NoL72/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.3.75
REGULATION (EEC)No680/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of4March1975
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1876/74concerningtheadditionofalcoholtoproducts
inthewinesector
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Article1(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No1876/74is
replacedbythefollowing:
'(a)grapemustsproducedintheCommunity ,
derivedexclusivelyfromvinevarieties
referredtoinArticle16ofRegulation (EEC)
No816/70andhavinganaturalalcoholic
strengthofnotlessthan8-5°,
(b)grapemustsinfermentationproducedinthe
Community ,derivedexclusivelyfromvine
varietiesreferredtoinArticle16of
Regulation (EEC)No816/70andhavingat
leasttheminimumnaturalalcoholicstrength
fixedforthewine-growing zonewherethe
grapeswereharvested,
(c)importedgrapemustshavinganatural
alcoholicstrengthofnotlessthan8-5°,
(d)tablewines,
(e)qualitywinespsr,
(f)incertaincasesliqueurwines,whetherornot
imported,
(g)importedwinesfulfillingtherequirementsof
Article28(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
816/70,
intendedforthepreparationofproductsfalling
withinheadingNo22.06oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.'THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70(*)of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganization ofthe
marketinwine,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No678/75(2),andinparticularArticle25
(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle25(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No816/70theadditionofalcoholtothe
productslistedinArticle1(2)ofthatRegulationis
prohibited,withtheexceptionofwinesfortifiedfor
distillationandliqueurwines;whereasArticle25
(2),however,permitsderogationsfromthis
prohibition;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1876/74(3)
of15July1974concerningtheadditionofalcohol
toproductsinthewinesector,providesforsuch
derogationinrespectofcertainproducts;
Whereasitappearsadvisabletoprovideforthe
additionofalcoholtograpemustsimportedfrom
thirdcountriessoastoestablishapractice
comparabletothat•forCommunitygrapemusts;
whereas,however,authorizationforsuchapractice
might,ifgrantedsystematically andwithout
restriction,disturbthemarketinCommunitygrape
musts;whereastheconsequences ofsuch
authorization shouldbeexaminedattheendofan
experimentalperiod;whereas,tothatend,itseemed
justifiedtorestrictthisperiodto31December1975;
whereas,moreover,experienceinrespectofthe
productsreferredtoinArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)
No1876/74indicatesthattheprovisionalperiod
shouldbeextendedfrom31Augustto31December
1975;whereasRegulation (EEC)No1876/74should
thereforebeamended,Article2
ThefollowingparagraphisinsertedafterArticle3
(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1876/74:
(x)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
(2)Seepage43ofthisOfficialJournal.
(3)OJNoL198,20.7.1974,p.1.'laTheproductsreferredtoinArticle1(3)(a)
and(c)maynot,aftertheadditionofalcohol,

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haveanactualalcoholicstrengthoflessthan
15°ormorethan22°.'
Article3
InArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No1876/74the
date'31August1975'isreplacedby'31December
1975'.Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallbeapplicableasfrom1July1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4March1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.A.CLINTON