categories in Germany has led to the creation of the ‘Eiswein’ category by grouping together products which, before, were dispersed between several wine categories featuring amongst wines the sulphur dioxide content of which may, by way of exception, reach 400 mg/1; whereas it proves necessary to include Eiswein in the list of wines that may benefit from the abovementioned exception; Whereas Articles 18 (3), 20(2), 39(12) and 65 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provide that, during the 1990/91 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 proposal 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; . AY 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. Article 1 (6) shall be replaced by the following: ‘6.  The wine-growing year for the products specified in paragraph 2 (hereinafter referred to as the “wine - year”) shall begin on 1 September each year and end on 31 August of the following year’; ' in Article 17 (3), ‘31 August 1990’ shall be replaced by ‘31 August 1992, the second subparagraph of Article 18 (3) shall be replaced by the following: ‘Before the end of the 1991/92 wine year, the Commission shall submit to the Council a report on the demarcation of wine-growing zones in the Community. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide on the