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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 
823/87 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions 
(91/C 84/10) 
COM(90) 554 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 11 March 1991) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the first indent of Article 6 (1) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 823/87 laying down special provisions 
relating to quality wines produced in specified 
regions ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
2043/89 (2), defines the principle that quality wines 
produced in a specified region, hereinafter called 'quality 
wines psr', may be made only from grapes harvested 
within the specified region whose name they bear; 
whereas in order better to harmonize the conditions of 
competition between the specified regions in the 
production of quality wines, derogations from the above 
principle should be permitted only during a transitional 
period expiring on 31 December 1994, even in the case 
of authorizations granted pursuant to current rules; 
Whereas experience has shown that it should be 
provided that the geographical name designating a 
specified region should be sufficiently distinctive to avoid 
confusion with trade descriptions which are actually 
established and recognized, 
(') OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59. 
(2) OJ No L 202, 14. 7. 1989, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. In Article 6: 
(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 
'2. Notwithstanding the first indent of 
paragraph 1, in the case of a traditional practice 
governed by special provisions of the Member 
State of production, that Member State may 
permit, until 31 December 1994 at the latest, by 
means of express authorizations and subject to 
appropriate control, that a quality wine psr be 
obtained by adjusting the basic product of that 
wine by adding one or more wine-sector products 
which do not originate in the specified region 
whose name the wine bears, provided that: 
— this type of added wine-sector product is not 
produced in that specified region with the 
same characteristics as products not orig­
inating therein, 
— this adjustment is consistent with the oeno-
logical practices and definitions referred to in 
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, 
— the total volume of added wine-sector 
products which do not originate in the 
specified region does not exceed 10 % of the 
total volume of products used which originate 
in the specified region.' 
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(b) the second subparagraph of paragraph 5 is 
replaced by the following: 
They shall include in particular the definition of 
areas in immediate proximity to a specified 
region, account being taken in particular of the 
geographical situation and administrative 
structures.' 
2. In Article 15: 
(a) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 
3: 
'The geographical name designating a specified 
region must be sufficiently distinctive to avoid any confusion with trade descriptions which are 
actually established and recognized.'; 
(b) in the third subparagraph of paragraph 4, '31 
August 1991' is replaced by '31 August 1992'. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 on 
sparkling wines produced in the Community 
(91/C 84/11) 
COM(90) 554 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 11 March 1991) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, Whereas experience dictates that the rules on the 
production of sparkling wines should distinguish between 
quality sparkling wines of the aromatic type and quality 
sparkling wines of the aromatic type produced in 
specified regions (quality sparkling wines psr of the 
aromatic type), 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 12 (3) and (4) is replaced by the following: 
Whereas the Commission put to the Council a proposal 
for consolidation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
358/79 of 5 February 1979 ('), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1328/90 O; whereas it emerged on 
scrutiny of the proposal that it is necessary to extend the 
permitted periods of authorization of the present 
maximum sulphur dioxide contents of sparkling wines; '3. The Commission shall send the Council before 
1 April 1991 a report, based on experience acquired, 
on maximum sulphur dioxide contents, accompanied 
by any appropriate proposals, on which the Council 
shall act by a qualified majority before 1 September 
1991. 
(') OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 130. 
(2) OJ No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 23. 4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article 
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 83 of Regulation (EEC) No 
822/87.'