CELEX: 31977R0232
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 232/77 of 2 February 1977 derogating from the dates laid down for acidification in respect of products of the 1976 wine harvest in the Italian regions of Zones C II and C III

3 . 2 . 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 31 / 15
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 232/77
                                                       of 2 February 1977
                derogating from the dates laid down for acidification in respect of products of
                       the 1976 wine harvest in the Italian regions of Zones C II and C III
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     August 1970 on the notification , carrying out and
COMMUNITIES ,                                                      control of the processes of enriching, acidifying and
                                                                   deacidifying wine (3 ) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                       ment Committee for Wine,
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                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2842/76 (2 ), and in particular Article 22 (3) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, owing to the exceptional climatic conditions
of the summer of 1976, the state of maturity of the                 1.    Grape must in fermentation and new wine still
 1976 harvest in Italy has made for delayed and abnor­             in fermentation from the 1976 harvest which were
mally prolonged malo-lactic fermentation with the                  obtained from the Italian regions of Zones C II and C
result that the lower acidity of the products obtained              III , may be subjected to acidification until 15 May
was not noticed in time ; whereas to enable this diffi­             1977 in those establishments where the grapes and
culty to be overcome, the period of acidification                  grape musts are being turned into wine .
should, in implementation of Article 22 (2) of Regula­
tion ( EEC) No 816/ 70 , be extended to 15 May 1977 ;               2. By way of derogation from the second subpara­
                                                                   graph of Article 5 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No
Whereas an extension of the period initially laid down              1594/70, the person concerned must notify the compe­
requires special control measures ; whereas such exten­            tent authority in writing before the acidification
sion should consequently be allowed after 31                        process begins.
December 1976 only in establishments in which the
products concerned have been obtained ; whereas,                                            Article 2
moreover, to make control more effective , notification
by those concerned should be made before instead of                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
after acidification , as laid down           in Article 5 of        following its publication in the Official Journal of
Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1594/ 70 of 5                       the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 2 February 1977 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') 0 | No I. 99 , S. 5 . 1970 , p . I .
(-') O'l No 1 . M7, 26 . II . 1976, p . 2.                         H OJ No L 173 , 6 . 8 . 1970 , p. 23 .