31973R2098

1 . 8 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 121 /55

REGULATION (EEC) No 2098 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 July 1973 providing for a temporary derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 1769/72

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN sible for bottlers in those countries to complete by COMMUNITIES, then the necessary technical modifications to closing devices ; whereas a special exemption, lasting six Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European months, should therefore be made in respect of those Economic Community ; two Member States ; whereas in order to avoid causing Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No difficulties in trade within the Community, such 816/70 (') of 28 April 1970 laying down additional exemption should be so limited as to apply only within the territories of the two Member States con­ provisions for the common organization of the market cerned ; in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2680/72 (2), and in particular Articles 29 (3) and 35 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation thereof ; are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Wine ; Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 769 /72 (3) of 26 July 1972 drawing up accompanying documents and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : determining the obligations of wine producers and traders other than retailers, as last amended by Regula­ Article 1 tion (EEC) No 189/73 (4), allows Member States to provide that the accompanying document shall not be Until 1 March 1974, the United Kingdom and Ireland required in the case of grape juice, wine or wine may authorize the movement within their territories vinegar put up in labelled containers of a capacity not without an accompanying document of products as exceeding 5 litres, provided that the closing devices of specified in Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No such containers have been approved by a competent 1769/72 put up in containers of a capacity not agency, are not suitable for re-use and bear the name exceeding 5 litres, even though the closing devices of and address or code number of the bottler ; whereas, such containers do not satisfy the provisions of that in the case of the new Member States , Regulation Article as regards the name and address or code (EEC) No 930 / 73 (5) postponed until 1 September number of the bottler . 1973 the date on which the procedure provided for the said Regulation (EEC) No 1769/72 is to take Article 2 effect . This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Whereas that date poses problems for the United following its publication in the Official Journal of Kingdom and Ireland, in that it is going to be impos­ the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 July 1973 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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