JUDGMENT OF 9. 12. 1975 -CASE 64/75 PROCUREUR GENERAL v MOMMESSIN

In Case 64/75, Reference to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Cour d'Appel, Lyon, for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court between:

THE COURT composed of: R. Lecourt, President, H. Kutscher, President of Chamber, A. M. Donner, J. Mertens de Wilmars, P. Pescatore, M. Sørensen and Lord Mackenzie Stuart, Judges, Advocate-GÉNÉRAL: A. Trabucchi Registrar: A. Van Houtte

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Facts

I — Facts and procedure

II — Written observations submitted to the Court

1. Observations of the French Government

2. Observations of the Commission

Law

Costs

1 Article 8 of the Code du Vin uses the expression reduced extract, the definition of which is annexed to the Order of 24 June 1963 on official methods for the analysis of wine and grape musts:The reduced extract is the total reduced dry extract less all the total sugars in excess of 1 gramme, potassium sulphate in excess of 1 gramme, mannitol, if any, and all chemical substances which may have been added to the wine.