CELEX: 51976PC0727
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1848/76 laying down general rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                  COM(76)727 final
                                                  Brussels - 15 January 1977
                          Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
              amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1848 / 76 laying down
              general rules for the import of wines , grape juice
                          and grape must
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
727 final .
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM •
      Article 28 ( la)(b ) of Regulation (EEC ) NO 816/70 laying down additional
provisions for the common organization of the market in wine provides for the
possibility of dispensing with the oertifioate and analysis report in the case
of certain products packed in small containers and transported in limited
quantities *
On this "basis , Regulation (EEC ) No 1848/76 laying down general rules for the
import of wines , grape juice and grape must provides for certains exemptions *
However , experience has revealed the need to extend exemption to certain of
the products in question which are not intended for normal trade and to speci­
fy the maximum oapaoity of ~&e small containers *
 ---pagebreak---                              Proposal for
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
             amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1848/ 76 laying down
             general rules for the import of wines , grape juice
                             and grape must
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 816 / 70 of 28 April 1970 laying
down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine ( 1 ),
as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2842 / 76 ( 2 ),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 28 ( 1a ) C b ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 816 / 70 provides for the
possibility of? dispensing with the certificate and analysis report in the
case of products imported from non-member countries which are packed in small
containers and transported in limited quantities ; whereas Council Regulation
( EEC ) No 1848 / 76 of 27 June 1976 laying down general rules for the import of
wines , grape juice and grape must ( 3 ) made use of this possibility in the case
of certain imports ; whereas experience has shown that this exemption should
be extended to certain products not intended for normal trade and which are
usually transported in limited quantities ; whereas the capacity of the
container for such of these imports as are not normally packed in small
containers should be laid down ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                         . / .
( 1 ) 0J No L 99 , 5.5.1970, p.1
( 2 ) 0J No L 327 , 26.11.1976, p. 2
( 3 ) OJ No L 204 , 30.7.1976 , p. 5
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                                Article 1
        Article 2(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1848/ 76 is amended to read as follows :
" 2 . The certificate and analysis report shall also be dispensed with for :
      – to quantities of wine of 15 litres or less :
        . carried in the luggage of tourists ,
        . sent in small consignments to private individuals where such quantities
          are obviously intended for the personal or family consumption of the
          person concerned ;
      – wines said grape juice in containers of 4 litres or less originating in
        and imported from third countries whose annual exports to the Commu­
        nity are less than 1 000 hectolitres ;
      – wines and grape juice included in the removal of household effects belon­
        ging to private individuals ;
      – wines and grape juice for trade fairs qualifying for the customs arrange­
        ments laid down for that purpose t provided that the products in question
        are put up in containers of 2 litres or less ;
      – quantities of wine f grape must and grape juice imported for the purpose of
        scientific and technical experiments ) up to a limit of 1 hectolitre ;
      – wines for the offioes of diplomatic representatives , consular offices and
        assimilated bodiesj imported as part of their duty-free allowance ;
      – wines and grape juice for the victualling of international means of trans­
        port •
      The provisions of this Regulation shall not impede the arrangements
      applicable to frontier workers".
                                  Artide 2
         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Offioial Journal of the European Communities*
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and direotly applicable
in all Member States-
Done at Brussels .                                             For the Council
                                                               The President