COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 124/78  of 24 January 1978  amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 laying down detailed rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (2), and in particular Article 28 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1848/76 of 27 July 1976 laying down general rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2803/77 (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 of 20 August 1976 laying down detailed rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1803/77 (6), V.I. documents need not be completed for wine originating in and imported from certain non-member countries if presented in containers of four litres or less before 1 September 1977, and for seven types of liqueur wine if accompanied by a certificate of designation or of origin before 1 April 1978 ; whereas, in the interests of clarity, these temporary provisions should be repeated since they are now permanently embodied in Regulation (EEC) No 1848/76, as amended by Regulations (EEC) No 531/77 (7) and (EEC) No 2803/77;
Whereas for five of these liqueur wines the use of a standard certificate of designation of origin is compulsory under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1120/75 of 17 April 1975 laying down conditions for the entry of port, Madeira, sherry, Setubal muscatel and Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni) wines falling within subheadings 22.05 C III a) 1 and b) 1 and 2 and 22.05 C IV a) 1 and b) 1 and 2 of the Common Customs Tariff (8) ; whereas the use of standard Community certificates should be prescribed for the other two liqueur wines (Boberg and Samos muscat) ; whereas, for Boberg wines, the certificate of designation of origin should be similar to that already used for these wines under Article 4 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70 of 29 May 1970 on detailed rules for establishing free-at-frontier offer prices and fixing the countervailing charge in the wine sector (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1297/77 (10) ; whereas, since a standard certificate of origin is being prescribed for the first time by the Community for Samos muscat, it is necessary to permit the use, for a transitional period, of the certificates currently presented for this wine;
Whereas the imports originating in and coming from New Zealand fulfil the conditions laid down in the second indent of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1848/76 and the V.I. document consequently need not be presented ; whereas the name of that non-member country should therefore be included in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wines,
The second paragraph of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 is hereby deleted.
1. Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2. The standard certificate of designation of origin for Boberg wine and the standard certificate of origin for Samos muscat are shown in Annexes V and VI respectively to this Regulation.  (1)OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 303, 28.11.1977, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 204, 30.7.1976, p. 5. (4)OJ No L 322, 17.12.1977, p. 1. (5)OJ No L 237, 28.8.1976, p. 1. (6)OJ No L 198, 5.8.1977, p. 15. (7)OJ No L 69, 16.3.1977, p. 4. (8)OJ No L 111, 30.4.1975, p. 19. (9)OJ No L 118, 1.6.1970, p. 13. (10)OJ No L 149, 17.6.1977, p. 10.
However, until 31 May 1978, Samos muscat may be presented with the certificate of origin used before the entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 124/78 (1).
(1)OJ No L 20, 25.1.1978, p. 5."  2. Annexes I and II to this Regulation are hereby added as Annexes V and VI to Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76.
The name of New Zealand is hereby added to Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
However:    - Article 2 shall apply with effect from 1 March 1978,
- Article 3 shall apply with effect from 1 February 1978.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.