NoC17/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.1.92
AmendedproposalforaCouncilRegulationamendingCouncilRegulation(EEC)No358/79
onsparklingwinesproducedintheCommunity
(92/C17/05)
(COM(91)532final)
(SubmittedbytheCommissionpursuanttoArticle149(3)oftheEECTreatyon13December
1991)
TheArticlesareherebyamendedasfollows:
'Article1
Regulation(EEC)No358/79isherebyamendedas
follows:
1.Article12(3)and(4)arereplacedasfollows:
"3.TheCommission shallsendtheCounciland
theEuropeanParliamentbefore1April1991areport,
basedonexperienceacquired,onmaximumsulphur
dioxidecontents,accompanied byanyappropriate
proposals,onwhichtheCouncilshalldecidebefore1
September1991inaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle43(2)oftheTreaty.
4.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle83ofRegulation(EEC)No
822/87."
2.InArticle14a:specifiedregion.However,theCommission
mayauthorizeaMemberState,underthe
procedureprovidedforinArticle83ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No822/87,toallowinexcep­
tionalcasesapercentageofproductsadded
greaterthan10%butnotgreaterthan
15%.";
(b)thesecondsubparagraph ofparagraph4is
replacedbythefollowing :
"Theyshallincludeinparticularthedefinitionof
areasinimmediateproximitytoaspecified
region,accountbeingtakeninparticularofthe
geographical situationandadministrative
structures."
3.Article16(4)isreplacedbythefollowing :
"4.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle83ofRegulation(EEC)No
822/87"
4.InArticle18:
(a)paragraph2isreplacedbythefollowing:
"2.Notwithstanding thefirstindentof
paragraph 1,insofarasatraditionalpractice
regulatedbyspecialrulesoftheproducer
MemberStateisconcerned,suchaMemberState
mayexpresslypermit,subjecttopropercontrols
andupuntil31December1995atthelatest,a
qualiywinepsrtobeobtainedbyadjustingthe
basicproductfromwhichthewineismadeto
includeoneormorevinousproductsnotorig­
inatingintheregiongivingitsnametothewine,
providedthat:
—thetypesofvinousproductaddedarenot
alreadyproducedinthespecifiedregionwith
characteristics identicaltotheproductsfrom
outsidetheregion,
—theadjustmentisinlinewiththewine-making
practicesanddefinitionsreferredtoinRegu­
lation(EEC)No822/87,
—thetotalvolumeofaddedvinousproducts
originatingoutsidethespecifiedregiondoes
notexceed10%ofthetotalvolumeofthe
wine-making inputsoriginatinginthe(a)thefirstsubparagraphofparagraph 1isreplaced
bythefollowing :
"1.Qualitysparklingwinesofthearomatic
typemaybeproducedonlybyusing,assole
constituentsofthecuvee,grapemustsorgrape
mustsinfermentation obtainedfromthevine
varietieslistedintheAnnexhereto.Thesame
shallapplytoqualitysparklingwinespsrofthe
aromatictype,providedthatthesevarietiesare
recognizedassuitablefortheproductionof
qualiywinespsrinthespecifiedregionwhose
namethequalitysparklingwinespsrbear.";
(b)paragraphs3and4arereplacedbythefollowing:
"3.Notwithstanding thefirstsubparagraphof
Article15(2),qualitysparklingwinesofthe
aromatictypeandqualitysparklingwinespsrof
thearomatictypeshall,whenkeptata
temperatureof20°Cinclosedcontainers,have
anexcesspressureofnotlessthan3bars.
4.Notwithstanding Article17,thedurationof
theprocessofmakingqualitysparklingwinesof
thearomatictypeandqualitysparklingwinespsr
ofthearomatictypemaynotbelessthanone
month."

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...(Glykerithra)
Huxelrebe
Macabeu
Allmalmsey-typewines
Mauzacblancandrosé
MonicaN
...(Moschofilero )5.Article22isreplacedbythefollowing :
"AllsparklingwinescoveredbyArticle1thatmetthe
requirementsofthisRegulationorRegulation(EEC)
No358/79inforceatthetimewhentheywere
producedbuttheproductionconditionsoranalytical
characteristics ofwhichnolongermeetthe
requirementsofthisRegulationasaresultof
amendmentstheretomaybeheldforsale,putonthe
marketorexporteduntilstocksareexhausted."
6.TheAnnexisreplacedbythefollwing:
"ANNEX
Listofvinevarietiesfromwhichqualitysparkling
winesofthearomatictypeandqualitysparkling
winespsrofthearomatictypemaybeproduced :
AleaticoN
...(Assyrtico)Müller-Thurgau
Allmuscadets
Parellada
Perle
Picpoul
Poulsard
Prosecco
Bourboulenc
BrachettoN
Clairette
Colombard
FreisaN
Gamay...(Roditis)
Scheurebe."
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.'Gewürztraminer
GiroN
AmendedproposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)amendingforthefifthtimeRegulation
(EEC)No3309/85layingdowngeneralrulesforthedescriptionandpresentationofsparkling
winesandaeratedsparklingwines
(92/C17/06)
COM(91)532final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionpursuanttoArticle149(3)oftheEECTreatyon13December
1991)
Thearticlesareherebyamendedasfollows: 2.InArticle5(3):
Article1(a)thethirdindentinthefirstsubparagraph is
replacedby:
Regulation(EEC)No3309/85isherebyamendedas
follows:"—'extradry','extratrocken'or'extraseco':
1.thesecondindentofArticle2isreplacedbythe
following :
"—packaging,protectiveenclosuressuchaspaper
andfillersofallkinds,cartonsandboxesused
forthetransportofoneormorecontainers
and/ortheirpresentationatthepointofsaleto
thefinalconsumer."iftheresidualsugarcontentisbetween12
and20gramsperlitre,"
(b)thefollowingsubparagraph isadded:
"Noinformationotherthanthatspecifiedinthe
firstandthirdsubparagraphs maybeusedonthe
labellingtoindicatetheproducttypeas
determinedbytheresidualsugarcontent."