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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1475/77
of20June1977
amendingforthethirdtimeRegulation (EEC)No2133/74layingdowngeneral
rulesforthedescriptionandpresentationofwinesandgrapemusts
containerasmall'ecertifyingthatthelattermeets
therequirements ofthisDirective;whereasitshould
bepointedoutinRegulation (EEC)No2133/74that
thecompulsoryindicationofthenominalvolumeof
theproductmustbeaccompanied byasmall'e'
providedthatthecontainersusedsatisfytherequire­
mentsoftheaboveDirective ;
WhereasinseveralprovisionsoftheGermantexta
termshouldbereplacedbytheoneusuallyusedin
wineRegulations ;
Whereasitshouldbespecifiedthattheterms'Land­
wein','vindepays'or'vinotipico'arerestrictedtothe
useofaspecificgeographicalascriptionandare
reservedfortablewinesmeetingcertainproduction
conditions ;whereasitisthereforeessentialto
prohibittheuseofthesegeographicalascriptionsfor
otherwines;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70of28April1970layingdownadditionalprovi­
sionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
wine('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
528/77(2),andinparticularArticles30(1)and39a(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
817/70of28April1970layingdownspecialprovi­
sionsrelatingtoqualitywinesproducedinspecified
regions(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2878/76(4),andinparticularArticle12(3)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No2133/74(5),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1168/76(b),lays
downgeneralrulesforthedescriptionandpresenta­
tionofwinesandgrapemusts;
Whereasanerrorofpresentationincertainlanguages
ofArticle 1(3)mustbecorrected;
Whereaspoint3.3ofAnnexItoCouncilDirective
75/106/EECof19December1974ontheapproxima­
tionofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtothe
making-upbyvolumeofcertainprepackaged
liquids(7)laysdownthatanyprepackaging madein
accordance withthisDirectivemustbearontheWhereas,totakeaccountofregionalcharacteristics in
theproductionoftablewines,MemberStatesshould
beabletomakecompulsory ,dispensewithorrestrict
theuseofoptionalparticularstodescribeanytable
winesandnotonlytablewinesthedescriptionof
whichincludeageographicalascription ;whereasthis
hasprovedparticularlynecessarywhereinformationis
givenconcerningtypesoftablewinecharacterized by
theirresidualsugarcontent;
Whereas,inordertoinformtheconsumer,itisadvis­
ableinrespectoftablewinemadefromacoupageof
productsoriginatingindifferentMemberStatestolay
downthatthewords'winefromdifferentcountriesof
theEuropeanCommunity'berepeatedinanofficial
languageoftheMemberStateinwhichthewinein
questionisofferedtoconsumers ,providedthatthis
indicationisgiveninanotherofficialCommunity
languageonthelabel;(')OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.I.
(2)OJNoL69,16.3.1977,p.I.
(J)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.20.
(4)OJNoL331,30.II.1976,p.3.
(5)OJNoL227,17.8.1974,p.1.
(o)OJNoL135,24.5.1976,p.46.
(7)OJNoL42,15.2.I97S,p.1.

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Whereasthelistofnamesofspecifiedregionswhich
maybeuseduntil31August1981,pursuanttothe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle 12(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No817/70,shouldbesupplemented bythe
word'Ischia';
Whereasamorerestrictedgeographicalunitthanthe
specifiedregion,thenameofavinevarietyorthe
vintagemustbeindicatedinaccordancewithrules
whichfollowthesameprinciples ;whereasitisthere­
foreadvisabletoadapttherulespermittingderoga­
tionsforwineswhichhavebeensweetenedandwhich
aredescribedbythenameofavinevarietyorbythe
vintage;
WhereasArticles9,19and35ofRegulation (EEC)
No2133/74specifytheobligatoryandoptionalinfor­
mationforthedescriptionoftablewines,quality
winesproducedinspecifiedregionsandimported
wineswhichmustbegivenintheofficialdocuments
andregisters,providedthatsuchinformationappears
orisintendedtoappearonthelabelling ;whereas
certaincharacteristics ofthewinestowhichthisinfor­
mationrefers,namelytheresidualsugarcontentand
theparticularcolour,canchangeasaresultofoeno­
logicalpracticesatvariousstagesincommercialdistri­
bution;whereasthereconsequentlyseemsnojustifica­
tionformaintainingtherequirementthatsuchparti­
cularsreferringtotheresidualsugarcontentand,
exceptforqualitywinespsr,toaparticularcolourof
theproductappearinthedocumentsandregistersin
ordertobeabletoappearonthelabels,particularly
sincethesearecharacteristics whichcaneasilybe
checkedwithoutrecoursetodocuments ;whereas,on
theotherhand,inordertobeabletochecktheinfor­
mationconcerningthenaturalandtechnicalcondi­
tionsgoverningtheproductionofthewine,itisneces­
sarytolaydownthatthisinformationbeindicatedin
theofficialdocuments ,providedthatitappearsoris
intendedtoappearonthelabelling;
WhereasArticle12(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2133/74requirestheuseonthelabelsoftheterm
'qualitywinepsr'orofthespecifictraditionalexpres­
sionlaiddownintheMemberStateconcerned ;
whereas,inordertoprovidetheconsumerwithmore
information ,inparticularinMemberStatesotherthan
theproducerStateandinthirdcountries,boththose
termsshouldbeallowedtoappearsimultaneously on
thelabels;whereasitshouldbelaiddownthata
MemberStatemaynotmakecompulsory ,dispense
withorrestricttheuseoftheterm'qualitywinepsr'
which,asitisaCommunityterm,maybeindicated
inalltheofficiallanguagesoftheCommunity ;
Whereasconfusionshouldbeavoided,firstly,between
thenameofaspecifiedregionwithinthemeaningot
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)No817/70and,secondly,theotherparticularsonthelabels,inparti­
cularthenameorthebusinessnameofthebottleror
thelocaladministrative areawherehehashishead
officesandthebrandname;whereas,asregardsthe
latterparticulars,provisionshouldthereforebemade
fortheuseofacodewhile,however,permittingthe
MemberStatestoprescribeotherappropriate
measuresfortheirterritory;
Whereasexperiencehasshownthatincommercial
documentsinformationconcerningproductsother
thanatablewineoraqualitywinepsrisnecessary
onlywhereaccompanying documentshavenotbeen
drawnup;whereasArticle26(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2133/74shouldthereforebeamendedaccord­
ingly;
Whereas,totakeaccountofmoderncommercial
accountingtechniquesandtofacilitatethetaskofthe
bodieswhichMemberStateshavemaderesponsible
forensuringcompliancewiththeCommunityrules
onwine,itisadvisabletoextendtoallproducts,the
descriptionofwhichisgovernedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2133/74,thepossibilityofdescribingthemby
meansofacode;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No2133/74laysdownthat
thenameoftheimportermustbegiven;whereas,in
thecaseofaproductimportedinbulkanddivided
intoseveralconsignments anddistributedtovarious
persons,itshouldbelaiddownthatthenameofthe
consignorinsteadoftheimportermustbegiven,in
ordertoprovidetheconsumerwithmoreinformation
andtofacilitatethetaskofthesupervisoryauthori­
ties;
Whereas,withtheaimofallowinggreaterflexibility
indealingwiththerulesapplicableinthirdcountries
forthedescriptionofwinesintendedforexporttothe
Community ,itisadvisabletoadaptCommunityrules
permittingderogationsforimportedwineswithregard
totheindicationofageographicalunit,thenameofa
vinevarietyoravintage;
WhereasArticle41ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74
definesuiiatismeantbylabelling;whereasitshould
bestatedthatsuchadefinitionexcludesnon-remov­
ableparticularswhichappearonthecontainerand
refernottothecontentthereofbuttothecontainer
itself;whereasparticularsusedbythebottlerforthe
purposeofcheckstobecarriedoutonhispremises
shouldalsobeexcludedfromthedefinitionof
labelling,sincetheyarenotaddressedtothe
consumer ;
WhereastheGermanversionofArticle43ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2133/74shouldbeadaptedsothatit
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HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle1(3)(a)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2133/74shallbereplacedbythe
following :
'(a)productstransported :
—betweentwoormoreplants,
—betweenvineyardsandwine-making
plants,andinthefirstandthirdindentsofArticle28(2)(o),
thewords'zuWeinverarbeitet'shallbereplacedby
'zuWeinbereitet'.
Article4
Thefollowingsentenceshallbeaddedtothefirst
subparagraph ofArticle2(3)(i)ofRegulation (EEC)
No2133/74:
'Theserulesshallprovidethatthesetermsbeused
inconjunctionwithaspecificgeographicalrefer­
enceandreservedfortablewinesmeetingcertain
productionrequirements ,particularlyasregards
vinevarieties,minimumnaturalalcoholiccontent
andorganolepticcharacteristics .'.
Article5
Article3ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74shallbe
amendedasfollows :
(a)paragraph2shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'2.Inthecaseoftablewinesobtainedontheir
territory,MemberStatesmaymakecompulsory ,
dispensewithorrestricttheuseofcertainparticu­
larsreferredtoinArticle2(2)and(3).';
(b)thesecondsubparagraph ofparagraph6shallbe
supplemented bythefollowing :
'(c)indicationofthewords"winefromdifferent
countriesoftheEuropeanCommunity"
referredtoinArticle2(1)(d)(ii)shallbere­
peated,onasupplementary labelifnecessary,
inanofficiallanguageoftheMemberStatein
whichthewineisofferedtotheconsumer,if
thisindicationappearsonthelabelinanother
officiallanguageoftheCommunity.'.
Article6
Article4(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74shallbe
amendedasfollows :
(a)thefirstsubparagraph shallbereplacedbythe
following :
'3.Theuseofoneofthenamesreferredtoin
paragraph 1todescribeatablewineshallbe
subjecttotheconditionthatitcannotbeidenti­
fied:
—eitherwiththenameofaproductionareaof
anothertablewinetowhichtheMemberState
concernedhasascribedoneoftheterms"Land­
wein","vindepays"or"vinotipico",
—orwiththesetofparticularsgivingthegeogra­
phicaldesignation ofaqualitywinepsr,
namedafterthespecifiedregion,or,where
appropriate ,namedinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofArticle14(1),belongingtothesameconcernandsituatedin
thesamelocaladministrative area;'.
Article2
1.Article2(1)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74
shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'(b)thenominalvolumeofthetablewine,
togetherwithasmall"e"providedthatthe
containersusedcomplywiththerequirements
ofDirective75/106/EEC
2.Article12(1)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2133/74shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'(c)thenominalvolumeofthequalitywinepsr,
togetherwithasmall"e"providedthatthe
containersusedcomplywiththerequirements
ofDirective75/106/EEC;'.
3.Article22(1)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2133/74shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'(c)thenominalvolumeoftheproduct,together
withasmall"e"providedthatthecontainers
usedcomplywiththerequirements ofDirec­
tive75/106/EEC
4.InRegulation (EEC)No2133/74,Articles27(1)
(b)and28(1)(b)shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'(b)thenominalvolumeoftheimportedwine,
togetherwithasmallue"providedthatthe
containersusedcomplywiththerequirements
ofDirective75/106/EEC;'.
5.Article29(1)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2133/74shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'(c)thenominalvolumeoftheimportedproduct,
togetherwithasmall"e"providedthatthe
containersusedcomplywiththerequirements
ofDirective75/106/EEC;'.
Article3
IntheGermanversionofRegulation (EEC)No
2133/74,inthefirstandthirdindentsofArticle2(3)
(f),inthefirstandthirdindentsofArticle12(2)(q),

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—orwiththedescriptionofanimportedwine
referredtoinArticle28,
andthatthereisnoriskofconfusionwitha
qualitywinepsrorwithanimportedwine.';
(b)theword'Ischia'shallbeaddedtothelistinthe
secondsubparagraph .
Article7
1.ThesecondindentofArticle5(2),andthe
secondindentofArticle15(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No2133/74shallbereplacedbythefollowing:
'—thenameofonevinevariety,ifatleast85%
oftheproductconcernedisobtained,after
deductionofthequantityoftheproductsused
forpossiblesweetening,fromgrapesofthe
varietynamed,andprovidedthatthevariety
determinesthenatureoftheproductinques­
tion.'.
2.Article6(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No2133/74
shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'2.Byderogationfromparagraph 1andwithout
prejudicetoArticle7,producerMemberStates
mayallowtheindicationofthevintageifatleast
85%ofthetablewineconcernedisobtained,
afterdeductionofthequantityoftheproducts
usedforpossiblesWeetening ,fromgrapeshar­
vestedintheyeartobeshown.'.
3.Article16(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74
shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'2.Byderogationfromparagraph 1andwithout
prejudicetoArticle17,producerMemberStates
mayallowanindicationofthevintageifatleast
85%ofthequalitywinepsrconcernedis
obtained,afterdeductionofthequantityofthe
productsusedforpossiblesweetening ,fromgrapes
harvestedintheyeartobeshown.'.
Article8
1.Article9(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74
shallbeamendedasfollows:
(a)thewordingof(d)shallbereplacedbythe
following:
'(d)astatementastothemethodorproductionor
thetypeofproduct,exceptastotheresidual
sugarcontent;';
(b)thefollowingwordingshallbeadded:
'(f)theparticularsofthenaturalortechnicalcondi­
tionsgoverningtheproductionofthewine
2.Article19(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74
shallbeamendedasfollows:(a)thewordingof(c)shallbereplacedbythe
following :
'(c)astatementastothemethodofproduction,a
particularcolour,orthetypeofproduct
exceptasregardstheresidualsugarcontent;';
(b)thefollowingshallbeadded:
'(f)theparticularsofthenaturalortechnicalcondi­
tionsgoverningtheproductionofthewine;'.
3.Thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle35(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No2133/74shallbeamendedas
follows:
(a)thewordingof(e)shallbereplacedbythe
following :
'(e)astatementastothemethodofproductionor
thetypeofproductexceptasregardsthe
residualsugarcontent;
(b)thefollowingshallbeadded:
'(f)theparticularsofthenaturalortechnicalcondi­
tionsgoverningtheproductionofthewine.'.
Article9
Article12(2)(i)ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74shall
bereplacedbythefollowing :
'(i)additionaldetailsofatraditionalkind,
providedthattheyareusedinthemanner
prescribedbythelawsoftheproducer
MemberStateandareenteredinalisttobe
drawnup;
(j)—theCommunityexpression"qualitywine
producedinaspecifiedregion",or"quality
winepsr"ifitdoesnotappearpursuantto
paragraph(1)(b),or
—aspecifictraditionalexpressionifitdoes
notappearpursuanttoparagraph(1)(b)
Article10
1.Article13(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74
shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'2.Inthecaseofqualitywinespsrobtainedon
theirterritory,MemberStatesmaymakecompul­
sory,dispensewithorrestricttheuseofcertain
particularsreferredtoinArticle12(2),exceptfor
thosereferredtointhefirstindentof(j).'.
2.Article13ofRegulation(EEC)No2133/74shall
besupplemented bythefollowing :
'4a.Anindicationofallorpartolshenameof
aspecifiedregion,asdefinedbyArticle-2ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No817/70,otherthai:'icindication
whichmaybeusedfortheq-.-.>'--winepsrin
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However,MemberStatesmaylaydownother
appropriatemeasuresfortheirterritory,inparti­
cularasregardsthesizeofthelettersofthisindica­
tion,toavoidconfusionconcerningthegeogra­
phicaloriginofthewine.'.
3.ThesecondindentofArticle13(5)(a)shallbe
replacedbythefollowing :
'—oneofthespecifictraditionalexpressions
referredtointhesecondsubparagraph of
Article12(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No
817/70,'.
Article11
Article26ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74shallbe
amendedasfollows:
(a)paragraph 1shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'1.Ifnoaccompanying documenthasbeen
drawnupforaproductotherthanatablewineor
aqualitywinepsr,thedescriptioninthecommer­
cialdocumentsreferredtoinArticle 1(2)(c)shall
includeatleasttheinformation referredtoin
Article24(1).';
(b)thefollowingparagraphshallbeadded:
'6.Inthecaseofproductsotherthantable
winesorqualitywinespsrdistributedintheirterri­
tory,theMemberStatesmaypermittheinforma­
tionreferredtoinArticle22tobeertteredin
commercialdocumentsbymeansofacode.This
codemustbesuchthatthebodyresponsiblefor
inspectionscanrapidlyidentifythedescriptionof
theproductconcerned.'.
Article12
1.ThethirdindentofArticle27(1)(c)andthe
thirdindentofArticle28(1)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)
No2133/74shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'—areputupinothercontainers :
—thenameorbusinessnameofthe
importerandofthelocaladministrative
areaorpartthereofwherehisheadoffices
aresituated,or
—iftheimporterandconsignorarenotthe
same,thenameorbusinessnameofthe
consignorandthelocaladministrative area
orpartthereofwherehisheadofficesare
situated
2.Article29(1).(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2133/74shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
'(d)thenameorbusinessnameoftheimporter
andthelocaladministrative areaorpart
thereofinwhichhisheadofficesaresituated,
or,wheretheimportedproductisputupincontainerswithanominalvolumeofmore
than60litresandwheretheimporterand
consignorarenotthesame,thenameorbusi­
nessnameoftheconsignorandthelocal
administrative areaorpartthereofwherehis
headofficesaresituated
Article13
1.Thesecondindentofthefirstsubparagraph of
Article31(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74shall
bereplacedbythefollowing :
'—areapproximately equivalenttothederoga­
tionsallowedunderArticle14(3)forquality
winespsr.'.
2.ThesecondindentofArticle32(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2133/74shallbereplacedbythe
following :
'—areapproximately equivalenttothederoga­
tionsallowedunderArticles5(2)and15(2)
fortablewinesandqualitywinespsr.'.
3.ThesecondindentofArticle33(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2133/74shallbereplacedbythe
following :
'—areapproximately equivalenttothederoga­
tionsallowedunderArticles6(2)and16(2)
fortablewinesandqualitywinespsr.'.
Article14
ThefollowingparagraphshallbeaddedtoArticle38
ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74:
'4.Inthecaseofimportedproductsdistributed
intheirterritory,MemberStatesmaypermitthe
information referredtoinArticles27,28and29
tobeenteredincommercialdocumentsbymeans
ofacode.Thecodemustbesuchthatthebody
responsibleforinspectionscanrapidlyidentifythe
descriptionoftheproductconcerned.'.
Article15
Article41(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74shall
bereplacedbythefollowing :
M.ForthepurposeofTitlesIandIIofthis
Regulation ,labellingshallbeunderstoodtomean
alldescriptionsandotherreferences ,signs,designs
orbrandnameswhichdistinguishtheproductand
whichappearonthesamecontainer,includingits
sealingdevice,andonthetagattachedtothe
container .
Particulars ,signsandotherreferencesarenotpart
ofthelabellingifthey:
-—arelaiddownbythetaxprovisionsofMember
States,or

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—überdieIdentitätoderdieEigenschaftderna­
türlichenoderjuristischenPersonenoderPerso­
nenvereinigungen ,dieanderHerstellungoder
derVermarktung desErzeugnissesbeteiligt
sindoderwaren.'.—refertothemanufacturer ortothenominal
volumeofthecontainerandareinscribed
directlyandindeliblythereon,or
—areusedbythebottlerforhisowninternal
checksandareindicatedindetailedrulestobe
laiddown.'.
Article16
TheGermanversionofArticle43ofRegulation (EEC)
No2133/74shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
''Artikel43Article17
ThefollowingArticleshallbeaddedtoRegulation
.(EEC)No2133/74:
Article43a
Ifnecessary,rulesmaybeadoptedtogovernthe
useof:
—thecodesreferredtoinArticles3(4),13(4)
and30(6),
—thecontrolnumbersreferredtoinArticle12
(2).'.
Article18
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuroheartCommunities .1.BezeichnungundAufmachung voninArti­
kel1Absatz3genanntenErzeugnissen ,einschließ­
lichjederArtvonWerbung,dürfennichtgeeignet
sein,Verwechslungen hinsichtlichderindenArti­
keln2,12,27,28und29genanntenAngabenher­
vorzurufen .
2.BezeichnungundAufmachung inderWer­
bungdürfennichtzueinerIrreführungüberdas
Erzeugnisgeeignetsein,insbesondere
—überdieArtdesErzeugnisses ,dieFarbe,den
Ursprung,dieQualitätsstufe ,dieRebsorte,den
JahrgangunddenInhaltderBehältnisse ;
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,20June1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SILKIN