31976R1455

No L 163 / 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 24 . 6 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1455 / 76 of 23 June 1976 amending for the third time Regulation ( EEC) No 2805/73 as regards the maximum sulphur dioxide content of certain white quality wines

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN quality wines produced in specified regions and of COMMUNITIES , imported white quality wines ; Whereas there should be added to the list of white Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, quality wines psr certain German wines in respect of which technical problems may arise as regards prepar­ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No ation and preservation ; 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ sions for the common organization of the market in Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation wine ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Wine , 11 67/ 76 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 26a (3 ) thereof, Whereas Article 26a ( 1 ) thereof provides for the possi­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : bility of raising the maximum suphur dioxide content to 400 mg/1 for certain white quality wines produced Article 1 in specified regions and for certain imported white quality wines having special characteristics of produc­ In Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2805/73 the tion and preparation ; following point (o) is hereby added to the list of white Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No quality wines psr : 2805 / 73 of 12 October 1973 determining a list of '(o) German wines having the right to the name white quality wines produced in specified regions and Auslese 1975 .' of imported white quality wines containing a certain percentage of sulphur dioxide and laying down certain Article 2 transitional provisions relating to the percentage of sulphur dioxide in wines produced before 1 October This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 1 973 (3 ), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No following its publication in the Official Journal of 21 60 / 75 (4 ), the Commission drew up a list of white the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 23 June 1976 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 . (-') O ) No L 1 35 , 24 . 5 . 1976, p . 42 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 289 , 16 . 10 . 1973 , p . 21 . (4 ) OJ No L 220 , 20 . 8 . 1975, p. 7 .