No L 343/20 Official Journal of the -European Communities 20. 12. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3590/85 of 18 December 1985 on the certificate and analysis report required for the importation of wine, 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 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3307/85 (), and in particular Articles 50 (5), 51 (2) and 65 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 354/79 of S February 1979 laying down general rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2633/85(%), and in particular Articles 1 and la thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2633/85 amended Regula- tion (EEC) No 354/79 in order to simplify the adminis- trative procedure relating to imports of wine from certain third countries which have offered special guarantees accepted by the Community ; whereas Commission Regu- lation (EEC) No 2115/76 of 20 August 1976 laying down general rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must () should be replaced in consequence ; Whereas, in order to facilitate controls by the competent authorities of Member States, the form and, where neces- sary, the content of the certificate and analysis report provided for and the conditions under which they are to be used should be laid down; Whereas, in order to prevent fraud, the certificate and, where appropriate, the analysis report relating to each con signment of imported product must be checked ; whereas, to this end, the document(s) must accompany each consignment until it is placed under Community control ; Whereas, to take commercial practice into account, the competent authorities must be empowered, where a consignment of wine is split up, to have an extract of the certificate and of the analysis report drawn up under their supervision to accompany each new consignment resulting from the splitting ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 354/79, under certain conditions certificates and analysis reports drawn up by duly authorized producers may be accepted as valid by the competent OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. OJ No L 320, 29. 11. 1985, p. 1. O] No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 97. O] No L 251, 20. 9. 1985, p. 3. OJ No L 237, 28. 8. 1976, p. 1 authorities in the Community where the third country in question has offered special guarantees accepted by the Community ; whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article la of that Regulation, documents comprising simplified analysis reports may be accepted under the same conditions ; whereas in order to facilitate the import into the Community of wines originating in certain third countries, such rights should be exercised and the requisite detailed rules of application should be laid down ; Whereas lists containing the names and addresses of the agencies and laboratories authorized in third countries to draw up certificates and analysis reports should be published so that the authorities in the Community which supervise the import of vine products can, where necessary, carry out the requisite checks; Whereas, in accordance with Article S1 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, vine products may be offered for direct human consumption in the Community only on condi- tion that they were produced by means of oenological practices permitted in the Community ; whereas, in addi- tion, where an imported product has been subjected to enrichment, acidification or deacidification, provision should be made to ensure that it is authorized for direct human consumption in the Community only where the limits specified for the Community wine-growing zone whose natural production conditions are equivalent to those in the region in which the imported product origi- nates have been complied with; Whereas the task of the exporters and the authorities should be simplified by providing that a statement that the alcohol added to liqueur wines and wines fortified for distillation is of vinous origin should be included in the V11 document without requiring a separate document for this statement; whereas, for the same purpose, it should be provided that the VI1 document may, if desired, serve as the certificate testifying to the desig- nation of origin required for the importation of wines, eligible for a tariff reduction ; whereas, however, ‘Boberg’ and ‘Tokaj (Aszu and Szamorodni) liqueur wines are exempt from the presentation of a certificate and an analysis report pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 354/79 provided that a certificate of designation of origin is presented ; whereas it should be provided that the VI 1 document may be used to certify the designation of origin of the said liqueur wines and that the section relating to the analysis report need not be completed; Whereas, in order to avoid difficulties of an administrative nature, transitional measures must be taken ;