CELEX: 31973R1929
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1929/73 of the Council of 16 July 1973 making a third amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70 concerning the addition of alcohol to products originating in the Community in the wine sector

No L 199/8                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             19 . 7. 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1929/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                          of 16 July 1973
                making a third amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70 concerning the
                addition of alcohol to products originating in the Community in the wine sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         and whereas such products are manufactured in a suffi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        ciently large quantity to justify a derogation from this
                                                                    prohibition ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
816/70 (1) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional
                                                                                               Article 1
provisions for the common organization of the market
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     The following shall be added to Article 1 of Regula­
2680/72 (2), and in particular Article 25 (2) thereof ;             tion (EEC) No 1093/70 :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                      '(d) concentrated grape must to be used in the
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70                   manufacture of products falling within subheading
                                                                         22.07 B II of the Common Customs Tariff .
prohibits the addition of alcohol to the products listed
in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation, excepting wine forti­
                                                                                               Article 2
fied for distillation and liqueur wine ; whereas Article
25 (2) of that Regulation, however, permits deroga­                  1 . The following subparagraph shall be added to
tions from this prohibition ;                                       Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70 :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 093/70 (3) of                      'However, in the case of sparkling wines, 'Esprit de
8 June 1970 concerning the addition of alcohol to                        Cognac', defined in accordance with provisions of
products in the wine sector originating in the Commu­                    the regulations in force in France, may be added.'
nity, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1 564/72 (4), lists the products to which derogations              2. Article 2 (2) of the same Regulation shall be
apply ;                                                             replaced by the following :
Whereas no provision has been made for harmonizing                       'Alcohol added to the products listed in Article 1
the definitions of the products falling within heading                   (c) and (d) must be ethyl alcohol of agricultural
No 22.06 of the Common Customs Tariff ; whereas,                         origin .'
moreover, as regards those products referred to in
                                                                                               Article 3
Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70, the existing situation
has not given rise to any difficulties ; whereas the                In Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70 '31
period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 1093/70                   August 1973' shall be replaced by '31 August 1974'.
should therefore be extended ;
Whereas,      moreover,      the   manufacture       of certain                                Article 4
products falling within subheading 22.07 B II requires              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
the addition of alcohol to concentrated grape must                   1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 16 July 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                   lb FREDERIKSEN
(') OJ  No   L 99, 5. 5.  1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 289, 27.  12. 1972, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No   L 128 , 12. 6 . 1970, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No   L 167, 25 . 7. 1972, p . 3 .