CELEX: 31975R0680
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 680/75 of the Council of 4 March 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 concerning the addition of alcohol to products in the wine sector

No L 72/46                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                     20 . 3 . 75
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 680/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 4 March 1975
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 concerning the addition of alcohol to products
                                                    in the wine sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                                              Article 1
European Economic Community ;
                                                                 Article 1 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 is
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     replaced by the following:
816/70 (*) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional
provisions for the common organization of the
market in wine, as last amended by Regulation                           '(a) grape musts produced in the Community,
(EEC) No 678/75 (2), and in particular Article 25                             derived exclusively from vine varieties
(2) thereof;                                                                  referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                              No 816/70 and having a natural alcoholic
                                                                              strength of not less than 8-5° ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation                     (b ) grape musts in fermentation produced in the
(EEC) No 816/70 the addition of alcohol to the                                Community, derived exclusively from vine
                                                                              varieties   referred   to  in    Article   16      of
products listed in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation is
prohibited, with the exception of wines fortified for                         Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 and having at
distillation and liqueur wines ; whereas Article 25                           least the minimum natural alcoholic strength
(2), however, permits derogations from this                                   fixed for the wine-growing zone where the
prohibition ;                                                                 grapes were harvested,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 (3)                          ( c) imported grape musts having a natural
of 15 July 1974 concerning the addition of alcohol                             alcoholic strength of not less than 8-5° ,
to products in the wine sector, provides for such
derogation in respect of certain products ;                             ( d) table wines,
Whereas it appears advisable to provide for the                          (e) quality wines psr,
addition of alcohol to grape musts imported from
third countries so as to establish a practice                            (f)  in certain cases liqueur wines, whether or not
comparable to that • for Community grape musts ;                              imported,
whereas, however, authorization for such a practice
might, if granted systematically and without                             (g) imported wines fulfilling the requirements of
restriction, disturb the market in Community grape                            Article 28 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
musts ; whereas the consequences of such                                       816/70,
authorization should be examined at the end of an
experimental period ; whereas, to that end, it seemed                   intended for the preparation of products falling
justified to restrict this period to 31 December 1975 ;                 within heading No 22.06 of the Common Customs
whereas, moreover, experience in respect of the                          Tariff.'
products referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1876/74 indicates that the provisional period
should be extended from 31 August to 31 December
1975 ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 should                                             Article 2
therefore be amended,
                                                                 The following paragraph is inserted after Article 3
                                                                  ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 :
(x) OJ No L 99 , 5. 5 . 1970, p. 1 .
(2) See page 43 of this Official Journal .                               ' la The products referred to in Article 1 (3 ) (a)
(3) OJ No L 198 , 20. 7. 1974, p. 1 .                                          and (c) may not, after the addition of alcohol,
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            have an actual alcoholic strength of less than                               Article 4
            15° or more than 22° .'
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                         Article 3                               day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                 of the European Communities.
In Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1876/74 the
date '31 August 1975 ' is replaced by '31 December
1975 '.                                                          It shall be applicable as from 1 July 1975 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 4 March 1975 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                               M. A. CLINTON