THOSE OF THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS CONFUSION BETWEEN WINES PRODUCED IN FREE ZONES AND COMMUNITY WINES SHOULD BE AVOIDED ; WHEREAS THE ISSUE OF A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES FOR THE PRODUCTS OBTAINED IN THE FREE ZONES WOULD BE LIKELY TO CREATE SUCH CONFUSION ; WHEREAS IT THEREFORE APPEARS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE , FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEVING THE AGRICULTURAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS REGULATION , THAT NO CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE PRODUCTS THUS OBTAINED ;
WHEREAS , TO AVOID CONFUSION , THE RULES CONCERNING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WINES CONCERNED SHOULD ALSO BE DEFINED ; WHEREAS , IN THIS RESPECT , A DISTINCTION SHOULD BE DRAWN BETWEEN MANDATORY INFORMATION NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY THE WINES AND OPTIONAL INFORMATION DESIGNED TO INDICATE THE SPECIAL PROPERTIES OF THE WINE OR TO CHARACTERIZE THEM ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . ANY NATURAL OR LEGAL PERSON OR ANY ASSOCIATION OF PERSONS INTENDING TO EFFECT IN A FREE ZONE , WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE 69/75/EEC , ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONS :
( A ) COUPAGE OF WINES ORIGINATING IN A THIRD COUNTRY WITH COMMUNITY WINES ;
( B ) COUPAGE BETWEEN WINES ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES ;
( C ) THE MAKING OF WINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMMUNITY PROVISIONS OR , IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH PROVISIONS , WITH NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN FORCE AS AT 1 MARCH 1977 AND SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) , FROM FRESH GRAPES , GRAPE MUST , GRAPE JUICE , GRAPE MUST IN FERMENTATION , ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES ; OR
( D ) THE ADDITION TO WINE OF CONCENTRATED GRAPE JUICE , GRAPE MUST WITH FERMENTATION ARRESTED BY ADDITION OF ALCOHOL , OF GRAPE MUST OR OF CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST , ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES ;
SHALL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES DESIGNATED BY THE MEMBER STATES . AUTHORIZATION BY THOSE AUTHORITIES TO CARRY OUT THE AFOREMENTIONED OPERATIONS MAY BE GIVEN ONLY IF THE REQUIRED ASSURANCES ARE GIVEN THAT THE PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM THE OPERATIONS IN QUESTION WILL BE KEPT IN SEPARATE PREMISES OR SEPARATED FROM OTHER PRODUCTS OF THE WINE SECTOR STORED IN THE FREE ZONE AND THAT THEY WILL BE RE-EXPORTED TO A THIRD COUNTRY .
2 . THE PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM THE OPERATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 MAY NOT BE PLACED IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND MUST BE SUBJECTED TO CUSTOMS CONTROL WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT THEY ARE DISPATCHED ONLY TO A THIRD COUNTRY AND WITHOUT FURTHER PROCESSING .
3 . ALL PERSONS CONCERNED SHALL KEEP ENTRY AND EXIT REGISTERS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS LAID DOWN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 53 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 ENABLING THE MOVEMENTS OF THOSE PRODUCTS AND OF THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 TO BE SUPERVISED . ENTRIES IN THE REGISTERS SHALL BE MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS DRAWN UP BY THE AUTHORITIES OF