CELEX: 51977PC0648
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-02
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 concerning the addition of alcohol to products in the wine sector (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                  COM(77)648 final
                                                 Brussels . 2 December 1977
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
             amending for the fourth time Regulation ( EEC )
             No 1876/ 74 concerning the addition of alcohol
                    to products in the wine sector
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
COM ( 77) 648 final
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In the absence of a common organization of the market in alcohol and in the
absence also of provisions aligning the definitions of aromatized wines , the
existing provisions concerning the addition of alcohol to products in the
wine sector should be extended to apply for a further year . In the current
situation no difficulties will arise in this connection .
No financial consequences .
 ---pagebreak---                                              PROPOSAL FOR
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
              amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 concerning the addi­
                                  tion of alcohol to products in the wine sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  sector (»), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
COMMUNITIES.                                                 «yy7/ 7b       whereas experience has shown that thii
                                                            "can be done without difficulty ; whereas Regulation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European        (EEC) No 1876/74 should therefore be amended by
Economic Community,                                          extending to 31 December 197fe the transitional
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                 period due to expire on 31 December 1977,
816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­
sions for the common organization of the market in           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
wine CI, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 2211/77 ('), and in particular Article 25 (2) thereof.
                                                                                     Article I
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                             In Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74, 31
Whereas, pending the adoption of provisions supple­          December 197 / is i _ replaced by '31 December
menting or harmonizing the definitions of semi-spar- ,        I97'g ,
kling wines and of products falling within heading No
2206 of the Common Customs Tariff, provision                                   '     Article 2
should be made to extend the period of application of
the provisions referred to in Article 4 of Council Regu­     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
lation (EEC) No 1876/74 of 15 July 1974 concerning           following its publication in the Official Journal of
the addition of alcohol to products in the wine              the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels.
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                           The President
(') OJ No L 99. J. S. 1970, p. I.                            (>) OJ No L 198, 20. 7. 1974, » I,
(') OJ No L 255, 7.10.1977, p. 1                             O OJ No L 342, 11.12.1976, p. 6