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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 460/80

OF 18 FEBRUARY 1980

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 352/79 AUTHORIZING THE COUPAGE OF GERMAN RED WINES WITH IMPORTED RED WINES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 459/79 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 43 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 PROHIBITS THE COUPAGE OF AN IMPORTED WINE WITH A COMMUNITY WINE , EXCEPT BY WAY OF DEROGATION TO BE DECIDED BY THE COUNCIL ;

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 352/79 ( 3 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2960/79 ( 4 ) , AUTHORIZES THE COUPAGE OF GERMAN RED WINES WITH IMPORTED RED WINES ONLY UNDER SPECIFIED RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS AND UNTIL 29 FEBRUARY 1980 ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH FAIR CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY , THIS PRACTICE SHOULD BE ABANDONED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ; WHEREAS EFFORTS TO PRODUCE RED WINES SOLELY FROM GRAPES HARVESTED IN GERMANY HAVE YIELDED RESULTS SUCH THAT IT MAY BE EXPECTED THAT GERMAN PRODUCERS WILL SOON BE IN A POSITION TO CEASE THE COUPAGE OF THEIR RED WINES WITH IMPORTED WINES ; WHEREAS IT IS , HOWEVER , NECESSARY TO REDUCE THE PROPORTION OF IMPORTED WINES ALLOWED IN THE COUPAGE OF GERMAN RED WINES , IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE GERMAN PRODUCERS TO USE RED COUPAGE WINES ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 352/79 IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

- THE RATE " 15 % " IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) IS REPLACED BY " 10 % " ,

- THE DATE " 29 FEBRUARY 1980 " IN ARTICLE 2 IS REPLACED BY " 30 JUNE 1984 " .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 MARCH 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 18 FEBRUARY 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . MARCORA

( 1 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) SEE PAGE 32 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 93 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 336 , 29 . 12 . 1979 , P . 8 .