7.10.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL276/1
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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2426/76
of4October1976
amendingRegulation (EEC)No2893/74onsparklingwinesproducedinthe
Communityandspecifiedinitem12ofAnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No816/70
andRegulation (EEC)No817/70layingdownspecialprovisionsrelatingto
qualitywinesproducedinspecifiedregions
September1975,theMemberStatesconcernedmust
beallowedtoprovidethatanyoneholdingstocksof
thesaidsparklingwinesmustdeclareanyquantities
of10hectolitresormoretothecompetentauthori­
ties;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1160/76(6)amended
Regulation (EEC)No816/70layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inwine(7);whereastheamendments includean
extensionofthedatesgivenunderArticle26aofRegu­
lation(EEC)No816/70;
Whereasthecorresponding articlesofbothRegula­
tion(EEC)No817/70andRegulation (EEC)No
2893/74shouldthereforebesimilarlyamended,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('),
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2893/74of18
November1974onsparklingwinesproducedinthe
Communityandspecifiedinitem12ofAnnexIIto
Regulation (EEC)No816/70(2)andCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No817/70of28April1970layingdown
specialprovisionsrelatingtoqualitywinesproduced
inspecifiedregions(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1161/76(4),introducedrulesfortheproduc­
tionofsparklingwineswitheffectfrom1September
1975;whereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2152/75of18August1975ondetailedrulesforthe
applicationofRegulation (EEC)No2893/74and
Regulation (EEC)No2894/74inrespectofsparkling
wines(5)laiddownprovisionspermittingthe
marketinguntil31August1976ofsparklingwines
thatdonotconformtothenewrulesandwhichwere
producedbeforesuchrulesbecameapplicable ;
Whereaslargestocksofthesesparklingwineswere
notmarketedby31August1976;whereasprovision
shouldbemadeforthesestockstobemarketeduntil
theyareexhausted ;
Whereasinordertorendereasierthecontrolover
stocksofsparklingwinesproducedbefore 1HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Article22ofRegulation (EEC)No2893/74shallbe
replacedbythefollowing :
'Article22
1.Sparklingwineswithinthemeaningofitem
12ofAnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No816/70for
whichproofcanbesuppliedthattheywere
producedbefore 1September1975andwhichdo
notconformtotheprovisionsofTitlesI,IIorIII
ofthisRegulation ,maybemarketedprovidedthat
theyconformtothepreviousnationalprovisions
withregardtoproduction .(')Opiniondeliveredon17September1976(notyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal).
(-)O)NoL310,21.11.1974,p.I.
(3)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.20.
HO)NoL135,24.5.1976,p.27.
(sO'jNoL219,19.X.1975,p.7.(h)OJNoL135,24.5.1976,p.1.
(7)O)NoL99,5.S.1970,p.1.

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2.MemberStatesmayprovidethatquantitiesof
10hectolitresormoreofsparklingwinesreferred
toinparagraph 1andpreparedbefore1
September1975shallbedeclaredtothecompe­
tentauthorities .
3.Withoutprejudicetoothernationalprovi­
sionsoftheproducerMemberStatesinrespectof
description ,thesparklingwinesreferredtoinpara­
graph1maynotbeartheterm"qualitysparkling
wine".'
Article2
AnewArticle17readingasfollowsshallbeinserted
intoRegulation (EEC)No817/70:
Article17
1.Sparklingwinesbearingthenameofaspeci­
fiedregionforwhichproofcanbesuppliedthat
theywereproducedbefore1September1975but
whichdonotconformtotheprovisionslaiddown
inthefourthsubparagraph ofArticle1maybe
marketedunderthisnameand,whereapplicable,
anyofthespecificexpressionstraditionallyused
whicharereferredtoinArticle12(2a),provided
thattheyconformtothepreviousnationalprovi­
sions.
2.MemberStatesmayprovidethatquantitiesof
10hectolitresormoreofsparklingwinesreferredtoinparagraph 1andpreparedbefore1
September1975shallbedeclaredtothecompe­
tentauthorities.'
Article3
1.Inthesecondsubparagraph ofArticles12(1)
and16(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2893/74,thedate
of31August1976isreplacedby28February1977.
2.InArticles12(2)and16(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No2893/74,thedateof30June1976isreplacedby
31December1976.
Article4
1.Inthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle10b(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No817/70,thedateof31August
1976isreplacedby28February1977.
2.InArticle10b(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
817/70,thedateof30June1976isreplacedby31
December1976.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1September1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,4October1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE