NoL131/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.5.74
REGULATION (EEC)No1199/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of13May1974
providingforatemporaryderogationfromRegulation (EEC)No1769/72
concerningtheaccompanying documentsinthewinesector
containersnotrequiringaccompanying documents
andthemethodofclosingsuchcontainers,poses
problemsforthetwonewMemberStatesconcerned
inthatthoseresponsibleforputtinguphavenotyet
beenabletocompletethenecessarytechnicalmodifi­
cations;whereasprovisionshouldbemadeinrespect
ofthosetwoMemberStatesforanexemptionofsuffi­
cientduration;whereasinordertoavoidcausingdiffi­
cultiesintradewithintheCommunitysuchexemp­
tionshouldbesolimitedastoapplyonlywithinthe
territoriesofthetwoStatesinquestion;
Whereasthoseconcernedhavenotbeenablesince
theexpiryoftheexemptionstocomplyeveninpart
withtherelevantprovisionsoftheRegulation;
whereasprovisionshouldthereforemadeforthis
Regulationtoapply,toanappropriateextent,with
retrospectiveeffect;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforWine,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(!)concerningtheAcces­
sionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community ,signedatBrusselson22January1972,
andinparticularArticle63oftheAct(2)annexed
thereto;
Whereas,pursuanttothesecondindentofthefirst
subparagraph ofArticle13(2)ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1769/72(3)of26July1972drawingup
accompanying documentsanddeterminingtheobliga­
tionsofwineproducersandtradersotherthan
retailers,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
374/74(4),MemberStatesmayprovidedthatthe
accompanying documentshallnotberequiredinthe
case'ofgrapejuice,wineorwinevinegarputupin
labelledcontainersofacapacitynotexceedingfive
litres,providedthattheclosingdevicesofsuch
containershavebeenapprovedbyacompetent
agency,areofanon-reusabledesignandbearthe
nameandaddressorcodenumberofthefirmrespon­
sibleforsuchputtingup;whereasCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No2098/73(5)of31July1973providing
foratemporaryderogationfromRegulation(EEC)No
1769/72providedthat,until1March1974,winesmay
circulateinIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomeven
thoughtheydonotcomplywiththeabovementioned
provisionsconcerningclosingdevices;
WhereasthefirstparagraphofArticle1ofCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No930/73(6)of3April1973
temporarilysuspendingtheapplicationinthenew
MemberStatesofcertainprovisionsofRegulation
(EEC)No1769/72onaccompanying documentsand
recordsforproductsinthewinesectorprovidedthat
thesystemofaccompanying documentswas,in
respectofconsignmentsdespatchedfromtheterritory
ofanewMemberState,toapplywitheffectfrom1
September1973only;
WhereastheentryintoforceofCommunityprovi­
sions,particularlythoserelatingtothecapacityofArticle1
Until31January1975,theUnitedKingdomand
Irelandmayauthorizethemovementwithintheirterri­
torieswithoutanaccompanying documentof
productsasspecifiedinthesecondindentofthefirst
subparagraph ofArticle13(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1769/72putupincontainersofa*capacitynot
exceeding45litres,eventhoughtheclosingdevicesof
suchcontainersdonotsatisfytheprovisionsofthat
Articleasregardsthenameandaddressorcode
numberofthefirmresponsibleforsuchputtingup.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyasregardsthecapacityofcontainers
witheffectfrom1September1973andasregards
closingdeviceswitheffectfrom1March1974.(')OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL191,21.8.1972,p.1.
(v)OJNoL42,14.2.1974,p.5.
(5)OJNoL212,1.8.1973,p.55.
(*)OJNoL90,6.4.1973,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13May1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI