CELEX: 51974PC2047
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Date: 1974-12-12
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EEC) No 1599/71 laying down additional conditions with which imported wines for direct human consumption have to comply (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                             COM(74)2047 final
                                                           Brussels . 12 December 1974
                                  Proposal for a
                          REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL
                     i                                     )
                amending Regulation ( EEC) Ho 1599/71 laying down
                additional conditions with which imported wines
                    for direct human consumption have to comply
                  ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
   COM(74 ) 2047 final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPL/IFATORY TTEIfORAnXJM
Experience gained in the operation of Council Regulation ( SEC ) No 1599/71
shows that the requirement of documents which it involves has more
drawbacks than advantages .  For third countries exporting small quantities
to the Community the cost of issuing the documents is out of all proportion
to the advantages to be gained from exportation .     It follows that some
third countries regard these provisions as restricting importation into
the Community .
In order to solve this problem the Commission , in its proposal to the
Council , suggests that provision be made for derogations from the
Regulation for the third countries concerned .     Provision is also made ,
however , for measures to be adopted by the Commission at a later date
to enable checks to be carried out in the territory of the Community on
wines imported under each derogation .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Proposal for a
                          REGULATION" (WC) OP THE COUNCIL
                                        iy           on^watjwaat
               amending Regulation ( EEC ) Ho . 1599/71 laying down
               additional conditions with which imported wines for
               direct human consumption have to comply
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ^of 28 April 1970          1
laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market
in wine , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1432/74          and in parti­
cular Article 23 ( l ) ( b) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 1599/71           of 20 June 1971 , as last
amended "by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2592/73         provides in particular that each
consignment of wines imported into the Community for direct human consumption
mu.3t be accompanied by a certificate and an analysis report ;
Whereas the requirement of such a document for small consignments involves
more burdens than benefits , for the cost in the exporting country of
issuing the documents in question is out of all proportion to the advan­
tages to be gained from exporting to the. Community; whereas this could
have the effect of disturbing exports ; whereas the same applies with regard
to the various checks to be carried out within the Community; whereas in
view of the tiny quantities involved there would seem to be little risk
of Community production suffering from distortion of competition as a
result of importers failing to comply with the above-mentioned provisions ;
whereas   the said Regulation (EEC ) No 1599/71 should therefore be applied
       respect of
only ir;~gTSmports of wine for direct human consumption, other than sparkling
wine and liqueur wine^xceed 1000 hi per year ;
       from tnird countries whose exports to the Community
( 1) 0 J  No L  99 , 5 May 1970 , p.l
( 2) 0  J No L  166 , 21 June 1974 » P-l
( 3) 0  J No L  168 , 27 July 1971 , P-3
( 4) 0  J No L  269 , 26 September 1973 , P«1
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas , however , to avoid ahy deflection of trade leading to improper
unage of such derogation , only figures relating to wine originating in and
coming from a; given country should "be used for the purpose of calculating
the quantity of such country ls exports to the Community;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                    Article 1
The following Article is added to Regulation ( BSC ) No 1599/ 71 s
"Article 3a
1 . The certificate and analysis report provided for in Article 2 shall not
    be required on importation into the Community of wines other than spark­
    ling wines and liqueuy wines , intended for direct human consumption Twhihh
    originate in and come from a third country whose exports of such wines
    to the Community do not exceed 1000 hi per year .
2 . The third countries concerned and the checks to fee carried out on wine:
    imported under paragraph 1 shall be specified in detailed rules of
                                                  *
    application" .
                                    Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1975 •
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council
 1    ,                                               The President