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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
/COM(77)129 final.
Brussels,15April1977*
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingforthe.third,timeRegulation(EEC)No2133/74
layingdowngeneralrulesfor.thedescription andpresen­
tationofwinesandgrapeousts
(
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
C0T.:(77)129final,

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In-thelightofexperiencegainedinapplyingRegulation(EEC)NO2133/74.
certainsprovisionsshould "beaddedsothatconsumersaregivenmoreinformation
andtheworkofthesupervisorytodiesentrustedbytheMemberStateswiththe
taskofensuringcompliancewithCommunityrulesmaybefacilitated.
ThisdraftRegulationthereforeproposes:
-layingdownguidelinesfortheruleswhichMemberStatesmaydrawupgoverning
thedescriptionoftablewinestowhichoneoftheterms"Landwein","vinde
pays"or"vinotipico"maybeapplied;
-allowingMemberStatestolimittheuseoftheoptionalparticularsinthe
descriptionoftablewines,inparticularthoseconcerningtheresidualsugar
content,totakeaccountofregionalfactors;
-allowingtheterm"qualitywinesproducedinspecifiedregions",abbreviated
ifnecessaryto"q.w.p.s.r."tobeusedinconjunction withtermsofatradi­
tionalnatureusedbyproducerMemberStates;
-makingsomecorrectionstotheprovisionsgoverningtheaccompanying document,
commeroialdocumentsandregistersinordertoimprovethealignmentofthe
rulesgoverningthedescriptionofallproductswithinthescopeoftheRegu­
lationtobeamended;
-extendingtoalltheproductsconcernedthepossibility ofbeingdescribedby
meansofacodeandcreatingalegalbasisonwhichtodrawup,induecourse,
Communityrulesforusingthatcode;
-replacing,inthecaseofwineimportedinbulkanddividedintoseveralcon­
signments,theobligatorynamingoftheimporterbythenamingoftheconsi­
gnor,and
-definingwhatismeantbylabelling.
TheadoptionofthisdraftRegulationwillhavenofinancialimpacton
theCommunitybudget.

Proposaifor
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)NO
of
amendingfor"thethird-timeRegulation(EEC)No2133/74
layingdowngeneralrulesforthedescription andpresen­
tationofwinesandgrapemusts
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)NO816/70of28April1970layingdown
additionalprovisionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarketinwine(l),as
lastamended "byRegulation(EEC)NO2842/76(2),andinparticularArticles30(1)
and39a.(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)NO817/70of28April1970layingdown
specialprovisionsrelatingtoqualitywinesproducedinspeoifiedregions(3),
aslastamended "byRegulation(EEC)No2878/76(4),andinparticularArticle
12(3)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2133/74of8August1974(5)*aslastamen­
ded"byRegulation(EEC)NOII68/76(6),laysdowngeneralrulesforthedescrip­
tionandpresentation ofwinesandgrapemusts:
•/•
(1)OJNoL99,5-5*1970,P.1
(2)OJNoL327,27.11.1976,p.2
(3)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.20
(4)OJNoL331,30.11.1976,P.3
(5)OJNoL227,17.8.1974,p.1
(6)OJNoL135,24.5.1976,p.46

Whereas itshould "bespecified that theterms "Landwein ","vindepays "or
"vino tipico "arerestricted towine-growing areas conferring typioal charao -
teristics onthewine andmaybeused only with reference tosuch growing areas ;whe­
reas ,therefore ,theuseofthenames ofthese areas forother wines must "beprohibited ;
Whereas ,totake account ofregional characteristics intheproduction oftable
wines ,Member States should beable tomake compulsory ,dispense with orrestrict
theuse ofoptional particulars todescribe anytable wines andnot ^
wines thedescription ofwhioh inoludes ageographical reference ;whereas this
hasproved particularly necessary where information isgiven concerning types of
table wine characterized bytheir residual sugar oontent ;
Whereas there should benorisk ofoonfusion between the name orbusiness name
ofthebottler ,theconsignor oranynatural orlegal person involved inthe
commercial distribution ofawine andthename ofaspeoifio region within the
meaning ofArticle 2ofRegulation (EEC)No817/70?whereas inthis oase pro­
vision must bemade fortheabovementioned information tobegiven bymeans of
acode ;
Whereas ,pursuant tothesecond subparagraph ofArticle 12(3 )ofRegulation (EEC)
No8I7/7O,thelist ofnames ofspecified regions which maybeused until 31Au­
gust 1981 should besupplemented ;
Whereas Artioles 9,19and35ofRegulation (EEC)NO2133/74specify theobliga­
tory andoptional information forthedescription oftable wines ,cjuality wines
produced inspecified regions andimported wines whioh must begiven onthe offi­
cial documents andregisters ,where such information appears orisintended to
"appear onthelabels ;whereas certain characteristics towhich this information
refers ,namely theresidual sugar content andtheparticular colour ,oan
change with time ;whereas ,therefore ,there seems tobenojustification for
maintaining therequirement that such particulars beentered inthedocuments and
registers inorder tobeable toappear onthelabels ,particularly since these
arecharacteristics which caneasily bechecked without reoourse todocuments ;
./

Whereas Artiole 12ofthat same Regulation provides fortheoptional useonthe
labels oftheterm "q.w.p.s.r ."oroftheappropriate specific details ofatrar -
ditional kind aslaid down intheMember State ooncemed 5whereas ,inorder to
provide theconsumer with more information ,inparticular inMember States other
than theproducer State andinnonr-member countries ,theterm "q.w.p.s.r ."should
"bemade compulsory ,although theuse ofspecific details ofatraditional kind
should also "bepermissible j
Whereas experience hasshown that oncommercial documents information concerning
products other than atable wine oraq.w.p.s.r .isonly necessary where accom­
panying documents have not "been drawn up ;whereas Article 26(l )ofRegulation
(EEC)Wo2133/74should therefore "beamended accordingly ;
Whereas ,totake aocount ofmodern commercial accounting techniques andtofaci­
litate thetask ofthe "bodies which theMember States have made responsible for
ensuring compliance with theCommunity rules onwine ,thegiving ofinformation
bymeans ofacode should "bemade possible inthecase ofallproducts which must
"bedescribed inaccordance with Regulation (EEO)NO2133/74 iwhereas theneed for
rapid identification ofsuch acode will justify Community rules foritsuse ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC)NO2133/74provides forthecompulsory naming ofthe
importer ;whereas ,inthecase ofaproduct imported inbulk anddivided into
several consignments anddistributed tovarious persons ,provision should bemade
forthecompulsory naming oftheconsignor instead oftheimporter ,inorder to
provide theconsumer with mor«information andtofacilitate thetask ofthesu­
pervisory authorities ;
Whereas Article 41ofRegulation (EEC)NO2133/74defines what ismeant bylabel­
ling ;whereas itshould bestated that such definition excludes non–removable
particulars which appear onthecontainer itself andrefer tothat container and
nottotheproduct contained therein ;whereas particulars used bythebottler
forthepurpose ofchecks tobecarried outonhispremises should also beexclu­
dedfrom thedefinition oflabelling ,since they arenotaddressed totheconsumer ;
./

Whereas theGerman version ofArticle 43ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74should ,
heamended sothat itisfully inline with theother versions s
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION l
Article 1
Thefollowing sentenoe isadded toArticle 2(3)(i )ofRegulation (EEC)
No2133/74t
"Therules shall provide that these terms heused inconjunction with aspecifio
geographical reference toaregion ofproduction conferring typical characte­
ristics onthe wine "*
Article 2
Article 3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2133/74isamended toread asfol­
lows :
"2«Inthecase oftable wines obtained ontheir territory ,Member States may
make compulsory ,dispense with orrestrict theuseofcertain particulars
referred toinArticle 2(2)and (3)"»
Artide 3
1. Article 3(4)and (5)ofRegulation (EEC)NO2133/74ISamended toread
asfollows :
"4.Inthecase oftable wines distributed intheir territory ,theMember
States mayallow theinformation concerning thebottler orconsignor
laid down inArticle 2(l)(c )tobegiven onthelabel intheform ofa
code ,oncondition that theinformation referred toinArticle 2(2)(o)
isalso given *

5.Inthecaseofatablewineotherthanthatreferredtointhesecond,
indent,itshallbeprohibitedtogivethe.nameor"businessnameofthe
"bottler,oftheconsignororofanynaturalorlegalpersoninvolvedin
thecommercialdistribution ofatablewine,orofanygroupofsuch
persons,ifitincludesallorpartofthename
–ofaspecifiedregionwithinthemeaningofArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No817/70,or
–ofaregionofproductionreservedforthedescription ofatable
winetowhichmay"beappliedoneoftheterms"Landwein","vin depays"
or"vinotipico"referredtoinArticle2(3)(i)»
Howeverinthecaseoftablewinesdistributed ontheirterritory,Mem­
berStatesmayauthorizesuchinformationtobegiven:
a)intheformofacode,providedthatitisaccompaniedbytheinfor­
mationwhichisreferredtoinArticle2(2)(c)andwhichisnotpro­
hibitedbytheprecedingsub-paragraph ,or
b)wheretheyhavedeterminedthesizeoftheletterstobeusedfor
thisinformation soastoavoidanyconfusionconcerningthegeograr-
phicaloriginofthewine".
Article13ofRegulation(EEC)No2133/74isamendedtoreadasfollowsx
a)paragraph4isamendedtoreadasfollows:
"4*Inthecaseofq.w.p.s.r#distributedintheirterritory,MemberStates
mayallowtheinformationconcerningthebottlerorconsignorlaiddown
inArticle12(l)(d)tobegivenonthelabellingintheformofacode,
onconditionthatthelabellingincludestheinformationreferredtoin
Article2(2)(c)".
b)thefollowingparagraphisaddedafterparagraph4*
"4a«Inthecaseofaq.w.p.s.r.otherthanthatreferredtointhefirst
indent,itshallbeprohibitedtogivethenameorbusinessnameof
thebottler,oftheconsignororofanynaturalorlegalpersoninvol­
vedinthecommercialdistribution oftheq«w»p.s.r «orofanygroupof
suchpersons,ifitincludesallorpart«fthename.
•/

-ofaspecifiedregionwithinthemeaningofArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No817/70anddoesnotoriginateinthatregion,or
–ofaregionofproductionreservedforthedescription ofatable
winetowhichmay"beappliedoneoftheterms"Landwein","vinde
pays"or"vinotipico"referredtoinArtiole2(3)(i)•
However,inthecaseofq.w.p.s.r.distributed ontheirterritory,Mem­
berStatesmayauthorizesuohinformationtobegiven:
a)intheformofacode,providedthatitisaccompaniedbytheinforma­
tionwhichisreferredtoinArticle12(2)(d)andwhichisnotprohi–■
bitedbytheprecedingsub–paragraph,or
b)wheretheyhavedeterminedthesizeoftheletterstobeusedfor
thisinformation soastoavoidanyoonfusionconcerningthegeogra­
phicaloriginofthewine."
Article30(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No2133/74isamendedtoreadasfol­
iathecaseofproductsdistributed ontheirterritory,MemberStates
mayallowtheinformation concerningthebottlerorconsignorlaiddown
inArticles27(i)(c),28(l)(c)and29(1)(d)to^begivenonthelabelling
inxheformofacode,onconditionthatthelabellingincludesthe
informationreferredtoinArticles27(2)(c).28(2)(h)and29(2)".
._ »
Article4
Article4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2133/74isamendedasfollows:
Thefirstsubparagraph isamendedtoreadasfollows:
Theuseofoneofthenamesreferredtoinparagraph1todescribea
tablewineshallbesubjectottheconditionthatitcannotbeidentified

7.
-either with thename ofaregion ofproduction ofanother table wine
towhich theMember State concerned has ascribed oneoftheterms
"Landwein ","vindepays "or"vino tipico ",
-orwith thesetofparticulars giving thegeographical designation
ofaq.w.p.s.r .named after thespecified region ,or,where appro­
priate ,named inaocordance with theprovision ofArticle 14(1 ),
-orwith thedescription ofanimported wine referred toinArticle 28,
andthat there isnorisk ofconfusion with aq.w.p.s.r .orwith an
imported wine .
2. Theword "Isohia "isadded tothelist inthesecond subparagraph .
Article 5
1
Article 9(2)(d ),Article 19(2)(o )andArticle 35(2)(e)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2133/74areeaoh amended toread asfollows t
"astatement astothemethod ofproduction orthetype ofproduct ,except as
totheresidual sugar content ".
Article 6
Article 12ofRegulation (EEC)NO2133/74ISamended asfollows :
a)thetext ofparagraph l(b)isamended toread asfollows :
"b)theCommunity term "quality wine produced inaspecified region "or
"q.w.p.s.r ."
b)thetext ofparagraph 2(i)isamended toread asfollows J
Mi)specific details ofatraditional kind asreferred toinArtiole 12(2 )of
Regulation (EEC )No8I7/7O ;
j)additional details ofatraditional kind ,provided that they areused in
themanner prescribed bythelawE oftheproducer Member State andare
entered inalist tobedrawn up

8.
Article 7
Article 26ofRegulation (EEC)NO2133/74ISamended asfollows :
1.Paragraph 1isamended toread asfollows :
"1.Where noaccompanying document hasbeen drawn upforaproduct other
than atable wine oraq.w.p.s.r .,thedescription inthecommercial
documents referred toinArticle l(2)(c )shall include atthevery
least theinformation referred toinArticle 24(1 )"•
2.Thefollowing paragraph isadded after paragraph 5J
"6.Inthecase ofproducts other than table wines orq.w.p.s.r .distributed
intheir territory ,theMember States maypermit theinformation referred
toinArticle 22tobeentered oncommercial documents byweans ofa
code .This code must besuch that thebody responsible for inspections
canrapidly identify thedescription oftheproduct concerned ".
Article 8
1* Thethird indentsof Article 27(l)(o )andofArticle 28(l)(c )ofRegu­
lation (EEC)NO2133/74AREamended toread asfollows :
«
m
"– areputupinother containers :
•thename orbusiness name oftheimporter andofthe local adminis­
trative area orpart thereof where hishead offices aresituated ,or
•iftheimporter andconsignor arenotthesame ,thename orbusiness
name oftheconsignor andthelocal administrative area orpart the­
reof where his head offioes are situated ."
./•

9
2. Article 29(l)(d )ofRegulation (EEC)NO2133/74isamended toread as
follows t
"thename orbusiness name oftheimporter andthelocal administrative area
orpart thereof inwhich hishead offices aresituated ,or,where theimpor­
tedproduct isputupincontainers with anominal volume ofmore than 60
litres andwhere theimporter andconsignor arenotthesame ,thename or
■business name oftheconsignor andthelocal administrative area orpart
thereof where his head offices are situated ."
Article 9
Thefollowing subparagraph isadded toArtiole 38ofRegulation (EEC)
No2133/74:
"4.Inthecase ofimported wines distributed ontheir territory ,Member States
mayallow theinformation referred toinArticles 27,28and29tobegiven
inthecommercial documents bymeans ofacode .The code must besuch that
thebody responsible forinspections canrapidly identify thedescription of
the table wine concerned ".
Article 10
Article 4l(l )ofRegulation (EEC)NO2133/74ISamended toread asfol­
lows :
"1.Forthepurpose ofTitles IandIIofthis Regulation ,labelling shall be
understood tomean alldescriptions andother references ,signs ,designs or
brand names which distinguish theproduct andwhich appear onthesame con­
tainer ,including itssealing device orother coverings ,andonthetag
attached thereto .
Particulars ,signs andother references arenotpart ofthelabelling ifthey
–axelaid down bythetaxprovisions ofMember States ,or
–refer tothemanufacturer ortothenominal volume ofthecontainer andare
inscribed directly andindelibly onthecontainer ,or
–axeusedbythebottler forhisowninternal checks andaxeindicated ina
manner tobelaid down .
•/.

10.
Article 11
TheGerman version ofArticle 43ofRegulation (EEC)NO2133/74IS
amended toread asfollows :
"1.Bezeichnung undAufmachung voninArtikel 1Absatz 3genannten Erzeugnissen ,
einschliesslich jeder ArtvonWerbung ,dUrfen nicht geeignet sein Verwechs­
lungen Uber dieArt ,denUrsprung unddieZusajnmensetzung desErzeugnisses
hinsichtlich derindenArtikeln 2,12,27,28und29genannten Angaben
hervorzurufen .
2.Bezeichnung und Aufnachving inderWerbung darf nicht zueiner Irreführung
Uber dasErzeugnis geeignet sein ,insbesondere
–Uber dieArtdesErzeugnisses ,dieFarbe ,denUrsprung ,dieQualitäten
stufe ,dieRebsorte ,denJahrgang unddenInhalt derBehältnisse ;
–Uber dieIdentität oder dieEigenschaft dernatürlichen oder juristischen
Personen oder Personenvereinigungen ,dieanderHerstellung oder derVex*-
marktung desErzeugnisses beteiligt sind oder waren ."
Article 12
Thefollowing article isadded after Article 43ofRegulation (EEC)
No2133/74 :
"Article 43a
Ifnecessary ,rules maybeadopted togovern theuseof :
–thecodes referred toinArticle 3(4)»Article 13(4 )andArticle 30(6 );
–thecodes referred toinArticle ll(3 )»Artiole 2l(3)»Article 26(6)and
.Article 38(4 )J
–thecontrol numbers referred toinArticle 12(2)."
Article 13
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applica­
ble inall Member States .
Done atBrussels ,For the Council
thePresident