31973R0452

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 Article 4 competition, the wines referred to should not be 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