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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1271/2014 of 28 November 2014 authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment            of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2014 from certain wine grape varieties in certain wine-growing regions or a            part thereof         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1271/2014                     

# of 28 November 2014

# authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2014 from certain                        wine grape varieties in certain wine-growing regions or a part thereof                     

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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 products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No                           234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007(1), and in particular Article 91 thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Point A.3 of Part I of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides that Member States may request that the limits                              for increasing the alcoholic strength (enrichment) of wine by volume be raised by up to 0,5 % in years in which climatic conditions                              have been exceptionally unfavourable.

(2)Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia have                              requested such increases of the limits for enrichment of the wine produced using the grapes harvested in the year 2014, as                              climatic conditions during the growing season have been exceptionally unfavourable. Such request has been made by Bulgaria,                              the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia for all their wine-growing regions. Belgium                              made the request for one region, Germany for some regions and parts of the regions of Mosel and Saale-Unstrut, France for                              some communes within the departments of Aude and Hérault, and Italy for some regions in the North and Centre of Italy and                              a PDO area in the regions of Umbria and Lazio. Belgium, France and Italy have requested the increases of the limits of enrichment                              for all wine made from grape varieties growing in the areas having suffered from the exceptionally unfavourable weather conditions.                              Germany requested the increase of enrichment only for wine made from specific wine grape varieties affected for the regions                              of Baden, Württemberg and Mecklenburger Landwein and the concerned part of the region of Saale-Unstrut.

(3)Due to the exceptionally adverse weather conditions during 2014, the limits on increases in the natural alcoholic strength                              provided for in point A.2 of Part I of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 do not enable the production of wine with                              an appropriate total alcoholic strength from all or certain wine grape varieties in certain wine-growing regions or a part                              thereof for which there would normally be market demand.

(4)Having regard to the purpose of Part I of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, namely to discourage and limit enrichment                              of wine, and given the exceptional nature of the derogation in point A.3 of that Part, authorisations to increase the limits                              for the enrichment of wine should be granted only for the wine-growing regions or parts thereof and for the grape varieties                              affected by exceptionally unfavourable climatic conditions. Therefore, in Belgium, the authorisation should only be granted                              to the region of Wallonia that has suffered such climatic conditions. In Germany, the authorisation should only be granted                              for wine from the wine grape varieties Blauer Spätburgunder, Schwarzriesling, Blauer Gutedel, Weißer Gutedel and Blauer Trollinger                              affected by such climatic conditions in the region of Baden; for wine from all red wine grape varieties affected by such climatic                              conditions in the regions of Hessische Bergstraße and Rheingau; from all red wine grape varieties and from the white wine                              grape varieties Bacchus, Blauer Silvaner, Cabernet Blanc, Grüner Silvaner, Johanniter, Müller-Thurgau, Ruländer, Sauvignon                              Blanc, Scheurebe, Weißer Elbling, Weißer Gutedel, Weißer Riesling and Weißer Burgunder affected by such climatic conditions                              in part of the region of Saale-Unstrut; from the wine grape variety Blauer Trollinger affected by such climatic conditions                              in the region of Württemberg; from the wine grape varieties Phoenix, Müller-Thurgau, Elbling and Regent affected by such climatic                              conditions in the region of Mecklenburger Landwein; and from all wine grape varieties in the regions of Ahr, Mittelrhein,                              Nahe, Pfalz and Rheinhessen and in part of the region of Mosel that have suffered such climatic conditions. In France, the                              authorisation should only be granted for a limited number of communes in the department of Aude and Hérault that have suffered                              such climatic conditions. In Italy, the authorisation should only be granted to the regions of Veneto, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia,                              Provincia autonoma di Trento, Provincia autonoma di Bolzano, Lombardia, Piemonte, Emilia-Romagna, Toscana, Abruzzo and Puglia                              and to the area of the Protected Denomination of Origin ‘Orvieto’ in the regions of Umbria and Lazio, that have suffered such                              climatic conditions.

(5)It is therefore appropriate to authorise an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using all or certain                              varieties of wine grapes harvested in 2014, in wine-growing regions in Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, France,                              Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia or a part thereof.

(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation                              of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

By way of derogation from point A.3 of Part I of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, in the wine-growing regions or                     a part thereof listed in the Annex to this Regulation and for all or certain wine grape varieties as specified in that Annex,                     the increase in natural alcoholic strength by volume of fresh grapes harvested in the year 2014, grape must, grape must in                     fermentation, new wine still in fermentation and wine produced using the grapes harvested in the year 2014, shall not exceed                     the following limits:                  

3,5 % vol. in wine-growing zone A referred to in appendix I to Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

2,5 % vol. in wine-growing zone B referred to in appendix I to Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

2,0 % vol. in wine-growing zone C referred to in appendix I to Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

# Article 2U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 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, 28 November 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

Jean-Claude Juncker                            

## ANNEXU.K.Wine grape varieties and wine-growing regions or a part thereof where an increase of the enrichment limit is authorised pursuant                        to Article 1

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OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.