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2. bourses for post-doctoral research fellowships, to be offered to Community nationals from a different 
country to that of the institution, or to Community nationals returning from non-European institutions; 
3. grants for research projects or networks of European interest; 
4. financial support for information networks, including data-banks and documentation. 
The criteria that requests for bourses and research grants should meet would be the following: 
(a) scientific excellence; 
(b) the substance of the research should be of European-level interest; 
(c) there should be a multi-national European aspect to the organization of the project (multi-national 
participation, or activity outside country of nationality). 
The economic sciences, like the natural sceinces, can profit greatly from the establishment of research 
networks. Research institutions specializing in the building of multiple networks have demonstrated their 
value in the economic as well as natural sciences,, exploiting economies of scale in communication between 
scientists. Such organizations should be eligible for support, but by no means exclusively. 
The strength of some of the northern European countries outside the Community is very considerable in 
the economic sciences. The programme should be open to requests by such countries to participate, on the 
basis of financing schemes for which there are already precedents (through association agreements with the 
individual countries) in the Community's framework programmes for research. 
The programme would cost about six million ECU in total for the four years 1989 to 1992, starting at a 
level of about one million ECU, rising to two million ECU. Preliminary activities in 1988 would be 
financed under line 7302 of the budget. Definition of the programme and selection of projects would 
benefit from the advice of a consultative committee of eminent economists. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 laying down 
special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions 
COM(87) 642 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 17 December 1987) 
(88/C 14/06) 
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 experience gained from applying Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 823/87 (') has shown the need to emphasize the horizontal nature of the said Regulation, 
which applies to all categories of quality wine produced 
in specified regions of the Community, hereinafter called 
'quality wines psr', but also, for the sake of a more 
methodical presentation of Community wine legislation, 
to remove from the Regulation the detailed technical 
provisions which would be more appropriately included 
in the special regulations dealing with these matters 
which already exist or which have yet to be adopted; 
whereas in this connection it should be stressed that the 
provisions of that Regulation apply to all quality wines 
psr, including sparkling, semi-sparkling and liqueur 
wines; whereas the detailed provisions, which apply only 
to quality sparkling wines produced in specified regions, 
should be transferred to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
358/79 of 5 February 1979 on sparkling wines produced 
in the Community as defined in point 15 of Annex I to 
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (2), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No /. .; 
(') OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59. (-') OJ No I. 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 13C. 
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whereas Regulation ^ELC^ c^o ^B^B includes 
nro^isions the nurnose of which is to guide Member 
States in drawing un national rules on quality wines 
produced in specified regions^ whereas such wines are 
subject to natural and human factors affecting the 
production and processing of granes in their geo 
graphical region of origins whereas this region should^ 
howe^er^ be clearly defined and thenameof theregion 
should be used only for wines made from granes which 
ha^e been harvested and processed therein^ 
whereas this annroach corresponds to the international 
obligations of several Member States to nrotect 
antBellations of origin and to state the geographical 
origin of wines^ as laid down in the Lisbon Agreement of 
^t October t^ for the protection of Annellations of 
(Origin and their International Registrations 
^hereas^asaresult of traditional practice in accordance 
with Prench and Portuguese legislations the terms 
^MuscadeCand^inho^erde^ha^e become equivalent to 
a geographical name used to designate a quality wine 
nsr^ whereas Snain demarcated^ before its accession to 
the Community took effects the region in which the 
traditional production of the quality snarkling wine 
marketed under the name^ca^amslocated^ whereas there 
shouldbeane^centionfor these th^eequalitywinesn^r 
from the nrincirde that the specified region from which 
they are obtained must be designated by its geographical 
name and these regions should be allowed to be 
designatedby another name^whereasdifficult situations 
are thus avoided for these quality wines nsr by permitting 
them to retain their traditional and customary 
designation in accordance with the national nro^isions 
hitherto nre^ailing^ 
whereas the location of a vineyard and the annual 
weather conditions affecting it^ and winegrowing 
techniques including in particular the oenological 
practices andnrocesses used immediately after the gran^ 
har^est^determinetoalarge extent the characteristics of 
a quality wine^ whereas^ for this reasons ^rid to reduce 
the risk of adulteration when raw materials change 
handset should be laid down that granes and grane must 
may be processed into quality wine only withinorinthe 
immediate vicinity of a specified winegrowing regions 
the name of which should be stated^ 
^hereas^ in order to nrotect the holdings concerned 
from losses resulting from a break with traditional 
commercial nractices^ it seems appropriate that Member 
States should be granted the ontion of authorizing^ fora 
transitional neriod^ the processing of granes and granc 
must into quality wine outside specified regions^ 
whereas^ for technical reasons^ it should also be nro^ided that Member States may authorize the addition of dark 
red wine from other regions to quality red wines 
produced in specified regions in order to correct the 
colour of such wines which^ in some years^ is 
insufficiently dark^ 
whereas it should be stated that^ in certain specified 
regions where Member States ha^e authorized the 
alcoholic strengthof quality winesnroducedin specified 
regions tobe increased^ winemakers maychoosetouse 
any one of the endchment processes referred to in 
Article t^pt^ of Council Regulation ^EEC^ ^o 
^^^e^^^^^^dedbyRegulation^EEC^^o 
^t^DB^^^whereas^thischoiceis^howe^er^ subject to 
the condition that sucrose may be used^ after authori 
zation by the Member Stated only in the specified regions 
in which it is used traditionally or exceptionally in 
accordance with the legislation existing nrior to ^ May 
l^O^whereas in order to nre^Bent negative effects on the 
quality of wines which undergo enrichment the use of 
rectifiedconcentratedgrane must shouldbeencouraged 
and the use of concentrated grane must should be 
prohibited afteratransitionalneriod^ 
^hereas^ generally sneaking^ e^cessi^e yields of granes 
or must nerhectaremeanthat the qualityof the quality 
wines produced in specified regions and obtained from 
those granes and grane musts will be considerably 
diminished^ whereas this may also result in severe dis-
runtioninthemarketingof such wineandanalteration 
in the comnetiti^eness of quality wines produced in other 
specified regions and e^en of table wines^ whereas the 
Member States^ obligations as regards fndngyields ner 
hectare for the production of quality wines and intro­
ducing measures to be taken if such yields ner hectare 
are e^ceeded^ and in particular as regards determining 
the legal consequences of e^ceedingsuchyields^ should 
therefore be laid down more clearly^ whereas in this 
connection the aim should be to maintain sales^ in a 
climate of fair and recinrocalcomnetitiomof the quality 
wines produced in specified regions inquestion and^ in 
the long term^ to keen nroducers^ incomes as stable as 
nossible^ 
^hereas^ with a ^iew to subsequent de^elonments in 
Community legislation on liqueur wines^ it anpears 
advisable to include in Regulation ^EEC^ ^o ^^B^ 
certain specific terms traditionally anplicd to quality 
liqueur wines produced in specified regions^ 
whereas e^nerience has shown the need to draw un 
more nrecise rules for reclassifyingquality wines n^r as 
table wines and concerning the non-classification of 
products usually intended fo^ processing into quality 
wines nsr as quality wines nsr^ 
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Whereas in order to permit manufacturers of sparkling 
wines in Spain who are outside the specified region 
'cava' but who have legally used that term until now to 
adjust gradually to the abovementioned rules there 
should be a derogation therefrom for a transitional 
period, However, the terms "Muscadet", "vinho verde" and 
"cava" may be used to designate the specified region 
for which they were used on 1 March 1986 in 
accordance with the legislation of the Member State 
concerned.' 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 3. The second subparagraph of Article 4 (1) is deleted. 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 1 
1. This Regulation lays down special provisions 
for quality wines produced in specified regions and 
for products suitable for yielding such wine. 
"Quality wines psr" shall mean wines which satisfy 
the provisions of this Regulation and the national 
rules adopted pursuant thereto. 
The category "quality wines psr" shall include: 
— "quality sparkling wines produced in specified 
regions", hereinafter called "quality sparkling 
wines psr", which comply with the definition in 
point 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 
822/87, 
— "quality semi-sparkling wines produced in 
specified regions", hereinafter called "quality 
semi-sparkling wines psr", which comply with 
the definition in point 17 of Annex I to Regu­
lation (EEC) No 822/87, and 
— "quality liqueur wines produced in specified 
regions", hereinafter called "quality liqueur 
wines psr", which comply with the definition in 
point 14 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 
822/87. 
2. The Member States shall forward to the 
Commission the list of quality wines psr which they 
have recognized, stating the yields per hectare fixed 
for each of these quality wines psr pursuant to 
Article 11. The Commission shall have this list 
published in the C series of the Official Journal of the 
European Communities' 
2. Article 3 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'A. "Specified region" shall mean a geographical 
area or a combination of wine-growing areas which 
produces wines with particular quality characteristics 
and whose name is used to designate those of such 
wines which are defined in Article 1. The specified 
region shall be designated by its geographical name. 4. Article 6 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 6 
1. Quality wines psr may be produced only: 
— from grapes of vine varieties which appear on the 
list provided for in Article 4 (1) and are 
harvested within the specified region, 
by processing grapes as referred to in the first 
indent into grape must and processing the must 
thus obtained within the specified region where 
the grapes were harvested or in immediate 
proximity to that region. 
Member States may, however, in individual cases 
and subject to systematic control, authorize a quality 
wine psr to be produced; 
(a) from grapes of vine varieties referred to in the 
second subparagraph of Article 4 (3); 
(b) in the case of a traditional practice, 
(i) in use at least since 1 September 1970, 
outside the specified region and an area in 
immediate proximity thereto; 
(ii) during a transitional period ending on 31 
August 1992, outside the specified region 
and an area in immediate proximity thereto 
in cases not covered by (i) above; 
(iii) by blending a wine originating in the 
specified region whose name is used for the 
designation with another wine which does 
not originate in that region, provided that: 
— at least 95 % of the quality wine psr 
concerned is obtained from grapes 
harvested within the specified region 
whose name it bears, 
— at least 85 % of the quality wine psr 
concerned is obtained from grapes 
harvested within the specified region 
whose name it bears and the wine 
concerned appears on a list to be drawn 
up. 
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^ Any natural or legal person or group of persons 
who has grapes or musts which satisfy the conditions 
laiddownfo^obtammgquahty wmesps^andother 
grapes or musts shallensureaseparatewinemal^ing 
process and storage for the formers otherwises the 
wine obtained cannotbe considered as quality wine 
psr 
3 Metailed rules for the application of this Article 
shall be adopted in accordance with the pi^ocedu^e 
laid down in Article ^3 of Regulation rT^LC^ ^lo 
They shall include in particular 
— thedefimtionof areasmimmediatepro^imityto 
aspecified regions 
— the list of quality wines psr which may be 
produced according to the traditional practices 
referred to in the second indent of paragraph 
^ The following subparagraph is added to Article 
Boo 
.Pursuant to the first subparagraphs the natural 
alcoholic strength by volume may be fi^ed at 
different levels for the same quality wine psr 
depending on 
— the subregiom l^cal administrative ai^ea or pa^t 
thereof and 
— the vine va^ietyor varieties 
from which the grapes used are obtained^ 
D Article^is replaced by the following 
t The specific vindication and manufacturing 
methods used for obtaining quality wines psr shall be 
laiddownforeachofthosewmesbyeachproducer 
member ^tate concerned 
^ ^here weather conditions have made it 
necessary mone of the winegrowing ^ones referred 
to in Article ^ the member states concerned may 
permit an increase in thet^actual or potentials natural 
alcoholic strength by volume of freshgrapes^ grape 
must^ grape must in fermentations new wine still in 
fermentation and wine suitable for yielding table 
wine with the exception of products intended for 
processing into quality liqueur wine psr 
Themcrease may not exceed thehmitslaiddown in 
the thi^d subparagraph of Article t^O^ ^ Regu 
lationO^LC^o^^B^ 
In years when weather conditions have been 
exceptionally unfavourable^ the increase malcoholic 
strengthprovidedforinthefirstsubpat^agraphmay^ 
in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article^ofRegulation^ELC^^o^^B^ attain thehmitslaiddown in Article t^C^of thatRegu 
lation ^uch authorisation shall not prejudice the 
possibdity of asirmlarauthor^anonfor table wines 
as provided for in that Article 
Theincrease in natural alcoholic strength by volume 
may be effected only in accordance with the 
methods and conditions mentioned in Article t9 of 
Regulation ^ELC^ l^o ^B^e^ceptmg paragraph 
D thereof The use of concentrated grape must to 
increase the natural alcohohcstrengthby volume in 
the manufacture of a quality wine psr shall be 
permitted only until3tAugustt^9 
3 The total alcoholic strength by volume of 
quality wines psr shall not be less than 9^o vol 
Idowever^ for certain white quality wines psr that 
have undergone no enrichments the minimum total 
alcoholic strength shall be^B^Bo vol 
^t Ahst of the quality wines psr referred to in the 
second sentence of paragraph^shall be drawn up in 
accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 
^ofRegulation^E(d^o^B^ 
B Article^is amended as follows 
e^ d^e second subparagraph of paragraph 1 is 
deleted^ 
^ the thnd indent of the first subparagraph of 
paragraph^is replaced by the following 
^— usmgarectified concentrated grape must or^ 
so far as they originate in the same specified 
region as the wine in question, 
— usingagrapemust^or 
— dui^mgatransitional period ending on31 
August l^^usmgaconcentrated grape 
must^ 
^ ArticleM^is replaced by the following 
5^ Use of the designation claimed shall be 
prohibitedfortheenti^eharvestd theyieldfi^edis 
exceeded 
Plowever^ in years when weather conditions have 
been particularly favourable for productions the 
designation may be recognised by the competent 
authority appomtedbythelviember^tate concerned 
even when the yield fi^ed is e^ceeded^ provided that 
^ the yield is not exceeded by more than ^0^ 
^ the quantity which exceeds the yield fi^ed^ 
increased where appropriate by ^O^Bo or less^ 
does not receive oeommunity or national aid^ 
and 
— half the quantity is stored for the entire 
duration of the wine year^ in which it cannot 
be marl^eted^ with a view to its recognition 
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for the following wine year(s), possibly after 
total or partial blending with wines from the 
new harvest, 
— half the quantity is distilled without official 
aid. 
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.' 
9. Article 12 is deleted. 
10. Article 13 (3) is replaced by the following: 
'3. The analytical test provided for in paragraph 1 
shall be performed in accordance with the methods 
referred to in Article 74 of Regulation (EEC) No 
822/87.' 
11. Article 14 is deleted. 
12. Article 15 is amended as follows: 
(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 
'1. The Community terms "quality wine psr", 
"quality sparkling wine psr", "quality semi-
sparkling wine psr" and "quality liqueur wine 
psr" or any specific term traditionally authorized 
by the national legislation of the producer 
Member State to designate particular wines may 
be used only for wines, including sparkling 
wines, semi-sparkling wines and liqueur wines 
respectively, which comply with the provisions of 
this Regulation and with the provisions adopted 
pursuant thereto.' 
(b) In paragraph 2: 
— in (b), the term 'vin doux natureP is added, 
— in (d), 'Marque nationale de vin luxem-
bourgeoise' is replaced by 'marque nationale' 
followed by the words 'Moselle luxem-
bourgeoise appellation controlee', 
— in (e), 'vin doux natureP and 'oivoc; Y^UKIX; 
(puaucdc/ are added, 
— in (f), 'vino generoso' apd 'vino generoso de 
licor' are added. 
(c) Paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the 
following: 
'3. If a Member State uses the name of a 
specified region as referred to in Article 3 to 
designate a quality wine psr or a product 
intended for processing into such a wine, the use 
of that name to designate other products of the 
wine sector or similar products not produced in 
that region shall not be authorized. This shall 
also apply if a Member State has used the name 
of a local administrative area or part thereof or a field name to designate a quality wine psr or a 
product intended for processing into such a 
wine. 
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, the 
word "K&6a" or "cava" may be used to 
designate Greek table wines and Greek quality 
wines psr other than sparkling wines, in order to 
provide information concerning the ageing of 
such wines. 
The first subparagraph shall also apply where 
those terms are used in translation, whether they 
refer to an actual place of origin or whether they 
are accompanied by expressions such as "style", 
"type", "method", "imitation", "brand" or 
other similar expressions. 
Member States may, in the case of certain 
conditions of production which they shall 
determine, authorize the name of a specified 
region to be accompanied by details relating to 
the method of manufacture or the type of 
product. 
4. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, the Council 
acting by a qualified majority on a proposal 
from the Commission may, in the case of a 
traditional practice which is in accordance with 
the legislation of the Member State concerned, 
authorize, for a transitional period ending on 31 
August 1991, the use subject to conditions to be 
determined of the names of certain specified 
regions to describe table wines.' 
(d) In paragraph 7: 
— the second sentence of the second sub­
paragraph, and 
— the words 'or "quality sparkling wine psr", 
whichever is appropriate' in the third sub­
paragraph, 
are deleted. 
(e) Paragraphs 8 and 9 are replaced by the 
following: 
'8. 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.' 
13. The following Article is added after Article 15: 
'Article 15a 
1. Member States shall draw up the rules in 
accordance with which a producer may: 
— downgrade a quality wine psr, in particular to a 
table wine, 
— not classify as quality wine psr a product which 
appears in his production declaration as a 
product intended for processing into quality wine 
psr. 
2. The downgrading of a quality wine psr at the 
marketing stage may be effected by the competent 
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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)