CELEX: 31976R2077
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2077/76 of 23 August 1976 on transitional measures concerning the holding for sale and putting into circulation of certain wines produced before 1 September 1976

24 . 8 . 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 233/ 19
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2077/76
                                                        of 23 August 1976
                 on transitional measures concerning the holding for sale and putting into circu
                              lation of certain wines produced before 1 September 1976
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,                                                                       Article 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­              Table wines produced before 1 September 1976 which
 sions for the common organization of the market in                 comply with the definition appearing under point 10
 wine ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                  of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 as appli­
  11 67/76 (2), and in particular Article 37 thereof,               cable before that date, and which no longer comply
                                                                    with this definition as applicable after that date, may
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1160/76 of 17                  be held for sale and put into circulation until stocks
 May 1976 (3) amends, with effect from 1 September                  are exhausted, on condition that all consignments
  1976, the definition of table wine appearing under                exceeding 10 hectolitres which have not been put into
 point 10 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ;               circulation by 31 December 1976 be declared to the
 whereas, as a consequence, certain wines produced                  authorities designated by the Member State
 before 1 September 1976 will no longer correspond                  concerned .
 after this date to the definition in question ; whereas it
 is necessary, in order to enable such wines to be
 disposed of, to provide that they may be held for sale
 and put into circulation until stocks are exhausted ;                                      Article 2
 Whereas the measures laid down in this Regulation
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
 ment Committee for Wine,                                           1976 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 23 August 1976.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Henri SIMONET
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 .
(-') OJ No L 135, 24 . 5 . 1976, p . 42 .
(3 ) OJ No L 135, 24 . 5 . 1976 , p . 1 .