CELEX: 31973R0452
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 452/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 on transitional measures for the disposal in the new Member States of wines which do not satisfy the Community provisions

26. 2 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 53 /3
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 452/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 31 January 1973
               on transitional measures for the disposal in the new Member States of wines which do
                                               not satisfy the Community provisions
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                                               Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the Ac­
cession of new Member States to the European Econ­                    The new Member States may allow that wines which
omic Community and the European Atomic Energy                         before 1 February 1973 have been
Community signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
 and in particular Article 63 of the Act (2) annexed                 — imported from other Member States or third
 thereto ;                                                                countries, or
                                                                     — stocked in bonded warehouses             within  their
"Whereas on 1 February 1973 there will be wines in the                    national territories, or
new Member States which do not satisfy the Co­
munity rules ;                                                       — produced within the same territories
Whereas wines        intended for         direct human      con­      and which do not satisfy the conditions specified in
 sumption but which do not satisfy the conditions speci­             Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 may be delivered up to
fied in Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 (3)                       31 January 1974 for direct human consumption.
of 28 April 1970, laying down additional provisions
for the common organization of the market in wine,                                             Article 2
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2680/72 (4),
 may have entered or had been produced in the new                     Wine to which Article 1 applies may not be exported
Member States before 1 February 1973 ; whereas it is                  to the Community as originally constituted.
proper to allow this consumption for a transitional
period ;                                                                                       Article 3
Whereas such a practice should be limited for a dur­                  The new Member States shall notify the Commission
 ation required for disposal of those wines in the nor­               not later than 1 July 1973 of the measures they have
 mal way ;                                                           taken to ensure that the provisions of this Regulation
                                                                      are complied with.
Whereas in order to avoid in particular distortion of
competition, the wines referred to should not be                                               Article 4
exported to the Community as originally constituted
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                 European Communities. It shall apply from 1 February
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                    1973 .
 ment Committee for Wines .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                             The President
                                                                                       Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (x) OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
 (2) OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 28 .
 (3) OJ   No L 99, 5. 5 . 1970, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ   No L 289 , 27. 12. 1972, p. 1