23.1.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoC17/3
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(PreparatoryActs)
COMMISSION
AmendedproposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)amendingRegulation(EEC)No823/87
layingdownspecialprovisionsrelatingtoqualitywinesproducedinspecifiedregions
(92/C17/03)
COM(91)532final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionpursuanttoArticle149(3)oftheEECTreatyon13December
1991)
TheArticlesareherebyamendedasfollows:
Article1
Regulation(EEC)No823/87isherebyamendedas
follows:procedurelaiddowninArticle83ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No822/87,authorizethe
MemberStatetopermitadditionsexceeding
10%butnotexceeding15%inexceptional
cases.";
(b)thesecondsubparagraph ofparagraph5is
replacedbythefollowing :
"Theyshallincludeinparticularthedefinitionof
areasinimmediateproximitytoaspecified
region,accountbeingtakeninparticularofthe
geographical situationandadministrative
structures."
2.ThefirstindentofthefirstsubparagraphofArticle7
(2)isreplacedbythefollowing :
"—6,5%volinzoneAwiththeexceptionofthe
specifiedregions'Mosel-Saar-Ruwer ','Ahr',
'Mittelrhein','Sachsen','Saale-Unstrut','Moselle
luxembourgeoise ','England'and'Wales'inwhich
thesaidalcoholicstrengthshallbe6%vol."
3.InArticle15:
(a)paragraph2isreplacedbythefollowing:
"2.Withoutprejudicetoanyadditionalterms
whichmaybeallowedbynationallaws,and
subjecttonationalandCommunityprovisionson
thewinesinquestionbeingobserved,thespecific
termstraditionallyusedwhicharereferredtoin
paragraph 1shallbethefollowing:
(a)FederalRepublicofGermany :
anindicationoftheoriginofthewine,
accompaniedbytheterms:
—"Qualitatswein",1.InArticle6:
(a)paragraph2isreplacedbythefollowing :
"2.Notwithstanding thefirstindentof
paragraph 1,inthecaseofatraditionalpractice
governedbyspecialprovisionsoftheMember
Stateofproduction,thatMemberStatemay
permit,until31December1995atthelatest,by
meansofexpressauthorizations andsubjectto
appropriatecontrol,thataqualitywinepsrbe
obtainedbyadjustingthebasicproductofthat
winebyaddingoneormorewine-sectorproducts
whichdonotoriginateinthespecifiedregion
whosenamethewinebears,providedthat:
—thistypeofaddedwine-sectorproductisnot
producedinthatspecifiedregionwiththe
samecharacteristics asproductsnotorig­
inatingtherein,
—thisadjustmentisconsistentwiththeoenol­
ogicalpracticesanddefinitionsreferredtoin
Regulation(EEC)No822/87,
—thetotalvolumeofaddedwine-sector
productswhichdonotoriginateinthe
specifiedregiondoesnotexceed10%ofthe
totalvolumeofproductsusedwhichoriginate
inthespecifiedregion.However,the
Commissionmay,inaccordancewiththe

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—"Qualitatswein mitPradikat",together
withoneofthefollowingterms:
"Kabinett","Spatlese","Auslese",
"Beerenauslese","Trockenbeerenauslese "
or"Eiswein";
(b)France:
"appellationd'originecontrôlée","appellation
contrôlée","appellationd'originevin
délimitéedequalitésupérieure","vindoux
naturel";(c)inthethirdsubparagraphofparagraph4,"31
August1991"isreplacedby"31August1993";
(d)thefollowingsubparagraph isaddedtoparagraph
7:
"Notwithstanding thesecondindentofthefirst
subparagraph ,unlesstheprovisionsofthe
MemberStateconcernedstipulateotherwise,
winesmaybemarketedbearingonlythe
respectiveindicationornameofthespecified
regionprovidedthattheyqualify,inaccordance
withthenationalorCommunityrulestowhich
theyaresubject,foroneofthefollowingnames
ofspecifiedregions:
(a)France:
—'Champagne';
b)Italy:
—'Asti',
—'Marsala';(c)Italy:
"Denominazione dioriginecontrollata",
"Denominazione dioriginecontrollatae
garantita","vinodolcenaturale";
(d)Luxembourg :
"Marquenationale"togetherwiththeterms
"Appellationcontrolee"usedwiththename
ofthespecifiedregion"Moselleluxembour­
geoise";
(e)Greece:(c)Greece:
—'I&Hog(Samos)';
(d)Spain:
—'Cava',"ονομασίαπροελεύσεωςελεγχομένηappellation
d'originecontrôlée)","ονομασίαπροελεύσεως
ανωτέρας(appellationd'originedequalité
supérieure)","οίνοςγλυκύςφυσικός(vindoux
naturel)";
—'Jerez','Xérès'or'Sherry';
(f)Spain:
"Denominación deorigen","Denominación
deorigencalificada","vinogeneroso","vino
generosodelicor","vinodulcenatural";
(g)Portugal:(e)Portugal:
—'Madeira'or'Maddre',
—'Porto'or'Port'."
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.'"Denominação deorigem","Denominação de
origemcontrolada","Indicaçãode
proveniência regulamentada","vinho
generoso","vinhodocenatural";"
(b)inthelastsubparagraphofparagraph3,the
words"andGreekqualitywinespsrotherthan
qualitysparklingwinespsr"aredeleted;