ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(77)12
Vol.1977/0005

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance withCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity (OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocuments inthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung (EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeit zugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION CPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)12final
Brussels,2February1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
amending;Regulation .(EEC)No816/70asregardsthe
rulesonthemaximumsulphurdioxidecontentofwine
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)No2893/74onsparklingwines
producedintheCommunityandspecifiedinitem12of
AnnexIItoRegulation(EEC)No816/70andRegulation
(EEC)No"17/70Irvingdownspecialprovisionsrelating
toqualitycivicsproducedinspecifiedregions
(emittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(77)12ti.arl

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thepurposeofboththeseproposalsforregulationsistoextend
for6monthstheprovisionsregardingthemaximumsulphurdioxidecontent
ofwinefordirecthumanconsumption andofsparklingwine.
Althoughsomeofthesulphurdioxidelevelsatpresentpermitted
callforsubstantial reduction,inparticularthoseof300mg,itseems
premataretoactatthisstage,sincetheoenologicalprocessesnowunder
comprehensive reviewbytheCouncilworkinggrouphaveyetreachedthe
stageofadoptionbytheCouncilitself,tutaCouncildecisionwill
certainlybetakenintheooursaofthisyear,andtheCommissionwill
thenbeabletopresenttotheCounoilamererestrictiveproposalfor
aregulationonthismatter.

Proposal for
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC)No816/70asregards the
rules onthemaximum sulphur dioxide oontent ofwine
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
and inparticular Article 43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Whereas Article 26aofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No816/70of28April 1970
laying down additional provisions forthecommon organization ofthe
X - ,«_ .. /–––\ –n .A/_^2market inwine ,aslast amended byRegulation (EEC)No2842/76 ,provides
foratransitional adjustment period inrespect ofthesulphur dioxide
content ofcertain wines produced intheCommunity orimported from
non-member countries and intended for direct human consumption ,other than
sparkling wines andliqueur wines 5whereas this period wasextended until
28February 1977 byArticle 24ofRegulation (ISO)I®1160/76of17Kay1976
amending Regulation (EEC)No816/70^;
Whereas ,inorder tofaoilit&ta thepress®®® ®fadjustment ,thetransitional
period should befurther extend® dby6months
•··Μ· 1
OJNoL99»
OJNoL327 ,
OJNoL135 .5-5-1970 ,p.1
26.11.1976 ,p.2
24.5.1976 ,p.1

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Article 26aofRegulation (EEC)Ho816/70ishereby amended
asfollows :
–inparagraph 1"28February 1977"shall read **28February 1978"»
–inparagraph 2®*31December 1976"shall read W31Deoember 1977"•
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into foroe onthethird dayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddireotly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , FortheCounoil
The President

Proposalfor
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)No2893/74onsparklingwines
producedintheCommunityandspecifiedinitem12of
AnnexIItoRegulation(EEC)No816/70andRegulation
(EEC)No817/70layingdownspecialprovisionsrelating
toqualitywinesproducedinspecifiedregions
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andinparticularArticle43thereof, *
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
WhereasArticles12and16ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2893/74of
18November1974onsparklingwinesproducedintheCommunityandspecified
initem12ofAnnexIItoRegulation(EEC)No816/701,asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2426/762,andArticle10bofRegulation(EEC)No817/70"*,
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2878/764,providedforatransitions!
adjustmentperiodinrespectofthesulphurdioxidecontentofsparkling
wines,qualitysparklingwinesandqualityyparklingwinesproducedin
speoifiedregionalwhereasthatperiodwasextendeduntil28February1977
byRegulation(EEC)No2426/76j
1
2
3
4OJNoL
OJNoL
OJNoL
OJNoL310,
276,
99,
331.21.11.1974,
7.10.1976,
5.5.1970,
30.11.1976,1
1
20
3

Whereas ,inorder tofacilitate theprocess ofadjustment ,thetransitional
period should befurther extended by6months ;
Whereas theamendment ofArticle 18ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70,whereby
zone CIisdivided into twoparts ,necessitates anamendment toRegulation
(EEC)No2893/74f
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION t
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)No2893/74isamended asfollows :
1.Thedate 28February 1977 specified inthesecond subparagraph of
Articles 12(1)and16(1)isreplaced by30August 1977 •
m
2.Thedate 231December 1976 Bpeoified inArticles 12(2)and16(2)is
replaced by30June 1977 *
3.Thethird indent ofArticle 5(l)(d)i0amended toread asfollows 1
n–2°foracuv6e composed ofconstituents from wine-growing zones CI&a
andCIb,CIIorCIII ,provided that thenatural alcoholic strength
ofeach constituent isatleast 7*5° »8.5° or9°respectively ."
Article 2
Regulation (EEC)No817/70isamended asfollows t
1.Thedate 28February 1977 specified inthesecond subparagraph of
Article 10b (1)isreplaced by30 August ■1977 *
2.Thedate 31December 1976 specified inArticle 10b (2)isreplaced
by30June 1977 . -
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force ionthethird day
following itspublication intheOffioial Journal oftheEuropean
Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and
directly applicable inallMember States *
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President