CELEX: 31970R1699
Language: en
Date: 1970-08-25
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1699/70 of the Commission of 25 August 1970 on the control of certain products in the wine sector

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No L 190/6                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              •26.8.70
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1699/70 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 25 August 1970
                                   on the control of certain products in the wine sector
THE COMMISSION          OF       THE  EUROPEAN      COM­         grape must in fermentation and imported grape juicc
MUNITIES :                                                       whatever its added sugar content;
                                                                 Whereas the second subparagraph of the same
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     paragraph stipulates that neither wine nor any other
European Economic Community ;                                    beverage intended for direct human consumption
                                                                 may be made from imported wine lees, imported
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     grape marc, imported piquette, imported wine
816/701 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                  fortified for distillation and imported diluted vinous
provisions for the common organisation of the                    alcohol, except from imported wine fortified for
market in wine, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                distillation and intended for the production of
1253/70,2 and in particular Articles 27 (5 ), 28 (5 )            potable spirits ;
and 35 thereof;
                                                                 Whereas, in order to ensure that those products are
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 27 (4) of              used    in    accordance   with    the above-mentioned
Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 provides that grape                   provisions, a form of control should be established
juice and concentrated grape juice originating in the            which may be limited to products enjoying free
Community may not be turned into wine or be used                 circulation ;
in wine production ; whereas the second subparagraph
of the same paragraph provides that, with the                    Whereas, in the event of those products being
exception of alcohol, potable spirits and piquette,              dispatched from one Member State to another, this
neither wine nor any other beverage intended for                 control may be rendered easier by a special entry
direct human consumption may be made from wine                   being made in the documents referred to in Article 39
lees, grape marc, wines fortified for distillation and           of Council Regulation (EEC) No 542/693 of 18
diluted vinous alcohol, if those products are produced           March 1969 on Community transit and in Article 1
in the Community ;                                               of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2313/694 of 19
                                                                 November 1969 on the internal Community transit
Whereas the third and fourth subparagraphs - of                  document laid down for the purpose of certifying the
Article 27 (4) lay down that, regarding Community                Community nature of goods ;
products, piquette, in so far as its production is
authorised by the Member State concerned, may be                 Whereas control of the use of the products in
used only for distillation or for consumption in the             question cannot be complete unless it is made
families of individual wine growers, and whereas                 obligatory for the parties concerned , or as a
wine fortified for distillation and diluted vinous               provisional measure for Member States, to keep
alcohol may be used only for distillation ;                      turnover records showing the use made of the
                                                                 product ; whereas, for certain uses, allowance may be
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 28 (2) of              made for losses resulting from processing ;
Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70 prohibits the following
products being turned into wine and their use in wine            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
production : imported fresh grapes, imported grape               are in accordance with the Opinion of the
must, imported concentrated grape must, imported                 Management Committee for Wine ;
1 OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p . 1 .                                  3 OJ No L 77, 29.3.1969 , p . 1 .
2 OJ No L 143, 1.7.1970, p . 1 .                                 4 OJ No L 295 , 24.11.1969, p. 8 .
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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATON :                                     ( a) products originating in the Community :
                                                                        (aa) for grape juice or concentrated grape juice :
                           Article 1                                           — 'non        admis    à  la  vinification   ni  à
         t
                                                                                    l'utilisation en vinification';
 The use of the following products which satisfy the                           — 'nicht zugelassen zur Weinbereitung oder
 conditions laid down in Articles 9 and 10 of the                                   zur Verwendung bei der Weinherstel­
 Treaty      establishing    the     European     Economic                          lung';
 Community shall be subject to control :                                       — 'non        ammesso    alla   vinificazione   nè
                                                                                    all'utilizzo nella vinificazione';
 (a) products originating in the Community :                                   — 'niet toegelaten voor wijnbereiding,
                                                                                   noch voor gebruikmaking bij wijn­
      —; grape juice, in containers holding 2 litres or                             bereiding';
           more ,
                                                                                    (not to be made into wine nor to be
      — concentrated grape juice,           in   containers                         used in the making of wine) .
           holding 2 litres or more,
                                                                        ( bb ) for wine lees or grape marc :
      — wine lees,
                                                                               — 'non admis à l'élaboration de vin ni de
      — grape marc ,                                                               boisson destinés à la consommation
      — piquette,                                                                  humaine direct, à l'exception de
      — wine fortified for distillation ,                                           l'alcool, de l'eau-de vie et de la
                                                                                   piquette, pour autant que la fabrication
      — diluted vinous alcohol ;                                                   de cette dernière est autorisée par l'Etat
                                                                                   Membre concerné';
 ( b) products not originating in the Community :                              — 'nicht zugelassen zur Bereitung von
      — fresh grapes, with the exception of table                                  Wein oder irgendeines Getränks zum
           grapes,
                                                                                   unmittelbaren menschlichen Verbrauch
                                                                                   mit Ausnahme von Alkohol, Branntwein
      — grape must, in containers holding 2 litres or                              und Tresterwein, sofern die Herstellung
           more,                                                                   des       letzteren     vom      betreffenden
      — concentrated grape must, in containers                                     Mitgliedstaat zugelassen wird';
          holding 2 litres or more,                                            — 'non ammessi all'elaborazione di vino o
      — grape must in fermentation, in containers                                  di bevande destinati al consumo diretto,
          holding 2 litres or more,                                                ad accezione dell'alcole, dell'acquavite e
      — imported grape juice, whether or not                                       del vinello, sempre che la fabbricazione
          concentrated, whatever its added sugar                                   di quest'ultimo sia autorizzata dallo
          content, in containers holding 2 litres or                               Stato membro interessato';
          more , ,                                                             — 'niet toegelaten voor vervaardiging van
— wine lees,                                                                       wijn of andere dranken bestemd voor
                                                                                   rechtstreekse menselijke consumptie met
— grape marc,                                                                      uitzondering van alcohol, brandewijn en
— piquette,                                                                        piquette, voor zover de ve vaardiging
                                                                                   van laatstgenoemd produkt door de
— wine fortified for distillation ,
                                                                                   betrokken Lid-Staat toegestaan ';
— diluted vinous alcohol .                                                         (not to be used for the preparation of
                                                                                   wine or of beverages intended for direct
                                                                                   human consumption, with the exception
                                                                                   of alcohol, potable spirits and piquette,
                          Article 2                                                in so far as the making of the latter is
                                                                                   authorised by the Member State
                                                                                   concerned)
Where, for the purposes of dispatching the products
referred to in Article 1 from one Member State to                      (cc) for piquette, in so far as its production is
another, document T2 referred to in Article 39 of                              authorised by the Member State concerned,
Regulation (EEC) No 542/69 or document T2L                                     for wine fortified for distillation or for
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No                                diluted vinous alcohol :
2313/69 is used, Section 31 of the document shall
include, in addition to the description of goods, one                          — 'destiné a la distillation';
of the following statements :                                                  — 'zur Destillation bestimmt';
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           — 'destinato alla distillazione':                      destination or use of the products referred to in
                                                                  Article 1 .
           — ' bestemd voor distillatie';
               (intended for distillation)
                                                                  They may exempt retailers from certain provisions on
 (b) products not originating in the Community :                  control .
     ( aa) for fresh grapes, grape must, concentrated             2. Member States shall see that the agencies
           grape must, grape must in fermentation,                appointed to exercise this control on their territory
           grape juice or concentrated grape juice :              are informed of every instance where one of the
           — 'non       admis   à   la  vinification  ni   à      products referred to in Article 1 is imported.
               l'utilisation en vinification';
           — 'nicht zugelassen zur Weinbereitung                  3 . The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall
               oder zur Verwendung bei der                        oblige any natural or legal person producing,
               Weinherstellung' ;                                 marketing or using one of the products referred to in
                                                                  Article 1 to keep turnover records in respect of the
           — 'non ammessi nè alla vinificazione nè
                                                                  product, indicating its nature and its volume.
               all'utilizzo per vinificazione';
           — 'niet toegelaten voor de wijnbereiding               Hoewever, this shall not prevent turnover records
               noch voor gebruikmaking bij wijn­                  being kept by the competent agency of a Member
               bereiding';                                        State, until detailed rules for applying Article 29 of
               (not to be made into wine nor to be                Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 take effect.
               used in the making of wine)
                                                                  4. Any quantity of one of the products referred to
     (bb) for wine lees, grape marc, piquette or                  in Article 1 produced in the Community shall be
           diluted vinous alcohol :                               entered in the turnover records on the date of its
           — 'non admis à l'élaboration de vin ni de              production.
               boisson destinés à la consommation
               humaine directe';                                  Any quantity of one of the above-mentioned products
           — 'nicht zugelassen zur Bereitung von                  coming from a third country and imported into a
               Wein oder irgendeines Getränks zum                 Member State shall be entered in the turnover records
               unmittelbaren menschlichen Verbrauch';             not later than the day on which product is put into
                                                                  free circulation .
           — 'non ammessi nè all'elaborazione di vino
               nè a quella di bevande destinati al
               consumo diretto';                                  5.    The processing of a product shall be considered
                                                                  as a withdrawal from stock. The turnover records
           — 'niet toegelaten voor vervaardiging vap              shall indicate the quantity of the product which
               wijn of van andere dranken bestemd                 results from processing.
               voor rechtstreekse menselijke consump­
               tie';
                                                                                         Article 4
               (not to be used for the preparation of
               wine or any beverage intended for direct
               human consumption)                                 Where a product is used as intended, allowance shall
                                                                  be made for losses which occur during processing _or
     (cc) for wine fortified for distillation :                   are due to factors relating to the nature of the
                                                                  product. Such losses may not exceed those normally
           — 'destiné à la production d'eau-de-vie';              incurred during the processing in question .
           — 'zur Herstellung von Branntwein
               bestimmt';                                                                 Article 5
           — 'destinato alla produzione d'acquavite';
           — 'bestemd voor de vervaardiging van                   Member States shall notify the Commission, not later
               brandewijn';                                       than 31 October 1970, of the provisions they have
               (intended for the production of potable            made in order to ensure that the measures provided
               spirits).                                          for in this Regulation are observed .
                                                                                         Article 6
                          Article 3
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
1.     Member States shall take all measures necessary            day following its publication in the Official Journal
to ensure control          of the storage, movement,              of the European Communities.
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    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
    States .
    Done at Brussels, 25 . August 1970 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                         The President
                                                                    Franco M. MALFATTI