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

( 2 ) SEE P . 1 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2931/80

OF 11 NOVEMBER 1980

ON CERTAIN QUALITY WINES ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA

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 2930/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 50 ( 2 ) UNDER ( A ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 50 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 , WINES INTENDED FOR DIRECT HUMAN CONSUMPTION OTHER THAN LIQUEUR WINES AND SPARKLING WINES MAY NOT BE IMPORTED IF THEIR TOTAL ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY VOLUME EXCEEDS 15 % ; WHEREAS IT IS , HOWEVER , LAID DOWN IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE SAME ARTICLE THAT THE COUNCIL MAY DEROGATE FROM THIS RULE IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE DELIVERY FOR DIRECT HUMAN CONSUMPTION OF CERTAIN WINES ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES AND BEARING A GEOGRAPHICAL ASCRIPTION ;

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA HAVE INITIALLED AN AGREEMENT ON THE CONTROL AND RECIPROCAL PROTECTION OF WINES BEARING A GEOGRAPHICAL ASCRIPTION , WHICH MEANS THAT EACH OF THE WINES MENTIONED IN THE SAID AGREEMENT IS ELIGIBLE , ON THE TERRITORY OF THE OTHER CONTRACTING PARTY , FOR THE SAME PROTECTION AS INDIGENOUS WINES OF THE SAME KIND ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY THAT ALL THE WINES COVERED BY THE SAID AGREEMENT , INCLUDING WINES OF MORE THAN 15 % VOL , SHOULD BE ABLE AS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE AGREEMENT COMES INTO FORCE TO MOVE AND BE DELIVERED FOR DIRECT HUMAN CONSUMPTION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

WINES ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA WHOSE TOTAL ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY VOLUME EXCEEDS , WITHOUT ANY ENRICHMENT , 15 % MAY BE DELIVERED FOR DIRECT HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN THE COMMUNITY , PROVIDED THAT THEY BEAR :

- THE NAME OF A WINE-GROWING SUB-REGION APPEARING IN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA ON THE CONTROL AND RECIPROCAL PROTECTION OF QUALITY WINES AND CERTAIN WINES BEARING A GEOGRAPHICAL ASCRIPTION , AND , WHERE APPROPRIATE , IN ADDITION , THE NAME OF A GEOGRAPHICAL UNIT MORE RESTRICTED THAN A SUB-REGION ,

- ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS : ' AUSLESE ' OR ' AUSLESEWEIN ' , ' BEERENAUSLESE ' OR ' BEERENAUSLESEWEIN ' , ' AUSBRUCH ' OR ' AUSBRUCHWEIN ' , ' TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL BE APPLICABLE FROM THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 1 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 11 NOVEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

C . NEY