CELEX: 31985R3803
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3803/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the provisions enabling the origin of Spanish red table wines to be determined and their commercial movements to be followed

No L 367 / 36                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                    31 . 12 . 85
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3803 / 85
                                                            of 20 December 1985
                    laying down the provisions enabling the origin of Spanish red table wines to be determined and
                                                their commercial movements to be followed
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                 Whereas , pursuant to Article 2 ( 3 ) of the Treaty of Accession
                                                                          of Spain and Portugal , the institutions of the Community
                                                                          may adopt before accession the measures referred to in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     Article 396 of the Act ,
Economic Community ,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ,             HAD ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and in particular Article 396 ( 2 ) thereof,
                                                                                                     Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                       1.     Spanish red table wine may form the subject of trade
                                                                          with the other Member States or be exported to third
                                                                          countries , only on condition that they do not result from
W hereas Article 125 of the Act of Accession provides that                coupage of wine suitable for yielding white table wine or of a
during the period 1 March 1986 to 31 December 1989 , the                  white table wine with wine suitable for yielding red table
Kmgdom of Spain is authorized to allow in its territory the               wine or with a red table wine .
coupage of wine suitable for yielding white table wine or of a
white table wine with wine suitable for yielding red table                2.     The Kingdom of Spain shall appoint one or more
wine ; whereas the product of such coupage may circulate                  competent administrative bodies authorized to ensure that
only in Spanish territory ; whereas during the same period                red table wines produced in Spain do not result from coupage
Spanish red table wines may form the subject of trade with                as referred to in paragraph 1 and shall' forward their names
the other Member States or be exported to third countries ,               and addresses to the Commission .
only on the condition that they do not result from coupage as
referred to above ;                                                       3.     For the purposes of the application of paragraph 1 ,
                                                                          each competent body appointed by Spain shall guarantee the
                                                                          origin of Spanish red table wine by affixing a stamp preceded
Whereas , in order to enable the arrangements referred to                 by the words 'wine not resulting from red / white coupage'
above to be applied properly , Spanish rose table wines should            in   box   23   'RESERVED       FOR       THE    COMPETENT
bt treated in the same way as Spanish red table wines ;                   AUTHORITIES' on the V.A.I form accompanying wine
                                                                          products as laid down by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1153 / 75 .
Whereas the Joint Declaration attached to the Act of
Accession lays down the guidelines to be adopted to                                                  Article 2
determine the origin and follow the commercial movements
ol Spanish table wines which have not been subject to                     For the purposes of this Regulation , Spanish rose tables
coupage as referred to above ; whereas , in accordance with               wines shall be treated in the same way as Spanish red table
                                                                          wines .
these guidelines , the accompanying document should be used
as established by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1153 / 75 of the
Commission of 30 April prescribing the form of                                                       Article 3
accompanying documents for wine products and specifying
the obligations of wine producers and traders other than                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986 ,
retailers ( J ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No                 subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of
3203 / 80 ( 2 );                                                          Spain and Portugal .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels , 20 December 1985 .
                                                                                           For the Council
                                                                                            The President
                                                                                            R. STEICHEN
f 1 ) OJ No L 113 , 1 . 5 . 1975 , p . 1 .
( 2 : OJ No L 333 , 11 . 12 . 1980 , p . 18 .