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( 1 ) OJ NO L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , P . 20 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 269 , 26 . 9 . 1973 , P . 1 .

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2805/73 OF THE COMMISSION OF 12 OCTOBER 1973 DETERMINING A LIST OF WHITE QUALITY WINES , PRODUCED IN SPECIFIED REGIONS AND OF IMPORTED WHITE QUALITY WINES CONTAINING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND LAYING DOWN CERTAIN TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PERCENTAGE OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE IN WINES PRODUCED BEFORE 1 OCTOBER 1973

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 816/70 ( 1 ) OF 28 APRIL 1970 LAYING DOWN ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2592/73 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 26A ( 3 ) THEREOF ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 26A ( 1 ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 816/70 PROVIDED THE POSSIBILITY TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTENT OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE TO 400 MG/L FOR CERTAIN WHITE QUALITY WINES PRODUCED IN SPECIFIED REGIONS AND CERTAIN WHITE IMPORTED QUALITY WINES HAVING PARTICULAR PRODUCTION AND PREPARATION FEATURES ;

WHEREAS THIS PROVISION SHOULD BE LIMITED ONLY TO THOSE WHITE QUALITY WINES WHOSE CONDITIONS OF PRODUCTION AND USUAL METHODS OF PREPARATION , AS OENOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE STANDS AT PRESENT , NECESSITATE THE USE OF A HIGHER CONTENT OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE THAN OTHER WINES ;

WHEREAS IN ARTICLE 26A IT IS ALSO LAID DOWN THAT PROVISIONS SHOULD BE ADOPTED IN RESPECT OF WINES PRODUCED BEFORE 1 OCTOBER 1973 WHICH FOR GOOD REASON DO NOT FULFUL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS REGULATION ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR WINE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE MAXIMUM TOTAL CONTENT OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE IS 400 MG/L :

A . WHITE QUALITY WINES PRODUCED IN SPECIFIED REGIONS :

( A ) WINES HAVING THE RIGHT TO THE NAME BEERENAUSLESE ;

( B ) WINES HAVING THE RIGHT TO THE NAME TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE ;

( C ) SAUTERNE ;

( D ) BARSAC .

B . IMPORTED WHITE QUALITY WINES :

WHITE QUALITY WINES HAVING THE RIGHT TO THE NAME BEERENAUSLESE OR TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE COMMUNITY PROVISIONS OR IN THEIR ABSENCE WITH THOSE OF THE MEMBER STATES .

ARTICLE 2

IN RESPECT OF WINES OF WHICH THERE IS PROOF THEY WERE PRODUCED BEFORE 1 OCTOBER 1973 , THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 26A OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 816/70 :

- SHALL NOT APPLY IF THEY ARE MARKETED FOR DIRECT HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN CONTAINERS OF 5 LITRES OR LESS ;

- SHALL NOT APPLY ON OR BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1974 IF THEY ARE MARKETED FOR DIRECT HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN CONTAINERS OF MORE THAN 5 LITRES .

ARTICLE 3

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

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 OCTOBER 1973 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 12 OCTOBER 1973 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

FRANCOIS-XAVIER ORTOLI