31973R0734

16 . 3 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 69 / 31

REGULATION (EEC) No 734/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 March 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1022/70 following the creation of a system of accompanying documents for wine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures concerning intra-Community COMMUNITIES , trade in wines coming from Greece must continue to apply after 31 March 1973 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No Management Committee for Wine ; 816/70 (*) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : market in wine, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2680/70 ( 2) and in particular Article 29 (3 ) thereof ; Article 1 Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC ) No The text of Article 12 (2 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 1769/72 (3 ) of 26 July 1972 drawing up accompany­ 1022/70 is replaced by the following : ing documents and determining the obligations of '2 . Except as regards Article 8a , these pro­ wine producers and traders other than retailers, as visions shall apply until 31 March 1973 . amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 198 /73 (4 ), lays down that none of the products in the wine sector 3 . However, the provisions of this Regulation may be transported from one place within the remain applicable to consignments for which an Community to another, unless an accompanying accompanying certificate and a customs transit document has been drawn up ; whereas, on the document were issued before the date referred to other hand, the accompanying certificates intro­ in the preceding paragraph if the goods arrive at duced by Commission Regulation (EEC ) No their destination after that date . Title I of Regu­ 1022/70 (5) of 29 May 1970 introducing accompany­ lation ( EEC ) No 1769 /72 shall not apply to ing certificates for certain wines for a transitional these consignments .' period, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2814/72 (6), may be issued until the day before the Article 2 system of accompanying documents is imple­ mented ; whereas the wine which they cover must This Regulation shall enter into force on the third be able to be transported after that date without the day following its publication in the Official Journal issue of accompanying documents ; of the European Communities .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 7 March 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(!) OJ No L 99 , 5.5 . 1970, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 289 , 27 . 12 . 1972 , p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 191 , 21 . 8 . 1972 , p. 1 . ( 4) OJ No L 23 , 29 . 1 . 1973 , p. 3 . (8 ) OJ No L 118 , 1 . 6 . 1970 , p. 20 . (6) OJ No L 297 , 30 . 12 . 1972 , p. 1 .