CELEX: 51974PC1039
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Date: 1974-07-04
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL concerning the addition of alcohol to products in the wine sector (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUMTIES
                                         COM(74)1039 final
                                         Brussels . 4 July 1974
                              Proposal for a
                      REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
                   concerning the addition of alcohol to
                       products in the wine sector
              ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
   CQM(74) 1039 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLAÏL1T0RY ÎÎZ'OEAITDUTî
Some of the provisions of Regulation ( EEC ) FO 1093/ 70 concerning the addition of
alcohol to products in the wine sector are about to expire .
Since the definations of vermouths and other aromatic wines have still not been
harmonized , the existing provisions will have to be extended for another year .
This opportunity has been taken to produce a consolidated version of The Regu­
lation and to make some minor amendments , namelys
- sparkling wines have been includeds
- the temporary provision   specifying the nature of the alcohol to be added to
  products falling within subheading lib . 22.07 B II has been adopted an a per­
  manent basis .
This Regulation has no financiel effects .
 ---pagebreak---                                           PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 REGULATION (EEC ) No      /74 OF TEE COUNCIL
                                          OF
                             concerning the addition of alcohol to products
                             in the wine sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CQMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community 3
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 816/70 (l ) of 28 April 1970 laying
down additional provisions for the Common organization of the market in wine , as
last amended 'by Regulation (EEC ) No 2592/73 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 25 ( 2)
thereofj
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas Article 25 (l ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 816/70 prohibits the addition of
alcohol to the products listed in Article 1 ( 2 ) of that Regulation, excepting
wine fortified for destination and liqueur wines whereas Article 25 ( 2 ) of that
Regulation , however , permits derogations from this prohibition!
Whereas the possibility of adding alcohol to table wines and to quality wines
produced in specified regions should be provided for where they are exported to
third countries , either to take account of consumer habits in those countries , or
to prevent climatic conditions or transport from affecting the quality of the ex­
ported wines ; whereas the non-European territories of Member States are in the
same situation as the third countries in question; whereas this possibility should
be extended to consignments of these products to these territories ; whereas ,
however , to enforce the prohibition on the addition of alcohol , the sale of these
products should be forbidden in the European territories of the Member States ;
whereas to simplify               control , reconsignnent to the European territories of Member
States should be prohibited;
S12 ); OJ0J NoNo LL 26999 ,, 5.5.1970 , p.l .
                             26.9.1973 , p.l .
 ---pagebreak---                                            - 2 -
Whereas it is equally necessary "to authorse the addition of alcohol when a sweetenel
has to be added to a sparkling vane ;
VJherreas the preparation of products falling within heading No 22.06 and subheading
No 22.07 B 11 of the Common Customs Tariff requires the addition of alcohol to some
of the products listed in Article 1(2 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 8I6/7O; xirhereas in
these cases such preparation is significant enough to justify derogation from the
prohibition on the addition of alcohol ;
Whereas , in order to prevent frauds , in all cases the nature of the alcohol which
may be added should be specified and in certain cases the permissable limits for
such addition should be fixed;
Whereas the measures concerning products falling tri-thin heading No 22.06 of the
C oraraom Customs Tariff should be of a temporary nature , pending the adoption of
provisions of harmonizing the definitions of these products ; whereas such measures
should therefore be laid down for a limited period;
Whereas most of the above considerations have already formed' the basis of provi­
sions contained variously in Council Regulation No 1093/70 ( 3 ) of 8 June. 1970 con­
cerning the addition of alcohol to products in the wine sector originating in
the Community , as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 1929/73 ( 4), and in the
amendments thereto ; whereas , becauce of their number and complexity , these texts
lack the' clarity which a Regulation requires ; whereas they should therefore be
consolidated in a single Regulation;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATIONS
                                         .Article 1
By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 25 (l ) of Regulation (EEC )
No 8I6/7O, alcohol may, under the conditions provided in this Regulation, be
added to the following products ?
1 . 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 dispatched to the non-European territories of Member States , on
     condition that in this latter case they are not redispatched to the European
     territories of Member States .
      ( 3 ) OJ No L 128 , 12 June 1970 , p.l .
      ( 4) OJ No L 199 , 19 July 1973 , p. 8.
 ---pagebreak--- 2) sparkling wines when a sweetener is added*
3 a) grape musts and grape musts in fermentation derived exclusively from the vine
      varities referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EEC ) No 816/70 and having
       at least the minimum natural alcoholic strength fixed for the wine-growing
       zone where the grapes were harvested :
  b ) table wines ;
  c ) quality wines p.s.r. 1
  d) in certain cases liqueur wines , whether or not imported}
  e ) imported wines complying with the provisions af Article 28 ( l ) of Regulation
       (ESC ) NO 816/70?
  intended for the preparation of products falling within heading No 22.06 of the '
  Common Customs Tariff*
  4) concentrated grape must to be used in the manufacture of products falling
      within subheading 22.07 B II of the Common Customs Tariff.
                                    Artide 2
  1 . the alcohol added to the products listed in Article 1 ( l ) and(2 ) must be either
      neirtral alcohol of vinous origin having an actual alcoholic strength of not
      less than 95°or a*1 unrectified product derived from the distillation of wine
      and having an actual alcoholic strength of not less than 52° and not more
      than 80 •
      however , in the case of sparkling wines , " Esprit de Cognac", as defined in
      accordance with the legistation in force in Prance , may be added.
  2. Alcoholic added to the products specified in Article 1 ( 3 ) and ( 4) must be
      ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin.
 ---pagebreak---                                       Article 3
1 . The quantities of alcohol added may not :
a) increase the total alcoholic strength of the products specified in Article 1 ( a)
    "by more than 2°j
b ) increase the total alcoholiu strength of the products specified in Article 1 (b )
    "by more than 0.5?
2. In respect of quality wines p.s.r . , Member States may restrict the addition of
    alcohol still further , or even prohibit it altogether .
                                      Article 4.
In respect of the products specified in Article 1 ( 3 ), the provisions of Articles
1 (3 ) and 2 ( 2 ) shall be applicable until 31 August 1975 *
                                      Article 5
Regulation (EEC ) NO 1093/ 70 is repealed with effect from 31 August 1974*
                                      Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1974»
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                For the Council ,
                                                  The Président .