CELEX: 51988PC0348
Language: en
Date: 1988-06-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1873/84 authorizing the offer or disposal for direct human consumption of certain imported wine which may have undergone oenological processes not provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 (presented by the Commission)

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                                 Proposai for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1873 / 84 authorizing the offer or disposal
     for di reet human consumption of certain imported wine which may
           have undergone oenological processes not provided for
                        in Regulation ( EEC ) No 337/ 79
                        ( presented by the Commission )
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                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Except by dérogation on the part of the Counéll , wlne orlglnatlng In thlrd
countrles that has been the subject of oenologlcal pratlces not authorlzed In
the Communlty rules may not be offèred for direct human consumptlon In the
Communlty . A dérogation was granted for wlne orlglnatlng In the United States
In regard to certain pratlces authorlzed In that country but not In the
Communlty .
This expires on 26 July 1988 and the United States has asked that It be made
permanent or at least extended for five years . After consulting the Council by
the EEC Treaty Article 113 procedure the Commission has asked the United States
to Increase the protection on the American market of the geographical names used
to designate Community wines . To ease the progress of the consultations that
have already commenced It Is proposed that the present Regulation defer the date
on which the derogation expires by twelve months .
There Is no cost to the Community budget .
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 ---pagebreak---                                           Proposai for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            amending Regulation ( EEC) No. 1873/84 authorizing the offer or
            disposal for direct human consumption of certain Imported wine
             which may have undergone oenologlcal processes not provided
                            for In Regulation ( EEC ) No 337/79
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUN ITI ES ,
Havlng regard to the Treaty establlshlng the European Economie Communlty ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common
organization of the market In wlne < 1 >, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)
No 1A41/ 88 ( 2 ) t and In part Icular: Article 73(1 ) thereof ,
Havlng regard to the proposai from the Commission ,
 Whereas Article 70(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 822/87 states that imported
 products covered by that Article must be accompanied by a certificate attesting .
 that they satisfy the provisions on production , marketing and , where
 appropriate , disposal for direct human consumption In the third country In which
 they originate ;                        '
 Where,, Article 73(1 ) of the said Reflation .tlpulate. that if the (.ported predict, in wsticn
  ( 1 ) OJ No L 84 , 27 . 3.1987 , p. 1 •
  ( 2 ) OJ No L 132, 28.5.1988, p.1.”
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have been subjected to oenologlcal practices not allowed by Community rules or
not consonant with the provisions of that Regulation or of those adopted In
application of It they may not , except by way of derogation, be offered or disposed of
 for direct human consumption ; whereas the Council derogated from this principle
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1873/84 *^; whereas this derogation expires on 26 July
1988 ; whereas so that consultations can continue between the Community and the
country concerned with a view to an agreement on this matter the derogation should
be extended for twelve months ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                       Article 1
  In the second subparagraph of Article 1(1 ) of Régulation ( EEC ) No 1873/ 84 ,.
  " 26 July 1988 " is hereby replaced by "31 July -1989".
                                       Article 2
Thls Régulation shall enter Into force on 26 July 1988 .
This Regulation shall be binding In Its entirety and directly applicable In all
Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                      For the Councll
                                                      The President
( 3 ) OJ No L 176 , 3.7.1984 , p. 6