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Document 61987CJ0311
Summary of the Judgment
Summary of the Judgment
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Agriculture - Common organization of the markets - Wine - Description and presentation of wines - Information on bottling - Group of wine-growers whose wines are bottled by an outside undertaking - Use of the term "Erzeugerabfuellung" - Conditions
( Council Regulation No 355/79, Art . 12 ( 2 ) ( q ); Commission Regulation No 997/81, Art . 17 ( 1 ) ( a ) )
The second indent of Article 12 ( 2 ) ( q ) of Regulation No 355/79 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts is to be interpreted as meaning that the use of the description "Erzeugerabfuellung" by a group of vineyards whose wine has been bottled in the facilities of an undertaking which does not form part of that group is subject to the condition that the entire operation must take place under the actual direction and strict, continuous supervision of that group and at its sole responsibility .