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authority of the Member State on whose territory 
the wine is located only where the properties of the 
quality wine psr in question have deteriorated or 
altered as a result of a change noted during ageing, 
storage or transport. 
3. Detailed rules for the application of this 
Article, in particular as regards the use to be made 
of downgraded quality wines psr and the conditions 
governing such use, shall be adopted in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 83 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 822/87.' 
14. Article 18 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 18 
In addition to the provisions laid down in this Regu­
lation, producer Member States may, taking into 
account fair and traditional practices, lay down any 
additional or more stringent characteristics or 
conditions of . production, manufacture and 
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 Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the special provisions relating to quality wines 
produced in specified regions are laid down by Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 ('), as amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No ..../. .; whereas that Regulation has 
been amended by removing therefrom the detailed 
technical provisions relating in particular to the 
(') OJ No I 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59 movement in respect of the quality wines psr 
produced in their territory. 
They may in particular, in respect of the quality 
wines psr obtained on their territory 
— limit the maximum residual sugar content of a 
quality wine psr, particularly as regards the 
relationship between the actual alcoholic strength 
by volume and the residual sugar, 
— shorten the transitional period referred to in the 
third subparagraph of Article 8 (2) and the third 
indent of Article 9 (2) concerning the use of 
concentrated grape must.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
production and entry into free circulation of quality 
sparkling wines psr in order to transfer those provisions 
to Council Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 (2), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3310/85 (3), unless 
they are to be inserted into Regulation (EEC) No 
3309/85 laying down general rules for the description 
and presentation of sparkling wines and aerated 
sparkling wines (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No ..../. ., or have been made superfluous by more 
recent parallel legislation; 
Whereas, in view of the fact that rectified concentrated 
grape must is authorized for use in wine-making by 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (s) as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3146/87 (b), and in 
order to encourage the use of vine products as raw 
materials for the manufacture of sparkling wines, it 
should be provided that producers of sparkling wine may 
C) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 130. 
O OJ No L 32C, 29. 11. 1985, p. 19. 
(') OJ No L 320, 29. 11. 1985, p. 9. 
C) OJ No I. 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. 
(") OJ No I. 300, 23. 10. 1987, p. 4. Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 on sparkling 
wines produced in the Community as defined in point 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 
822/87 
COM(87) 642 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 17 December 1987) 
(88/C 14/07) 
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use rectified concentrated grape must; whereas, in order 
to avoid negative effects on quality, the use of 
concentrated grape must in the manufacture of sparkling 
wines should be prohibited after a transitional period; 
Whereas the same methods of analysis should apply for 
all categories of wine so as to make it easier to compare 
the results of different analyses; whereas it should be 
specified that the methods of analysis referred to in 
connection with the application of Article 74 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 822/87 also apply for the analysis of 
sparkling wines, ' 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The second paragraph of Article 2 is replaced by the 
following: 
'The provisions of this Regulation, with the 
exception of Title II, shall also apply to quality 
sparkling wines produced in specified regions 
(quality sparkling wines psr).' 
2. In Article 4, 
— the third indent of paragraph 1, and 
— the fourth indent of paragraph 2 
. are replaced, respectively, by the following: 
'— rectified concentrated grape must,' and 
'— during a transitional period ending on 31 August 
1989, concentrated grape must'; 
3. In the second subparagraph of Article 5(1), points 
(e) and (f) are replaced by the following: 
'(e) the method used is addition of dry sucrose, of 
rectified concentrated grape must or, during a 
transitional period ending on 31 August 1989, of 
concentrated grape must; 
(f) enrichment by the addition of sucrose is practised 
in the Member State concerned, either 
traditionally or exceptionally, in accordance with 
the rules existing on 24 November 1974.' 
4. Article-13 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 13 
1. The total alcoholic strength by volume 
(a) of the cuvees intended for the manufacture of 
quality sparkling wines shall be not less than 9 % 
vol; (b) of the cuvees intended for the manufacture of 
quality sparkling wines produced in specified 
regions shall be: 
— not less than 9,5 % vol in wine-growing 
zone C III, 
— not less than 9 % vol in other wine-growing 
zones. 
However, the cuvees intended for the manufacture 
of certain quality sparkling wines psr whose 
designation refers to a vine variety may have a total 
alcoholic strength by volume less than that given in 
the preceding subparagraph for the wine-growing 
zone in question. 
2. A list of the quality sparkling wines psr referred 
to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 and 
the minimum total alcoholic strength by volume of 
their respective cuvees shall be drawn up in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
83 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87.' 
5. The following Article is inserted after Article 14: 
Article 14a 
1. Quality sparkling wines psr shall be produced 
only: 
— from grapes of vine varieties which appear on the 
list provided for in Article 4 (1) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 823/87 and are harvested within the 
specified region, 
— by processing grapes as referred to in the first 
indent into must and processing the must thus 
obtained within the specified region where the 
grapes were harvested or in immediate proximity 
to that region. 
However, Member States may, in individual cases 
and subject to systematic control, authorize a quality 
sparkling wine psr to be manufactured outside the 
specified region or its immediate proximity where 
this is a traditional practice 
— in use at least since 24 November 1974, 
— during a transitional period ending on 31 August 
1992 in cases not covered by the first indent. 
2. 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.' 
6. Article 15 is replaced by the following: 
Article 15 
1. In preparing the tirage liqueur intended for the 
manufacture of quality sparkling wine, only the 
following may be used in addition to yeasts, sucrose 
and rectified concentrated grape must: 
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— grape must or grape must still in fermentation 
from which a wine suitable for yielding a table 
wine can be obtained, 
— wines suitable for yielding a table wine, 
— table wines, or 
— quality wines psr. 
In preparing the tirage liqueur intended for the 
manufacture of a quality sparkling wine psr, only the 
following may be used in addition to yeasts, sucrose 
and rectified concentrated grape must: 
— grape must, 
— grape must still in fermentation, 
— wine, 
— quality wine psr 
suitable for yielding the same quality sparkling wine 
psr as that to which the tirage liqueur is added. 
2. Notwithstanding point 15 of Annex I to Regu­
lation (EEC) No 822/87, quality sparkling wines 
and quality sparkling wines psr, when kept at a 
temperature of 20 °C in closed containers, shall have 
an excess pressure of not less than 3,5 bar. 
However, for quality sparkling wines and quality 
sparkling wines psr kept in containers of a capacity 
of less than 25 centilitres, the minimum excess 
pressure shall be 3 bar. 
3. 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.' 7. In Article 17 (3), '1 September 1987' is replaced by 
'1 September 1990'. 
8. Article 18 (2) is replaced by the following: 
'2. Notwithstanding Article 14, the actual 
alcoholic strength by volume of quality sparkling 
wines of the aromatic type and of quality sparkling 
wines psr of the aromatic type may not be less than 
6 % vol. 
The total alcoholic strength by volume of quality 
sparkling wines of the aromatic type and of quality 
sparkling wines psr of the aromatic type may not be 
less than 10 % vol.' 
9. The following paragraph is added to Article 19: 
'Member States may, in respect of the sparkling 
wines made on their territory, shorten the 
transitional period referred to in the fourth indent of 
Article 4(1) and the fifth indent of Article 4 (2) and 
in the second subparagraph of Article 5 (1) under (e) 
concerning the use of concentrated grape must.' 
10. Article 20 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 20 
The methods of analysis to be used for the purposes 
of this Regulation shall be those referred to in 
Article 74 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.