CELEX: 31971R1599
Language: en
Date: 1971-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1599/71 of the Council of 20 July 1971 laying down additional conditions with which imported wines for direct human consumption have to comply

582                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
27.7.71                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 168 /3
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1599/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 20 July 1971
                laying down additional conditions with which imported wines for direct human
                                              consumption have to comply
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                             Article 1
European Economic Community ;
                                                               Except for liqueur wines and sparkling wines, wine
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   imported into the Community may not be released
816/701 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                for direct human consumption unless, in addition to
provisions for the common organisation of the                  the conditions set out in Article 28 ( 1 ) ( a) of
market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Regulation (EEC) No 816/70, it complies with the
No 2612770,2 and in particular Article 28 ( 1 ) (b )           additional conditions set out in Article 2.
thereof :
                                                                                         Article 2
Having. regard to the proposal from the Commission;
                                                               The additional conditions referred to in Article 1 are
Whereas Article 28 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                as follows :
816/70 provides that, except for liqueur wines and
sparkling wines, imported wines covered by item 7 of
Annex II to that Regulation may be released for                1. Imported wine shall satisfy the provisions
direct human consumption only if they comply with                  governing production and release for direct human
conditions to be adopted ;                                         consumption in the third country in which it
                                                                   originates. Proof that this condition has been
Whereas imported wine should comply with the                       fulfilled shall be provided by a certificate issued by
quality criteria of its country of origin ; whereas to             an agency, appearing on a list to be drawn up, in
ensure that it is of a quality comparable to that of               the third country where the wine originates .
Community wines it is necessary, without prejudice
to provisions of Member States which are consistent            2. Imported wine shall not have the characteristics of
with Community law, for imported wines to satisfy                  a product which has been the subject of
in addition certain requirements of Community law                  oenological practices not permitted by Community
for a given wine-growing zone;                                     provisions :
Whereas maximum levels for certain components of                   (a) on the production and release for direct
imported wines should be fixed similar to those laid                    human consumption of comparable Com­
down in the provisions existing in Member States ;                      munity wines ;
                                                                   (b) applicable to one of the wine-growing zones
Whereas, so that the . application of Community                         defined in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No
provisions may be supervised, imported wines should                     816/70 deemed ■ comparable as regards
be accompanied by an analysis report which enables                      production conditions in the third countries.
them to be identified, thus facilitating their
movement within the Community; whereas, to this
end, the analysis report should cover the most                 3 . The volatile acidity of imported wine shall be less
important components of the wine;                                  than 19 milli-equivalents per litre.
                                                               4. Save where derogation is made for certain wines
1 OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p . 1 .                                    to be determined, possessing special character­
2 OJ No L 281 , 27.12.1970, p. 6.                                  istics, the total sulphur dioxide content of imported
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    wine shall be less than 208 mg per litre for red             (c) actual alcoholic strength
    wines, 250 mg per litre for dry white wines and
    300 mg per litre for sweet white wines.                      (d) total dry matter
                                                                 (e) total acidity
5 . Imported wine shall be accompanied ^y an analysis
    report :
                                                                 (f) volatile acidity
    (a) prepared by an official laboratory recognised            (g) citric acid content
        by the third country in which the wine                   (h) total sulphur dioxide content
        originates and appearing on a list to be
        approved;                                                (i) presence of hybrids.
    (b) containing the information set out in Article 3          2.    The identification of consignments which are
        ( 1 ).                                                   the subject of an analysis report and the
                                                                 determination of points to be analysed shall be
A decision may, however, be made to exempt certain               carried out in accordance with conditions to be
quantities from this obligation.                                 determined.
                          Article 3                                                      Article 4
1.     The analysis report shall contain information on          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
the following points.                                            day following its publication in the Official Journal
(a) density                                                      of the European Communities.
(b) total alcoholic strength                                     It shall be applicable from 1 January 1972.
               . This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 20 July 1971 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                          L. NATALI