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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.' 
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2. Article 16 (4) is replaced by the following: 
'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.' 
3. In Article 18: 
(a) the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced 
by the following: 
'1. Quality sparkling wines of the aromatic type 
may be produced only by using, as sole consti­
tuents of the cuvee, grape musts or grape 
musts in fermentation obtained from the vine 
varieties listed in the Annex. The same shall 
apply to quality sparkling wines psr of the 
aromatic type, provided that these varieties are 
recognized as suitable for the production of 
quality wines psr in the specified region whose 
name the quality sparkling wines psr bear.'; 
(b) paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the following: 
'3. Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of 
Article 15 (2), quality sparkling wines of the 
aromatic type and quality sparkling wines psr of 
the aromatic type shall, when kept at a 
temperature of 20 °C in closed containers, have 
an excess pressure of not less than three bars. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the 
market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 3641/90 (2), and in particular 
Article 5c (6) thereof, 4. Notwithstanding Article 17, the duration of 
the process of making quality sparkling wines of 
the aromatic type and quality sparkling wines psr 
of the aromatic type may not be less than one 
month.' 
4. Article 22 is replaced by the following: 
'All sparkling wines covered by Article 1 that met the 
requirements of this Regulation or Regulation (EEC) 
No 358/79 in force at the time when they were 
produced but the production conditions or analytical 
characteristics of which no longer meet the 
requirements of this Regulation as a result of 
amendments thereto may be held for sale, put on the 
market or exported until stocks are exhausted.' 
5. The title of the Annex is replaced by the following: 
'List of vine varieties from which quality sparkling 
wines of the aromatic type and quality sparkling 
wines psr of the aromatic type may be produced'. 
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. 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the Court of Justice, in its judgments given on 
11 December 1990 in Cases C-189/89 and C-217/89, 
declared invalid Article 3a of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 857/84 (3)> as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
306/91 (4), in so far as it excludes from the grant of a 
special reference quantity under that provision producers 
whose period of non-marketing or conversion expired 
before 31 December 1983 or 30 September 1983, as Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 adopting 
general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) 
No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector 
(91/C 84/12) 
COM(91) 96 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 21 March 1991) 
(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. 
O OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 5. O OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 13. 
(4) OJ No L 37, 9. 2. 1991, p. 4.