30.8.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL242/13
REGULATION (EEC)No2340/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of29August1973
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1769/72drawingupaccompanying documents
anddetermining theobligationsofwineproducersandtradersotherthan
retailers
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle13(2)oftheRegula­
tion(EEC)No1769/72isreplacedbythefollowing
text:
42.MemberStatesmayprovidethattheaccom­
panyingdocumentshallnotbeestablished :
—forthetransportation ofgrapejuice,orwine
vinegarputupinnon-returnable containers
withacapacitynotexceeding5litres,labelled
andwithaclosingdeviceapprovedbya
competentagency;
—forthetransportation ofwineputupinnon-re­
turnablecontainerswithacapacitynot
exceeding5litres,labelledandwithaclosing
deviceapprovedbyacompetentagencyand
bearingthenameandaddressorcodenumber
oftheorganizationresponsibleforputtingup.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70(')of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inwine,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2680/72(2),andinparticularArticles29(3)and35
thereof;
Whereasthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle13(2)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1769/72(3)of26
July1972drawingupaccompanying documentsand
determiningtheobligationsofwineproducersand
tradersotherthanretailers,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No198/73(4),allowsMemberStatesto
providethattheaccompanying documentshallnotbe
requiredinthecaseofgrapejuice,wineorwine
vinegarputupinlabelledcontainersofacapacitynot
exceeding5litres,providedthattheclosingdevicesof
suchcontainershavebeenapprovedbyacompetent
agency,arenotsuitableforre-useandbearthename
andaddressorcodenumberofthebottler;
Whereasithasbecomeevidentthatthisprovisionfor
grapejuiceandwinevinegarconcerningtheclosing
deviceshasentailedanexpensefortheparties
concernedwhichcannotbejustifiedbythevalueof
theproductsinquestion;whereasitisnecessaryto
exempttheseproductsfromthisprovision;
WhereasaccordingtoArticle13(3)ofthesameRegu­
lation,theaccompanying documentmaybedispensed
withforthetransportation ofgrapeswhetherornot
crushedorofgrapemustwhentheproductsaretrans­
portedfromtheproducertohiswine-makingplantor
tothewine-makingestablishment ofwhichheisa
memberinthecaseofagroupofproducers ;whereas
toavoidanydiscrimination itisnecessarytoclarify
thistext;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforWines;EachMemberStateshallsupplytheCommission
withadetaileddescriptionoftheapprovedclosing
devices.'
Article2
Paragraph3ofArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No
1769/72isreplacedbythefollowingtext:
'3.Theaccompanying documentmaybe
dispensedwithforthetransportation o^grapes
whetherornotcrushedorofgrapemustwhenthe
transportation hasbeeneffectedfromthevineyard
orfromanotherplantbelongingtotheproducer
ofthegrapes,whohimselfhasobtainedthe
productsspecifiedaboveto
—hiswine-makingplantinthecaseofthesingle
producer(')OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.1
(3)OJNoL191,21.S.1972,p.1.
(4)OJNoL23,29.I.1973,p.3.

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Article3 —orthewine-makingestablishment ofwhichhe
isaMemberinthecaseofagroupof
producers.
MemberStatesshalldeterminethecaseswherean
accompanying documentshallbedrawnup.'ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels29August1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI