{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1980-632/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/1980/632",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 632/80 of 14 March 1980 laying down detailed rules for the addition of sucrose in aqueous solution in the case of specified wine products in certain regions of wine-growing zone A and amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1594/70",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1980-632",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 632/80\nof 14 March 1980\nlaying down detailed rules for the addition of sucrose in aqueous solution in the case of specified wine products in certain regions of wine-growing zone A and amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1594/70\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 459/80, and in particular Article 33 (8) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 of 5 February 1979 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 459/80, and in particular Article 8 (6) thereof,\nWhereas the result of the recent amendment to Regulations (EEC) No 337/79 and (EEC) No 338/79 is that the second subparagraph of Article 33 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 and the fifth subparagraph of Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 338/79 provide for the possibility of adding, until 15 March 1984, sucrose in aqueous solution in the case of products made from vine varieties which yield relatively acidic grapes and which are made from grapes harvested in certain wine-growing regions in the northern part of wine-growing zone A in which this practice is traditional and customary; whereas it is necessary, therefore, to specify the vine varieties as well as the regions concerned;\nWhereas specifying such vine varieties renders superfluous Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1594/70, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2531/77;\nWhereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 57, 29. 2. 1980, p. 32."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No L 173, 6. 8. 1970, p. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No L 294, 18. 11. 1977, p 10."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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