CELEX: 31971R0438
Language: en
Date: 1971-02-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 438/71 of the Commission of 26 February 1971 laying down conditions for obtaining export refunds on wine

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    103
No L 48 /76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                27.2.71
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 438/71 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 26 February 1971
                               laying down conditions for obtaining export refunds on wine
THE     COMMISSION       OF      THE   EUROPEAN      COM­        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 MUNITIES,
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;                                     1.    The granting of refunds shall be conditional
                                                                 upon proof that the table wines exported :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     — have been passed by a tasting committee
816/701 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                      recognised by the producer Member State; and
provisions for the common organisation of the                    — were accompanied on export by an analysis
market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  certificate issued by an official authority of the
No 2612/70,2 and in particular Article 10 (4) thereof;               producer Member State certifying that the table
                                                                     wines in question have the quality characteristics
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      - of table wines of the. production regions from
957/703 of 26 May 1970 laying down general rules                     which they come.
for granting export refunds on wine and criteria for
fixing the amount of such refunds, and in particular             The certificate shall include the following particulars :
Article 6 (3 ) thereof;                                          — colour;
Whereas products in the wine sector have been                    — principal wine varieties from which the table wine
subject to a single price system since 1 June 1970 ;                 is derived ;
                                                                 — total alcoholic strength;
Whereas the development of the wine market                       — actual alcoholic strength ;
recorded during the last few months indicates that
refunds need be granted only in respect of table                 — total acidity.         1
wines ;
                                                                 2. Member States shall take all necessary measures
                                                                 tc ensure observance of the provisions of the
Whereas table wines for which refunds are granted                preceding paragraph.
should have the quality characteristics of table wines
of the production regions from which they come;                                          Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
are in     accordance with the Opinion of the                    day following its publication in the Official Journal
Management Committee for Wine;                                   of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 26 February 1971 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                     Franco M. MALFATTI
1 OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1 .
2 OJ No L 281 , 27.12.1970, p. 6.
3 OJ No L 115, 28.5.1970, p. 1 .