CELEX: 31972R1564
Language: en
Date: 1972-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1564/72 of the Council of 20 July 1972 making a second amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70 concerning the addition of alcohol to products in the wine sector originating in the Community

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25.7.72                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 167/3
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1564/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 20 July 1972
              making a second amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70 concerning the addition
                       of alcohol to products in the wine sector originating in the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       conditions or transport from affecting the quality of
                                                               the. exported wines ; whereas the non-European
                                                               territories of Member States are in the same situation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   as the third countries in question; whereas this
European Economic Community ;                                  possibility should be extended > to consignments of
                                                               these products to these territories ; whereas, however,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   to enforce the prohibition on the addition of alcohol,
816/701 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                the sale of these products should be forbidden in the
 provisions for the common organization of the                 European territories of the Member States ; whereas
market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            to simplify control, re dispatching to the European
No 2722/712 and in particular Article 25 (2) thereof;          territories of Member States should be prohibited;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;            Whereas under Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               1093 /70 Article 1 (c) and Article 2 (2) of that
                                                               Regulation are not applicable until 31 August 1972 ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation             whereas the purpose of this deferment was to allow a
(EEC) No 816/70 the addition of alcohol to the                 trial period ;
products listed in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation is
prohibited, with the exception of wines fortified for
distillation and liqueur wines ; whereas Article 25 (2)        Whereas the trial period has not proved long enough,
of the Regulation does, however, permit derogations            but this measure has caused no difficulties ; whereas
from this prohibition;                                         in view of the lack of uniformity of the definitions of
                                                               products coming under heading No 22.06 of the
                                                               Common Customs Tariff, the period of application
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1093/703 of 8              of these provisions should be extended ;
June 1970 concerning the addition of alcohol to
products in the wine sector originating in the
Community, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1598/71,4 specifies the products which are the subject
of that derogation;
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
1093/70 has made provision for the' addition of
alcohol to table wines and qualitiy wines p.s.r. when          The following shall be substituted for Article 1 (a) of
they are exported to third countries under certain             Regulation (EEC) No 1093 /70 :
conditions, either to take into account the consumer
habits of these countries or to prevent climatic                   '( a) table wines and quality wines p.s.r., where
                                                                          climatic conditions or consumer habits
                                                                          necessitate an addition of alcohol and where
                                                                         they are exported to third countries or
1 OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1.                                             dispatched to the non-European territories of
2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971, p. 1.                                         Member States, on condition that in this
3 OJ No L 128, 12.6.1970, p. 1.                                          latter case they are not redispatched to the
4 OJ No L 168, 27.7.1971, p. 1 .                                          European territories of Member States .'
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                      Article 2                                                    Article 3
In Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70, the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
date 31 August 1973 shall be substituted for the date        1972 .
31 August 1972 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 20 July 1972.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                T. WESTERTERP