CELEX: 31973R2098
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2098/73 of the Commission of 31 July 1973 providing for a temporary derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 1769/72

1 . 8 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 121 /55
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2098 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 31 July 1973
                   providing for a temporary derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 1769/72
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        sible for bottlers in those countries to complete by
COMMUNITIES,                                                          then the necessary technical modifications to closing
                                                                      devices ; whereas a special exemption, lasting six
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 months, should therefore be made in respect of those
Economic Community ;                                                  two Member States ; whereas in order to avoid causing
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          difficulties in trade within the Community, such
816/70 (') of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                    exemption should be so limited as to apply only
                                                                      within the territories of the two Member States con­
provisions for the common organization of the market
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       cerned ;
2680/72 (2), and in particular Articles 29 (3) and 35                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
thereof ;
                                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 (2) of                   ment Committee for Wine ;
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 769/72 (3) of 26
July 1972 drawing up accompanying documents and                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
determining the obligations of wine producers and
traders other than retailers, as last amended by Regula­                                        Article 1
tion (EEC) No 189/73 (4), allows Member States to
provide that the accompanying document shall not be                   Until 1 March 1974, the United Kingdom and Ireland
required in the case of grape juice, wine or wine                     may authorize the movement within their territories
vinegar put up in labelled containers of a capacity not               without an accompanying document of products as
exceeding 5 litres, provided that the closing devices of              specified in Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
such containers have been approved by a competent                      1769/72 put up in containers of a capacity not
agency, are not suitable for re-use and bear the name                 exceeding 5 litres, even though the closing devices of
and address or code number of the bottler ; whereas,                  such containers do not satisfy the provisions of that
in the case of the new Member States, Regulation                      Article as regards the name and address or code
(EEC) No 930/73 (5) postponed until 1 September                       number of the bottler.
 1973 the date on which the procedure provided for
the said Regulation (EEC) No 1769/72 is to take                                                 Article 2
effect.
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Whereas that date poses problems for the United                       following its publication in the Official Journal of
Kingdom and Ireland, in that it is going to be impos­                  the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 31 July 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
  ') 0 | No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . I.
  ') OJ No L 289 , 27 . ! 2 . 1972, p . 1
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 5) O'j No L 90, 6. 4. 1 973 , p. 23 .