No L 273/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 10. 76 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2417/76 of 5§ October 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 laying down detailed rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must 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 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi- sions for the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1167/76 (?), and in particular Article 28 (4) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1848/76 of 27 July 1976 laying down general rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas the V I documents which must accompany imports are specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 laying down detailed rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must (*); whereas, since this form of document may not be available everywhere it is needed, provision should be made, on the basis of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1848/76, for the form of document previously used for this purpose to continue to be used for a transitional period ; Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 provides that the Regulation shall not apply to wines shown to have been dispatched from the third country in question before the date on which it took effect; whereas, in order to avoid administrative difficulties, this exception should be extended to other products of the wine sector; Whereas Annex IIl to Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 specifies the production zones in non-member coun- tries that are comparable to the Community zones latd down in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ; whereas Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1160/76 of 17 May 1976 amending Regula- tion (EEC) No 816/70 laying down additional provi- sions for the common organization of the market in wine (°), amended Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 by subheading zone C I ; whereas Annex III to No L 99, 5. 5. 1970, p. 1. No L 135, 24. 5. 1976, p. 42. No L 204, 30. 7. 1976, p. S. No L 237, 28. 8. 1976, p. 1. No L 135, 24. 5. 1976, p. 1. Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 should therefore be f amended ; Whereas it is provided in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1848/76 that the certificate and analysis report are to dispensed with for imports into the Community of wines in containers of two litres or less originating in certain non-member countries ; whereas, however, certain consignments of wine from those non-member countries are still dispatched in containers of more than two litres; whereas, to ease the transition to the new system, particularly as certain Member States are entitled to defer until 31 December 1979 the implementation of the Council Directive of 19 December 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up by volume of certain prepackaged liquids (¢), it should be provided, on the basis of Article 4 of the Regulation, that those consignments may for a specified period quality for the exemption referred to above ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Wine, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The following sentence is added to Article 1 of Regula- tion (EEC) No'2115/76 : ‘However, with the exception of sparkling wines and liqueur wines, wines shown to have been dispatched before 1 December 1976 may be accompanied by V I documents in the form used prior to 1 September 1976. Article 2 Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 is amended to read as follows : (&) OJ No L 42, 15. 2. 1975, p. 1.