CELEX: 31977R0529
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-14 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 529/77 of 14 March 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2893/74 on sparkling wines produced in the Community and specified in item 12 of Annex II to Regulations (EEC) No 816/70 and (EEC) No 817/70 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions

No L 69/ 2                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   16 . 3 . 77
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 529/77
                                                         of 14 March 1977
                  amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2893/74 on sparkling wines produced in the
                  Community and specified in item 12 of Annex II to Regulations ( EEC) No
                  816/70 and ( EEC) No 817 /70 laying down special provisions relating to quality
                                              wines produced in specified regions
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,                                                                                   Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Regulation (EEC) No 2893/74 shall be amended as
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     follows :
thereof,                                                             1 . The date 28 February 1977 specified in the second
                                                                          subparagraph of Articles 12(1 ) and 16(1 ) is
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                       replaced by 28 February 1978 .
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                 2. The date 31 December 1976 specified in Articles
ment ('),                                                                 12(2) and 16(2) is replaced by 31 December 1977.
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas Articles 12 and 16 of Council Regulation
( EEC) No 2893 /74 of 18 November 1974 on sparkling                  The third indent of Article 5(1 ) (d) of Regulation
wines produced in the Community and specified in                     ( EEC) No 2893 /74 shall be amended to read as
                                                                     follows :
item 12 of Annex II to Regulation ( EEC) No
8 1 6/70 (2), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                           '— 2° for a cuvée composed of constituents from
2426/76 (3 ), and Article 10(b) of Council Regulation                          wine-growing Zone C I a, C I b, C II or C III,
( EEC) No 817/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down                                  provided that the natural alcoholic strength of
                                                                               each constituent is at least 7-5° , 8° , 8-5° or 9°
special provisions relating to quality wines produced
in specified regions (4), as last amended by Regulation                        respectively.'.
( EEC) No 2878 /76 (5 ), provided for a transitional                                           Article 3
adjustment period in respect of the sulphur dioxide                  Regulation ( EEC) No 817/ 70 shall be amended as
content of sparkling wines, quality sparkling wines                  follows :
and quality sparkling wines produced in specified                     1 . The date 28 February 1977 specified in the second
 regions ; whereas that period was extended until 28                      subparagraph of Article 10(b)(1 ) shall be replaced
 February 1977 by Regulation ( EEC) No 2426/76 ;                          by 28 February 1978 .
Whereas, in order to facilitate adjustment to the afore­              2. The date 31 December 1976 specified in Article
 mentioned content levels, the transitional period                         10(b)(2) shall be replaced by 31 December 1977 .
should be further extended by 12 months ;                                                      Article 4
Whereas the amendment of Article 18 of Regulation                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
( EEC) No 816/70 by Regulation ( EEC) No 1160/76,                     publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                      Communities.
 whereby Zone C I is divided into two parts, necessi­
 tates an amendment to Regulation ( EEC) No 2893/74,                 Articles 1 and 3 shall apply from 1 March 1977.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels , 14 March 1977 .
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                      J. SILKIN
 (') Opinion delivered on 11 March 1977 (not yet published
       in the Official Journal ).
 (-') OJ No L 310, 21 . 11 . 1974, p. 1 .
 ( 3 ) OJ No L 276, 7 . 10 . 1976, p. 1 .
 (•>) OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 20 .
 ( 5 ) OJ No L 331 , 30 . 11 . 1976, p. 3 .