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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)767 final
Brussels.26November1980
SecondamendmenttotheproposalforaCouncilRegulation
amendingforthesecondtimeRegulation (EEC)No355/79layingdowngeneral
rulesforthedescription andpresentation ofwinesandgrapemusts
(submittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncilpursuanttothesecondpara­
graphofArticle149oftheEECTreaty)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On18JulyI98O"theCommissionforwardedtotheCouncilaproposal
foraCouncil .RegulationamendingforthesecondtimeRegulation (EEC)
No355/79laying.downgeneralrulesforthedescriptionandpresentation
ofwinesandgrapemusts(COM(8o)437final).Thisproposalwas
supplementedatalaterdateonthe"basisofthesecondparagraphof
Article149oftheEECTreaty(C0M(80)550final).' .
Byitstelexof22OotoberI98O,Italyrequestedaone-year
postponementofthedatespecifiedinArticle4(3)ofthesaidRegulation,
whichpermitstheuse,duringatransitional periodexpiringon
31August1981,ofcertainnamesofwine-growing regionstodescribe
"bothtablewinesandqualitywinesproducedinspecifiedregions.
Asecondamendmenthasthusprovednecessarytotheabovementioned
proposal "byvirtueofthesecondparagraphofArticle149oftheEEC
Treaty.Thisisalsoanopportunitytomakeasamllnumberof
additionstotheproposalwithaviewtofacilitating tradebetween
theCommunityandtheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
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Adoptionoftheseamendmentsdoesnotentailanyexpenditure
chargeabletotheCommunityBudget.

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Second amendment totheproposal foraCouncil Regulation amending for
thesecond time Regulation (EEC)Ho355/79laying down general rules
1forthedescription andpresentation ofwines andgrape musts
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil pursuant tothesecond
paragraph ofArticle 149of "theTreaty )
I.Amendments tothe recitals :
Thefollowing recitals areadded :
Whereas ,inorder toprovide theconsumer with better information on
thenature ofawine orgrape must ,provision should hemade bothat
analytical data other than thealcoholio strength may "beshown onthe
labelling ;
Whereas itispermitted touse ,during atransitional period expiring
on31August 198lt certain names ofwine-growing regions todescribe
both table wines andquality wines p.s.rf whereas this period has
proved too short toallow time forthenecessary adaptations tobemade
totherelevant national rules ;whereas thedate should therefore be
postponed byoneyear ;
Whereas^to take account ofcommercial practice intheCommunity and
incertain non-member countries ,ithasproved necessary toallow the
number ofthe container orthe number ofthe lot tobeshown onthe
labelling ofaquality wine p.s.r .oranimported wine thedescription of
which includes geographioal particulars ;
II.Additions tothe Articles
1.Thefollowing rtiole isinserted after Artiole 2i
"Article 2a
1.Articles 2(2 )(f)12(2 )(g),27(2 )(d)'and28(2')(f )arereplaced
respectively bythe following :
C0M(80)43 ?final ,forward -idtotheCouncil for23July 1980 .

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"theactUP1and/ortotalalcoholicstrength "byvolumearidether
analyticald^ta,insofarassuchinformationisgoverned "by
implementing rules."
2.Thefollowingsubparagraphisaddedto .ofArticle22(2)s
"(d)analyticaldataotherthantheparticularsspecifiedin
subparagraph 1(b),insofarassuchinformationdsprovided
forinimplementing rules."
3»ThefollowingsentenceisaddedtoArticle29(2):
"Inadditiontotheparticularsspecifiedinsubparagraph 'l(b),
thedescription mayalsoincludeotheranalyticaldata,insofar
assuchinformationisprovidedforinimplementing rules."
2.ThefollowingArticleisinsertedafterArticle3?
"Article3a
Thedate"31AugustI98I" .inthesecondsubparagraph of
Article4(3)isreplaced "by >'31August1982'."
3.ThefollowingArticleisinsertedafterArticle4*
"Article4a
1. Article12(2)(s)isreplaced "bythefollowing:
'(s)thenumberofthecontainerorthenumberofthelot5'
2.Thefollowingisaddedto Article28(2)J
'(r)thenumberoftheoontainerorthenumberofthelot'."