PART IIINTERNAL MARKET

TITLE IIRULES CONCERNING MARKETING AND PRODUCTION

F2CHAPTER IRules concerning marketing and production

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F2Section IMarketing rules

Article 113cF1Marketing rules to improve and stabilise the operation of the common market in wines

1

In order to improve and stabilise the operation of the common market in wines, including the grapes, musts and wines from which they derive, producer Member States may lay down marketing rules to regulate supply, particularly by way of implementing decisions taken by the inter-branch organisations referred to in Articles 123(3) and 125o.

Such rules shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and shall not:

a

relate to any transaction after the first marketing of the produce concerned;

b

allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation;

c

render unavailable an excessive proportion of the vintage that would otherwise be available;

d

provide scope for refusing to issue the national and Community certificates required for the circulation and marketing of wines where such marketing is in accordance with those rules.

2

The rules referred to in paragraph 1 must be brought to the attention of operators by publication in extenso in an official publication of the Member State concerned.

3

The reporting obligation referred to in Article 125o(3) shall also apply in respect of the decisions or actions taken by the Member States in accordance with this Article.