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25.7.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL167/3
REGULATION (EEC)No1564/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of20July1972
makingasecondamendmenttoRegulation (EEC)No1093/70concerningtheaddition
ofalcoholtoproductsinthewinesectororiginatingintheCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,conditionsortransportfromaffectingthequalityof
the.exportedwines;whereasthenon-European
territoriesofMemberStatesareinthesamesituation
asthethirdcountriesinquestion;whereasthis
possibilityshouldbeextended >toconsignments of
theseproductstotheseterritories;whereas,however,
toenforcetheprohibitionontheadditionofalcohol,
thesaleoftheseproductsshouldbeforbiddeninthe
EuropeanterritoriesoftheMemberStates;whereas
tosimplifycontrol,redispatchingtotheEuropean
territoriesofMemberStatesshouldbeprohibited;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/701of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2722/712andinparticularArticle25(2)thereof;
WhereasunderArticle3aofRegulation (EEC)No
1093/70Article1(c)andArticle2(2)ofthat
Regulationarenotapplicableuntil31August1972;
whereasthepurposeofthisdefermentwastoallowa
trialperiod;
Whereasthetrialperiodhasnotprovedlongenough,
butthismeasurehascausednodifficulties;whereas
inviewofthelackofuniformityofthedefinitionsof
productscomingunderheadingNo22.06ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,theperiodofapplicationHavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle25(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No816/70theadditionofalcoholtothe
productslistedinArticle1(2)ofthatRegulationis
prohibited,withtheexceptionofwinesfortifiedfor
distillationandliqueurwines;whereasArticle25(2)
oftheRegulationdoes,however,permitderogations
fromthisprohibition ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1093/703of8
June1970concerningtheadditionofalcoholto
productsinthewinesectororiginatinginthe
Community,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1598/71,4specifiestheproductswhicharethesubject
ofthatderogation;oftheseprovisionsshouldbeextended;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1WhereasArticle1(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1093/70hasmadeprovisionforthe'additionof
alcoholtotablewinesandqualitiywinesp.s.r.when
theyareexportedtothirdcountriesundercertain
conditions,eithertotakeintoaccounttheconsumer
habitsofthesecountriesortopreventclimaticThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle1(a)of
Regulation (EEC)No1093/70:
'(a)tablewinesandqualitywinesp.s.r.,where
climaticconditionsorconsumerhabits
necessitateanadditionofalcoholandwhere
theyareexportedtothirdcountriesor
dispatchedtothenon-European territoriesof
MemberStates,onconditionthatinthis
lattercasetheyarenotredispatchedtothe
EuropeanterritoriesofMemberStates.'1OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
2OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.1.
3OJNoL128,12.6.1970,p.1.
4OJNoL168,27.7.1971,p.1.

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Article2 Article3
InArticle3aofRegulation (EEC)No1093/70,the
date31August1973shallbesubstitutedforthedate
31August1972.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1972.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20July1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
T.WESTERTERP