THE REQUIRED INFORMATION IN A NUMBER OF VA 1 FORMS WAS SUCH AS TO RENDER THE DOCUMENTS USELESS FOR THE FULFILMENT OF THEIR FUNCTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE . THUS IN CERTAIN CASES THE DOCUMENT FAILED TO STATE THE ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH OR TO INDICATE THE ITALIAN AUTHORITY WHICH HAD ISSUED IT , IN OTHERS THAT STATEMENT WAS ILLEGIBLE AND IN YET OTHERS THE DOCUMENT DID NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION , EVEN INDIRECTLY , ENABLING THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TO BE IDENTIFIED . SUCH IRREGULARITIES MUST BE REGARDED AS SUBSTANTIAL AND JUSTIFY OBJECTIONS TO A DOCUMENT .
29 IN THE PRESENT CASE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH WHETHER OR NOT ALL THE DOCUMENTS IN QUESTION WERE IRREGULAR AND WHETHER OR NOT THOSE IRREGULARITIES WERE OF A SUBSTANTIAL NATURE SINCE BOTH THE COMMISSION AND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAVE STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO PRODUCE THE DOCUMENTS . IT IS NEVERTHELESS POSSIBLE TO ACCEPT THAT AT LEAST SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS CONTAINED IRREGULARITIES OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE , IN PRINCIPLE , TO RAISE OBJECTIONS TO THEM .
30 ARTICLE 12 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION NO 1153/75 PROVIDES THAT ' ' IF PRODUCTS ARE FOUND TO BE MOVING WITHOUT AN ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT OR WITHOUT THE PROPER ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT , THE COMPETENT AGENCY OF THE MEMBER STATE IN WHICH SUCH FINDING IS MADE OR ANY OTHER AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFICATION SHALL TAKE THE MEASURES NECESSARY TO REGULARIZE AND IF APPROPRIATE PENALIZE SUCH IRREGULAR CARRIAGE OPERATION ' ' . IT FOLLOWS FROM THAT PROVISION THAT THE AUTHORITIES FINDING IRREGULARITIES MUST IN THE FIRST PLACE TAKE STEPS TO REGULARIZE THEM IF THOSE AUTHORITIES ARE NOT TO IMPEDE TRADE UNJUSTIFIABLY .
31 SUCH REGULARIZATION MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 359/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON DIRECT COOPERATION BETWEEN THE BODIES DESIGNATED BY MEMBER STATES TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH COMMUNITY AND NATIONAL PROVISIONS IN THE WINE SECTOR ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1979 , L 54 , P . 136 ). ARTICLE 4 OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT , IN CASES OF DOUBT , THE COMPETENT BODY IS TO REQUEST THE COMPETENT BODY OF THE MEMBER STATE OF ORIGIN TO CHECK THE DOCUMENTS AND ENTRIES IN THE RECORDS . ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 3 THE COMPETENT BODY MAY REQUEST ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE FORWARDING OF DOCUMENTS AND OTHER EVIDENCE WHERE THERE IS ' ' REASONABLE CAUSE FOR SUSPECTING ' ' THAT THE PRODUCT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE WINE PROVISIONS .
32 A REASONABLE CAUSE FOR SUSPICION , IN THE SENSE OF ARTICLE 3 , CITED ABOVE , WHICH JUSTIFIES THE MAKING OF A REQUEST FOR DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS AND FOR THE FORWARDING OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE , MUST BE BASED ON CONCRETE EVIDENCE RELATING TO A SPECIFIC CARRIAGE OPERATION . CONTRARY TO THE ARGUMENT PUT FORWARD BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT , THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR ENTERTAINING A GENERAL SUSPICION WITH REGARD TO ALL IMPORTS OF ITALIAN WINE ON THE BASIS OF