CELEX: 51989PC0005
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Date: 1989-01-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No X/88 defining certain products falling within headings 2009 and 2204 of the Combined Nomenclature and originating in third countries (presented by the Commission)

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                                                  COM(89 ) 5 final
                                                  Brussels , 16 January 1989
                                     Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      amending Regulation ( EEC ) No X / 88 defining certain products
              falling within headings 2009 and 2204 of the
                Combined Nomenclature and originating in
                                    third countries
                          ( presented by the Commission )
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                                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 339 / 79 , which is the subject of legislative consolidation
 at present before the Council ( 1 ), defines rectified concentrated must
 originating in third countries . The definition of rectified concentrated must
 originating in the Community was recently amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No
 2253 / 88 .
The aim of this proposal for a Regulation is , for the sake of harmonization ,
 to bring the definition of rectified concentrated must originating in third
countries into line with that to be applied henceforward to Community products .
This proposai entails no financial conséquences .
This measure has no direct impact on small and medium-sized enterprises or on
employment .
( 1 ) COM ( 88 ) 492 final of 2b September L9S8 .
 ---pagebreak---                                             Proposal for a
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                         amending Regulation ( EEC ) No X/ 88 defining
                 certain products falling within headings 2009 and 2204
            of the Combined Nomenclature and originating in third countries
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 822 /87 of 16 March 1987 on the
common organization of the market in wine ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation
 ( EEC ) No 2964 / 88 ( 2 ), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article
1(4 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the definition of rectified concentrated must originating in the
Community set out in point 7 of Annex I to Regulation ( EEC ) No 822 / 87 was
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2253 / 88 ( 3 ); whereas , for the sake of
harmonization , the definition of rectified concentrated must originating in
third countries must be adapted in Regulation ( EEC ) No X/ 88 ( 4 ),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(1)   0J No L 84 , 27.3.1987 , p. 1 .
(2)   0J No L 269 , 29.9.1988 , p. 5 .
(3)   0J No L 198 , 26 . 7 . 1988 , p. 35 .
(4)   The symbol X / 88 refers to the consolidation of Regulation ( EEC ) No 339 / 79 ,
      which is currently before the Council .
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                                         Artide 1
Article 2(c ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No X/88 is hereby replaced by the following :
"( c ) Rectified concentrated grape must : the liquid uncaramelized product which :
       - is obtained by partial dehydration of grape must carried out by any
          authorized method other than direct heat in such a way that the figure
          indicated by a ref ractometer used in accordance with the method laid
          down in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 543 / 86 (*) at a temperature of
          20°C is not less than 61,7% ,
       - has undergone authorized treatment for deacidification and elimination
         of constituents other than sugar ,
       - has the following characteristics :
         -   a pH of not more than 5 at 25°Brix ,
             an optical density at 425 nm for a thickness of 1 cm of not more
             than 0,100 in grape must concentrated at 25°Brix ,
         -   a sucrose content undetectable by a method of analysis to be defined ,
             a Folin-Ciocalteau index of not more than 6        at 25°Brix ,
         -   a titratable acidity of not more than 15 milliequivalents per
             kilogram of total sugars ,
             a sulphur dioxide content of not more than 25 milligrams per
             kilogram of total sugars ,
         -   a total cation content of not more than 8 milliequivalents per
             kilogram of total sugars ,
         - a conductivity at 25°Brix and 20°C of not more than 120 uS / cm ,
         - a hydroxymethylf urf ural content of not more than 25 milligrams per
             kilogram of total sugars ,
             presence of mesoinos itol ,
      - is derived exclusively from the vine varieties permitted in the third
         country of origin ,
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        -  is obtained from wine grape must having at least the minimum natural
           alcoholic strength by volume laid down for the third country of
           origin for the preparation of wine intended for direct human
           consumption .
     An actual alcoholic strength of rectified concentrated grape must of not
     more than 1% vol is permissible .
      (*) OJ No L 55 , 1.3.1986 , p. 41 ."
                                      Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                For the Council
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