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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX  
[…](2018) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards analysis methods for determining the physical, 
chemical and organoleptic characteristics of grapevine products and notifications of 
Member States decisions concerning increases in natural alcoholic strength   EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards analysis methods for determining the physical, 
chemical and organoleptic characteristics of grapevine products and notifications of 
Member States decisions concerning increases in natural alcoholic strength  
THE EUROPEAN COMMIS SION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in 
agricultural pr oducts  and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, 
(EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/20071 and in particular Article s 80(5) , 91(d) and 
223(3) thereof , 
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 repealed and replaced Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1234/20072. Section 1 of Chapter I of Title II of Part II of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 lays down rules on the categories of grapevine products, oenological 
practices and the applicable restrictions and empowers the Commission to adopt 
delegated and implementing acts in that respect. In order to ensure the smooth 
functioning of the wine market in the new legal framework, certain rules have to be 
adopted by means of such acts. Those acts should replace the provisions of 
Commission Regulation (EC ) No 60 6/20093 which is repealed by Commission 
Delegated Regulation (EU)4 [oenological  Delegated Regulation ].  
(2) Pursuant to Article 80 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013  the analysis methods for 
determin ing the physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics of grapevine 
products and the rules for checking whether those products have been subjected to 
processes in violation of authorised oenological practice should be  those 
recommended and published by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine 
(OIV) in the Compendium of International Methods of Analysis of Wines and Musts , 
unless they would be ineffective or inappropriate in view of the objective pursued by 
the Union.  
(3) Where speci al analysis methods are necessary for certain Union  grapevine  products 
and they have not been established by the OIV, those speci al methods should be laid 
down  in the Annex to this Regulation . 
                                                 
1 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671 . 
2 Council Regulation  (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organization of 
agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO 
Regulation) (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1).  
3 Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 of 10 July 2009  laying down certain detailed rules for 
implement ing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, 
oenological practices and the applicable restrictions (OJ L 193 , 24.7.2009, p. 1). 
4 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/…  of […] [...] (OJ L […]).  EN 2  EN (4) Point 3 of Section A of Part I of Annex VIII of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 sets 
out an obligation for Member States to notify the Commission of any increase in the 
limit s laid down in point 2 of that S ection. Details concerning the submission of this 
information by Member States to the Commission  should be laid down . 
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with  the opinion of the  
Committee  for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets , 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
 
Scope  
 
This Regulation lays down rules for the application of Title II, Chapter  I of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 , concerning analysis methods for determining the physical, chemical and 
organoleptic characteristics of grapevine products and notifications of Member States 
decisions concerning increases in natural alcoholic strength . 
Article 2  
 
Applicable Union  analysis methods  
 
1. The analysis methods referred to  in point (d) of Article 75 (5) of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013  to be used for verification of the limits applicable to  allyl isothiocyanate  laid 
down by Union rules for the production of certain grapevine  products are laid  down in the 
Annex to this Regulation.  
2. All other methods applicable for verification of the limits and requirements laid down by 
Union rules for the production of certain grapevine products  shall be  those described in the 
Compendium of International Met hods of Analysis of Wines and Musts of the International 
Organisation of Vine , unless they are outdated, inefficient or the method s are not provided for 
in the Compendium. In this case, the methods and rules used shall be those allowed by the 
Member States  concerned.  
Article 3  
 
Notification of Member States decisions allowing an increas e in natural alcoholic strength  
1. Member States opting  to make use of the possibility to allow an increase in the natural 
alcoholic strength by volume pursuant to point 3 of  Section A of Part I of Annex VIII of 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/ 2013 shall notify the Commission of this before they adopt the 
decision. In the notification , the Member  States shall specify  the percentages  by which the 
limits laid down in Point 2 of Section A of Part I of Annex VIII of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 have been raised , the regions and the varieties concerned by the decision and 
they shall submit data and evidence indicating that the climatic conditions have been 
exceptionally unfavourable in the regions concerned . EN 3  EN 2. The notification  shall be made in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 
2017/11835 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/11856. 
3. The notification shall be communicated by the Commission to the authorities of the other 
Member States through the information system put in place by the Commission . 
Article 4  
 
Entry into force  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union .  
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Jean -Claude Juncker  
                                                 
5 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 of 20 April 2017 on supplementing Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 
and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the notificatio ns to the Commission 
of information and documents (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 100 -102). 
6 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 of 20 April 2017 laying down rules for the application of 
Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards 
notifications to the Commission of information and documents and amending and repealing several Commission 
Regulations  (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p.  113).