VII. Wine and spirit drinks

1. 386 R 2392: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 of 24 July 1986 establishing a Community vineyard register (OJ No L 208, 31.7.1986, p. 1), as last amended by:

- 390 R 3577: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 of 4 December 1990 (OJ No L 353, 17.12.1990, p. 23).

The following sentence is added to Article 4 (1), first subparagraph:

'In Austria it shall be established within 2 years from the date of accession`.

2. 387 R 0822: Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (OJ No L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1), as last amended by:

- 393 R 1566: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1566/93 of 14 June 1993 (OJ No L 154, 25.6.1993, p. 39).

In Article 9 (1), second subparagraph under (a), first indent, 'and Austria` is added after 'in Germany`.

3. 387 R 0823: Council Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 of 16 March 1987 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions (OJ No L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 59), as last amended by:

- 391 R 3896: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/91 of 16 December 1991 (OJ No L 368, 31.12.1991, p. 3).

The following point is added to Article 15 (2):

'(h) for Austria:

the following terms which accompany an indication of the origin of the wine:

- "Qualitaetswein mit staatlicher Pruefnummer", "Qualitaetswein"

- "Kabinett" or "Kabinettwein"

- "Qualitaetswein besonderer Reife und Leseart" or "Praedikatswein"

- "Spaetlese" or "Spaetlesewein"

- "Auslese" or "Auslesewein"

- "Beerenauslese" or "Beerenauslesewein"

- "Ausbruch" or "Ausbruchwein"

- "Trockenbeerenauslese" or "Trockenbeerenauslesewein"

- "Eiswein", "Strohwein".`

4. 389 R 1576: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 of 29 May 1989 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks (OJ No L 160, 12.6.1989, p. 1), as amended by:

- 392 R 3280: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3280/92 of 9 November 1992 (OJ No L 327, 13.11.1992, p. 3).

(a) The following is inserted as point (3) in Article 1 (4) (r):

'(3) The name "Jaegertee", "Jagertee" and "Jagatee" shall be reserved for the liqueur originating in Austria and prepared from ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, essences of certain spirit drinks or tea, with the addition of several natural flavouring substances such as those defined in Article 1 (2) (b) (i) of Directive 88/388/EEC. The alcoholic strength shall be at least 22,5 % vol. The sugar content, expressed as invert sugar, shall be at least 100 grammes per litre.`

(b) The following is added to Article 1 (4) as (u):

'(u) Vaekevae gloegi/Spritgloegg

A spirit drink produced by flavouring ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin with natural or nature identical aroma of cloves and/or cinnamon using one of the following processes: maceration and/or distillation, redistillation of the alcohol in the presence of parts of the plants specified above, addition of natural or nature identical flavour of cloves or cinnamon or a combination of these methods.

Other natural or nature identical plant extracts of flavours in conformity with Directive 88/388/EEC may also be used, but the flavour of the specified spices must be predominant. The content of wine or wine products may not exceed 50 percent.`

(c) In Article 4 (5), second subparagraph (a), the following indents are added:

' - cloudberry,

- arctic bramble,

- cranberry,

- lingonberry,

- sea buckthorn;`

(d) In Annex II: the following are added to

'5. Brandy`:

'Wachauer Weinbrand, Weinbrand Duernstein`;

the following are added to '7. Fruit spirit`:

'Wachauer Marillenbrand`;

the following are added to '12. Caraway-flavoured spirit drinks`:

'Norsk Akevitt/Norsk Akvavit/Norsk Aquavit/Norwegian Aquavit`

'Svensk Aquavit/Svensk Akvavit/Swedish Aquavit`;

the following are added to '14. Liqueur`:

'Finnish berry/fruit liqueur

Grossglockner Alpenbitter

Mariazeller Magenlikoer

Mariazeller Jagasaftl

Puchheimer Bitter

Puchheimer Schlossgeist

Steinfelder Magenbitter

Wachauer Marillenlikoer`;

the following is added to '15. Spirit drinks`:

'Svensk Punsch/Swedish Punsch`;

the following is added as point 16:

'16. Vodka: Norsk Vodka/Norwegian Vodka

Svensk Vodka/Swedish Vodka

Suomalainen Vodka/Finsk Vodka/ Vodka of Finland`.

5. 389 R 2389: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2389/89 of 24 July 1989 on general rules for the classification of vine varieties (OJ No L 232, 9.8.1989, p. 1), as amended by:

- 390 R 3577: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 of 4 December 1990 (OJ No L 353, 17.12.1990, p. 23).

In Article 3 (1) the following indent is inserted before:

'- the region in Portugal,`:

'- Bundesland in Austria,`.

6. 389 R 2392: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89 of 24 July 1989 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts (OJ No L 232, 9.8.1989, p. 13), as last amended by:

- 391 R 3897: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3897/91 of 16 December 1991 (OJ No L 368, 31.12.1991, p. 5).

In Article 2 (3), the first indent in (i) is replaced by:

'- "Landwein" for table wines originating in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria,`.

7. 389 R 3677: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3677/89 of 7 December 1989 on the total alcoholic strength by volume and the total acidity of certain imported quality wines and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2931/80 (OJ No L 360, 9.12.1989, p. 1), as last amended by:

- 393 R 2606: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2606/93 of 21 September 1993 (OJ No L 239, 24.9.1993, p. 6).

Article 1 (1) (a) is deleted with effect from 1 March 1995.

8. 391 R 1601: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 of 10 June 1991 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails (OJ No L 149, 14.6.1991, p. 1), as last amended by:

- 392 R 3279: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3279/92 of 9 November 1992 (OJ No L 327, 13.11.1992, p. 1).

(a) The following is added as (d) to Article 2 (2):

'(d) Vaekevae viinigloegi/Starkvinsgloegg

An aromatized wine which has been prepared from wine as referred to in paragraph 1 (a), the characteristic taste of which is obtained by the use of cloves and/or cinnamon which must always be used together with other spices; this drink may be sweetened according to Article 3 (a).'

(b) The following is inserted as (f) a and (f) b in Article 2 (3):

' (f)a Viinigloegi/Vingloegg

An aromatized drink obtained exclusively from red or white wine and sugar, flavoured mainly with cinnamon and/or cloves. Where it has been prepared from white wine, the sales description "Viinigloegi/Vingloegg" must be supplemented by the words "white wine".

(f)b Gloegg

An aromatized drink obtained exclusively from red or white wine and sugar, flavoured mainly with cinnamon and/or cloves. Where it has been prepared from white wine, the sales description "Gloegg" must be supplemented by the words "white wine".`

9. 392 R 2333: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2333/92 of 13 July 1992 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of sparkling wines and aerated sparkling wines (OJ No L 231, 13.8.1992, p. 9).

In Article 6 (6), first subparagraph, point (a) is replaced by the following text:

'(a) the term "Winzersekt" shall be reserved for quality sparkling wines psr produced in Germany and the term "Hauersekt" shall be reserved for quality sparkling wines psr produced in Austria, which both are:

- produced from grapes harvested in the same vineyard, including producer groups, where the producer, as defined in Article 5 (4), makes into wine grapes intended for the preparation of quality sparkling wines psr,

- marketed by the producer referred to in the first indent and made available with labels indicating the vineyard, the vine variety and the year.`