CELEX: 31976R1848
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-27 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1848/76 of 27 July 1976 laying down general rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must

30 . 7. 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 204/ 5
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1848/76
                                                         of 27 July 1976
                  laying down general rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       controls, the condition as to quantity may be consid­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      ered as fulfilled in the case of imports from third
                                                                   countries whose total annual exports to the Commu­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             nity are already very small ; whereas, in this case, to
 Economic Community,                                               avoid deflection of trade, the wines must not only orig­
                                                                   inate in these countries but must be imported from
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      them,
 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­
 sions for the common organization of the market in
 wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 11 67/76 (2), and in particular Article 28 ( la) thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1599/71 (3), as last                                             Article 1
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 679/75 (4), lays
 down additional conditions to be met by imported
 wines for direct human consumption ; whereas Regula­              The analysis report mentioned in the second indent
 tion (EEC) No 11 60/76 (5) amended Article 28 of                  of subparagraph (a) of Article 28 ( 1 ) of Regulation
 Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 by including in this                   (EEC) No 816/70 shall :
 Article certain provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
 1599/71 and by extending its scope to all wines and               1 . be drawn up by an official laboratory recognized by
grape must ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1599/71                       the third country in which the products originate
                                                                       and included in a list to be decided on ;
 should therefore be replaced ;
Whereas, for the sake of clarity, it should be stated              2. give the following information :
 that references to Regulation (EEC) No 1599/71 ,
                                                                       (a) in the case of wines and grape must in fermen­
 repealed by this Regulation, are to be taken as refer­                    tation :
 ences to this Regulation, and in particular those
 contained in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2133/74                          — the total alcoholic strength,
of 8 August 1974 laying down general rules for the                         — the actual alcoholic strength ;
description and presentation of wines and grape
 must (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      (b) in the case of grape must and grape juice :
 1168/76 (7) ;                                                             — the density ;
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70                       (c) in the case of wines, grape must and grape
 provides that the imported products covered by this                       juice :
Article must be accompanied by a certificate and an
 analysis report issued by a body or service designated                    — the total dry extract,
by the third country in which the products originate ;                     — the total acidity,
whereas the conditions which the analysis report must                      — the volatile acid content,
 meet have to be laid down ;                                               — the citric acid content,
                                                                           — the total sulphur dioxide content,
Whereas provision should be made pursuant to subpa­                        — the presence of varieties obtained from
ragraph (b) of Article 28 ( la) of Regulation (EEC) No                         inter-specific crossings (direct producer
 816/70 for dispensing with the certificate and analysis                       hybrids) or other varieties not belonging to
 report in the case of certain products which are                              the Vitis vinifera species.
imported from third countries in limited quantities
and packed in small containers ; whereas, to simplify
                                                                                             Article 2
(!)  OJ No  L  99, 5. 5. 1970, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ No  L  135, 24. 5. 1976, p. 42.
(3)  OJ No  L  168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 3.                            1 . No certificate or analysis report shall be required
(4)  OJ No  L  72, 20. 3. 1975, p. 45.                             for products imported from third countries in
(5)  OJ No  L  135, 24. 5. 1976, p. 1 .
(<•) OJ No  L  227, 17. 8 . 1974, p. 1 .                           containers of two litres or less and forming part of
(7)  OJ No  L  135, 24. 5. 1976, p. 46.                            consignments of less than 60 litres.
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2. The certificate and analysis report shall also be                tion, in particular if the introduction of that system on
dispensed with for wines in containers of two litres or             the date provided for would give rise to substantial
less originating in and imported from third countries               difficulties, such measures shall be laid down in the
whose annual exports to the Community are less than                 implementing rules.
1 000 hectolitres .
3. The third countries mentioned in paragraph 2
shall be listed in the implementing rules.
                                                                                             Article 5
                             Article 3
1 . Regulation           (EEC)   No       1599/71    is  hereby     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
repealed.                                                           following its publication in the Official Journal of
2. References to the Regulation repealed by para­                    the European Communities.
graph 1 , and in particular those contained in Articles
27 ( 1 ) (a), 28 ( 1 ) (d) and 35 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2133/74, shall be taken as references to this Regu­              This Regulation shall apply from 1 September 1976.
lation .                                                             However, as regards grape juice (including grape must)
                                                                    not containing spirit and with an added sugar content
                             Article 4                              exceeding 30 % by weight falling within heading No
                                                                    20.07 of the Common Customs Tariff, it shall apply
Should transitional measures be necessary to facilitate             from the second date referred to in the second para­
the transition to the system established by this Regula             graph of Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 1160/76.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 July 1976.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                M. van der STOEL