CELEX: 31971R1598
Language: en
Date: 1971-07-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1598/71 of the Council of 19 July 1971 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70 as regards the list of products in the wine sector to which alcohol may be added

580                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
27.7.71                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 168 / 1
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1598/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 19 July 1971
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70 as regards the list of products in the wine
                                        sector to which alcohol may be added
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Customs Tariff as regards the exact nature of the
                                                               alcohol which may be added, it is necessary to
                                                               prohibit the use of ethyl alcohol other than that of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   agricultural origin in the preparation of those
European Economic Community;                                   products ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas, however, the validity of these new
816/701 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                provisions should be limited to a trial period ;
provisions for the common organisation of the
market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2612/702 and in particular Article 25 (2) thereof;
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
816/70 provides that the addition of alcohol to the            The following shall be added to Article 1 of
products listed in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation is         Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70 :
prohibited with the exception of wines fortified for
distillation and liqueur wines ; whereas Article 25 (2)             '(c)   i. grape musts and grape musts in
of that Regulation however, permit derogations from                           fermentation derived exclusively from the
                                                                              vine varieties referred to in Article 16 of
this prohibition ;
                                                                              Regulation (EEC). No 816/70 and having
                                                                              at least the minimum natural alcoholic
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1093/703 of                               strength fixed for the wine-growing
8 June 1970 concerning the addition of alcohol to                             region where the grapes were harvested;
products of Community origin in the wine sector
defines the products to which such derogation
applies ;                                                                 ii. table wines ;
                                                                         iii. quality wines p.s.r.;
Whereas the preparation of products falling within
heading No 22.06 of the Common Customs Tariff                            iv. in certain cases liqueur wines, whether or
requires the addition of alcohol to some of the                               not imported;
products listed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                      v. imported wines complying with the
No 816/70 ; whereas in these cases such preparation                         ' provisions of Article 28 ( 1 ) of Regulation
is significant enough to justify derogation from the                          (EEC) No 816/70 ; .
prohibition ;
                                                                   intended for the preparation of products falling
Whereas, without prejudice to the results of a                     within heading No 22.06 of the Common
harmonisation of the definitions of the products                   Customs Tariff.'
falling within heading No 22.06 of the Common
                                                                                         Article 2
1 OJ No L 99, 5.5 . 1970, p. 1 .
2 OJ No L 281, 27.12.1970, p. 6.                            *  The following text shall be substituted for that of
s OJ No L 128, 12.6.1970, p. 1.                                Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70;
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' 1 . The alcohol added to the products listed in                                Article 3
Article 1 ( a) and ( b) must be either neutral
alcohol of vinous origin having an actual                 The following Article shall be added to Regulation
alcoholic strength of not less than 95° or an             (EEC) No 1093 /70 :
unrectified product derived from the distillation            'Article 3 a
of wine and having an actual alcoholic strength of
not less than 52° and not more than 80° .                    The provisions of Articles 1 (c) and 2 (2 ) shall be
                                                             applicable until 31 August 1972.'
                                                                                 Article 4
2. The alcohol added to the products listed in
Article 1 (c) must be ethyl alcohol of agricultural       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
origin.'                                                  1971 .
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 19 July 1971 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President '
                                                                                 L. NATALI