Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 1912

I, GUY STEPHEN MONTAGUE GREEN, Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980.

Dated 30 July 2003

G. S. M. GREEN

Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 August 2003.

3 Amendment of Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Regulations 1981

  Schedule 1 amends the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Regulations 1981.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

 

[1] After regulation 6

insert

6AA Conditions of export — exports to EC countries

 (1) The export of a grape product to an EC country is prohibited unless the exporter has given to the Corporation a written declaration signed by the exporter stating that the description and presentation of the product complies with the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation – Administrative Guideline – Labelling for EC Countries in relation to the use of the following information:

 (a) the name, address and occupation of a person involved in marketing the product;

 (b) the product type;

 (c) the colour of the product;

 (d) the vintage year;

 (e) the name of a vine variety;

 (f) the production method;

 (g) a traditional expression;

 (h) the name of a vineyard;

 (i) the place where the product was bottled.

 (2) In this regulation:

Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation – Administrative Guideline – Labelling for EC Countries means the document of that name approved by the Corporation in June 2003.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1981 No. 156, as amended by 1986 No. 161; 1993 No. 374; 1994 No. 338; 2000 No. 130; 2001 No. 76; 2002 No. 60.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 July 2003.