Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 (repealed)Show full title

CHAPTER IV Rules applying to imports

Article 82 Import requirements

1. Save as otherwise provided for, in particular in agreements concluded pursuant to Article 300 of the Treaty, the provisions concerning designations of origin and geographical indications and labelling set out in Chapters III and IV of Title III of this Regulation, where applicable, as well as Article 25(2) of this Regulation shall apply to products falling under CN codes 2009 61, 2009 69 and 2204 which are imported into the Community.

2. Save as otherwise provided in agreements concluded pursuant to Article 300 of the Treaty, products referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be produced in accordance with oenological practices recommended and published by the OIV or authorised by the Community pursuant to this Regulation and its implementing measures.

3. The importation of the products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the presentation of:

(a) a certificate evincing compliance with the provisions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, to be drawn up by a competent body, included on a list to be made public by the Commission, in the country from which the product comes;

(b) an analysis report drawn up by a body or department designated by the country from which the product comes, in so far as the product is intended for direct human consumption.

Article 83 Tariff quotas

1. Tariff quotas for imports of products covered by this Regulation resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty or from any other act of the Council shall be opened and administered in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 113(1) of this Regulation.

2. Tariff quotas shall be administered in a manner which avoids any discrimination between the operators concerned, by applying one of the following methods or a combination of them or another appropriate method:

(a) a method based on the chronological order of the lodging of applications (first come, first served principle);

(b) a method of distribution in proportion to the quantities requested when the applications were lodged (simultaneous examination method);

(c) a method based on taking traditional trade patterns into account (traditional/new arrival method).

3. The method of administration adopted for the management of tariff quotas shall, where appropriate, give due weight to the supply requirements of the Community market and the need to safeguard the equilibrium of that market.

Article 84 Implementing measures

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Chapter shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 113(1).

Those measures may in particular include:

(a)

details on the import requirements;

(b)

guarantees covering the nature, provenance and origin of the product;

(c)

recognition of the document used for verifying the guarantees referred to in (b).