CELEX: 31976R2426
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2426/76 of 4 October 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2893/74 on sparkling wines produced in the Community and specified in item 12 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 and Regulation (EEC) No 817/70 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions

7 . 10 . 76                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 276/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2426/76
                                                           of 4 October 1976
                 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2893/74 on sparkling wines produced in the
                 Community and specified in item 12 of Annex II to Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70
                 and Regulation ( EEC) No 817/70 laying down special provisions relating to
                                            quality wines produced in specified regions
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            September 1975, the Member States concerned must
COMMUNITIES,                                                           be allowed to provide that anyone holding stocks of
                                                                       the said sparkling wines must declare any quantities
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  of 10 hectolitres or more to the competent authori­
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       ties ;
thereof,
                                                                       Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 11 60/76 (6) amended
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                   Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70 laying down additional
                                                                       provisions for the common organization of the market
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                  in wine ( 7) ; whereas the amendments include an
ment ('),                                                              extension of the dates given under Article 26a of Regu­
                                                                       lation ( EEC) No 816/70 ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2893/74 of 18
 November 1974 on sparkling wines produced in the
Community and specified in item 12 of Annex II to                      Whereas the corresponding articles of both Regula­
Regulation ( EEC) No 81 6/70 (2) and Council Regula­                   tion ( EEC) No 817/70 and Regulation ( EEC) No
tion ( EEC) No 817/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down                     2893/74 should therefore be similarly amended,
special provisions relating to quality wines produced
in specified regions (3), as last amended by Regulation
( EEC) No 1 161 /76 (4 ), introduced rules for the produc­
tion of sparkling wines with effect from 1 September
 1975 ; whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2152/75 of 18 August 1975 on detailed rules for the
application of Regulation ( EEC) No 2893 /74 and
Regulation ( EEC) No 2894/ 74 in respect of sparkling
                                                                                                   Article 1
wines (5 ) laid down provisions permitting the
marketing until 31 August 1976 of sparkling wines
that do not conform to the new rules and which were                    Article 22 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2893/74 shall be
 produced before such rules became applicable ;                        replaced by the following :
Whereas large stocks of these sparkling wines were                            'Article 22
not marketed by 31 August 1976 ; whereas provision
should be made for these stocks to be marketed until
                                                                             1.     Sparkling wines within the meaning of item
they are exhausted ;                                                         12 of Annex II to Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70 for
                                                                             which proof can be supplied that they were
Whereas in order to render easier the control over
                                                                             produced before 1 September 1975 and which do
stocks      of    sparkling      wines      produced    before   1           not conform to the provisions of Titles I , II or III
                                                                             of this Regulation , may be marketed provided that
(') Opinion    delivered on 17 September            1976 ( not yet           they conform to the previous national provisions
     published in the Official Journal ).
(-) O ) No L   310 , 21 . 11 . 1974, p. I.                                   with regard to production .
(3 ) OJ No L   99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 20 .
H O ) No L      1 35, 24 . 5 . 1976, p. 27 .                           ( h) OJ No L 135 , 24 . 5 . 1976, p . 1 .
(s O'j No L 219, 19 . X. 1975, p. 7.                                   ( 7) O ) No L 99 , 5 . S. 1970 , p . 1 .
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    2.     Member States may provide that quantities of           to in paragraph 1 and prepared before 1
    10 hectolitres or more of sparkling wines referred            September 1975 shall be declared to the compe­
    to in paragraph 1 and prepared before 1                       tent authorities .'
    September 1975 shall be declared to the compe­
    tent authorities .                                                                  Article 3
    3 . Without prejudice to other national provi­            1.    In the second subparagraph of Articles 12 ( 1 )
    sions of the producer Member States in respect of         and 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2893/74, the date
    description , the sparkling wines referred to in para­    of 31 August 1976 is replaced by 28 February 1977.
    graph 1 may not bear the term "quality sparkling
    wine".'                                                   2.    In Articles 12 (2) and 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                              No 2893/74, the date of 30 June 1976 is replaced by
                         Article 2                            31 December 1976 .
A new Article 17 reading as follows shall be inserted                                    Article 4
into Regulation (EEC) No 817/70 :
     A rticle 1 7                                             1 . In the second subparagraph of Article 10b ( 1 ) of
                                                              Regulation (EEC) No 817/70, the date of 31 August
     1.    Sparkling wines bearing the name of a speci­       1976 is replaced by 28 February 1977.
    fied region for which proof can be supplied that
    they were produced before 1 September 1975 but            2.    In Article 10b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
    which do not conform to the provisions laid down          817/70, the date of 30 June 1976 is replaced by 31
    in the fourth subparagraph of Article 1 may be            December 1976 .
    marketed under this name and, where applicable,
    any of the specific expressions traditionally used                                   Article 5
    which are referred to in Article 12 (2a), provided
    that they conform to the previous national provi­         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
    sions .                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                              the European Communities.
    2. Member States may provide that quantities of
     10 hectolitres or more of sparkling wines referred       It shall apply from 1 September 1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 4 October 1976 .
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                      A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE