CELEX: 31970R0945
Language: en
Date: 1970-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 945/70 of the Council of 26 May 1970 determining the types of table wines

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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 945/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 26 May 1970
                                           determining the types of table wines
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                               Article 1
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof :
                                                                The types of red table wine shall be as follows :
                                                                (a) red table wine, other than that referred to under
Having regard     to Council Regulation (EEC) No
816/701 of 28    April 1970 laying down additional                      (c), with an actual alcoholic strength of not less
                                                                       than 10° and not more than 12° , which shall be
provisions for    the common organisation of the
                                                                       known as 'Type R I';
market in wine,  and in particular Article 2 thereof;
                                                                (b) red table wine, other than that referred to under
                                                                        (c), with an actual alcoholic strength of not less
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                    than 13° and not more than 14° , which shall be
                                                                       known as 'Type R II';
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                    ( c) red table wine from vine varieties of the
Parliament;                                                            'Portugieser' type, which shall be known as . 'Type
                                                                       R III'.
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70
provides that a guide price shall be fixed annually for
each type of table wine representative of Community                                        Article 2
production; whereas it is therefore necessary to
determine those types of wine;
                                                                The types of white table wine shall be as follows :
Whereas    the  extent  to     which  a   table wine is
                                                                  ( a) white table wine, other than that- referred to
representative can be assessed on the basis of the                     under (b) and (c), with an actual alcoholic
quantity or characteristics of the table wine                          strength of not less than 10° and not more than
concerned ;                                                            12° , which shall be known as 'Type A I';
                                                                (b) white table wine from vine varieties of the
Whereas it is necessary to determine certain objective                 Sylvaner or Muller-Thurgau type, which shall be
characteristics which enable the different types of                    known as 'Type A II'-
table wine to be distinguished;                                                               '
                                                                (c) white table wine from vine varieties of the
—     —                                                                Riesling type, which shall be known as 'Type A
1 OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1 .                             ,           HI .
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                         Article 3                                                     Article 4
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                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
 The lists of vine varieties referred to in Articles 1 (c)      day following its publication in the Official Journal
 and 2 (b) and (c) shall be adopted according to the            of the European Communities.
 procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation No
 241 on the progressive establishment of a common               The provisions of this Regulation shall take effect on
 organisation of the market in wine.                            1 June 1970.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 May 1970.
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                       Ch. HÉGER
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1 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962 , p. 989/62.