20. 9. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 251/3 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2633/85 of 16 September 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 354/79 laying down general rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty est'ablishing 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 798/85 (%), and in particular Article 50 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 354/79(), as last amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, laid down the general rules for the import of wines, grape juice and grape must ; Whereas some third countries, having established vis- a-vis their wine producers an effective inspection system implemented by the bodies or services of those third countries, referred to in Article 50 (1) (a) of Regu- lation (EEC) No 337/79, have expressed an interest in the possibility of authorizing the producers themselves to issue certificates and analysis reports provided for in that Article ; whereas, with a view to facilitating trade with those third countries, in so far as they have concluded undertakings with the Community which include clauses, concerning closer cooperation on the prevention of fraud and maintain good trade relations with the Community, it is appropriate to authorize those concerned, in a manner similar to that already allowed for wines of Community origin, to consider documents issued by the producers themselves as documents issued by the said bodies or services of the third countries, provided that they provide appropriate assurances and exert proper control over the issue of such documents ; Whereas, in order to test the effectiveness of the new system, it should be stipulated from the outset, that these rules will apply only for a three-year trial period ; Whereas, in view of the need to ensure swift and effec- tive protection of consumers, it is essential to provide for the possibility of temporarily suspending the new arrangements before the end of the test period in the event of a health risk to the consumer or in the event of fraud; () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 89, 29. 3. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 97. Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 354/79 sets out the conditions which the analysis reports must meet ; whereas with a view to facilitating trade with third countries which can provide sufficient assurances with regard to the production of wine, it is appropriate to stipulate that only certain particulars need be provided with regard to wine originating in those third countries ; Whereas the present wording of Article 2 (1) of Regu- lation (EEC) No 354/79 has given rise to difficulties of interpretation with regard to the total quantity exempted from the requirement to present the docu- ments in question; whereas it should therefore be adapted for reasons of clarity; Whereas the arrangements laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 354/79 should therefore be amended, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 354/79 is hereby amended as follows : ' 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: Article 1 1. The certificate and the analysis report referred to in Article 50 (1) (a), first and second indents respectively, of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 shall form a single document: (a) the “certificate” part of which shall be made out by a body of the third country in which the products originated, those countries to be indi- cated on a list to be adopted; (b) the “analysis report” part of which shall be made out by an official laboratory recognized by the third country in which the products origi- nated, that laboratory also to appear on the list referred to under (a). 2. According to the procedure laid down in Article 67 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, and on condition that the assurances provided by the third country concerned have been accepted by the Community, documents drawn up by the producers may be considered as certificates or analysis reports made out by the bodies and laboratories appearing on the list referred to in paragraph 1, provided that :