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Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2239/86 on a specific 
common measure to improve vine-growing structures in Portugal 
COM(88) 327 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 30 June 1988) 
(88/C 214/13) 
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, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Whereas the special nature of the problems of Portuguese 
agriculture has been acknowledged by the European 
Council; whereas special efforts must be made to facilitate 
the harmonious integration of Portuguese agriculture into 
the Common Agricultural Policy, in particular by closer 
alignment on the requirements of the said policy and by the 
qualitative improvement of agricultural production; 
Whereas there is a surplus of Pine products and it is 
necessary to reduce the production potential; whereas the 
financial resources available to Portugal are limited, and, 
consequently, the rate of the Community contribution 
should be raised to 75 % for measures to encourage 
definitive abandonment of certain areas under vines which, 
in Portugal, qualify for 70 % reimbursement under 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2239/86 (l), 
(!) OJ No L 196, 18. 7. 1986, p. 1. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 
16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The second subparagraph of Article 9(5) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 2239/86 is hereby replaced by the following: 
'As regards the permanent abandonment premium, the 
Fund, Guidance Section, shall repay 75 % of expendi­
ture within the limits laid down in Article 6(4).' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
in wine (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1441/ 
88 (2), and in particular Articles 72(1) and 79(2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
(!) OJ NoL 84, 27.3. 1987, p. 1. 
(2) OJ NoL 132, 28.5. 1988, p. 1. Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down general rules for the description and 
presentation of wines and grape musts 
COM(88) 368 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 6 July 1988) 
(88/C 214/14) 
No C 214/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 8. 88 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Whereas the general rules laid down by Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 355/79 (»), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No 3485/87 (2), on the description and presentation of 
wines and grape musts have been amended on several 
occasions; whereas, by reason of their number, and their 
dispersal among various issues of the Official Journal of the 
European Communities, the relevant texts are difficult to 
use and thus lack the clarity which should be an essential 
feature of all legislation; whereas they should therefore be 
consolidated; 
Whereas Article 71 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 lays 
down certain rules governing the description of certain 
wines in particular cases and provides for the adoption of 
general rules on the description and presentation of certain 
wine products; 
Whereas the purpose of any description and presentation 
should be to supply potential buyers and public bodies 
responsible for organizing and supervising the marketing of 
the products concerned with information which is 
sufficiently clear and accurate to enable them to form an 
opinion of the products; 
Whereas it is important to harmonize as far as possible the 
various Community texts on the description and presen­
tation of foodstuffs and particularly' those on the wine 
sector; 
Whereas the Community rules on the description and 
presentation of wines and grape musts are to a large extent 
based on the national rules applied by the Member States 
before adoption of the Community rules; whereas the 
national rules in question were based on widely differing 
approaches; whereas some Member States gave priority to 
accurate consumer information and to the freedom of 
action of the trade, while other Member States en­
deavoured to combine these aspects with the need to 
protect producers on their territory against distortions of 
competition; whereas, with the aim of reconciling these 
different approaches as far as possible and of avoiding too 
divergent interpretations, it was deemed appropriate to lay 
down fairly comprehensive rules on description; whereas, 
to ensure that these rules are effective, the principle should 
also be established that only the details specified in the rules 
in question or in the relevant rules implementing are 
permitted for the description of wines and grape musts; 
(') OJ No L 54, 5.3. 1979, p. 99. 
(2) OJ No L 330, 21. 11. 1987, p. 1. Whereas, in the case of the description, a distinction should 
be made between mandatory information necessary to 
identify the product and optional information designed 
mainly to indicate the special properties of the product or 
to characterize it; whereas, in view of the importance and 
scope of the problem, steps should be taken to ensure that 
the information provided is as complete as possible and 
that it takes account of the different customs and 
traditional practices in the Member States and in third 
countries and complies with Community law; 
Whereas, in view of the differences in production 
conditions in the different wine-growing areas and to take 
account of traditional practices in some Member States, 
provision should be made to enable the Member States, in 
respect of the products obtained on their territory, either to 
make mandatory some information which is optional 
under Community provisions, to prohibit it or to limit its 
use; whereas it must also be specified that in order to 
ensure the free movement of goods each Member State 
must permit the description of products originating in 
other Member States and put on the market on its territory 
if it is in accordance with Community provisions and 
permitted in the producer Member State pursuant to this 
Regulation; 
Whereas, with a view to standardizing the description and 
presentation of Community wines and grape musts 
intended for export to third countries, provision should be 
made for laying down supplementary or exceptional rules 
in respect of these products in so far as the legislation of the 
third countries concerned makes this necessary; 
Whereas it is important to specify the cases in which 
indication of the bottler and of the consignor on the label is 
required by means of a code, in order to avoid confusion in 
the consumer's mind as to the real origin of the wine; 
whereas it is furthermore appropriate to regulate the cases 
in which, in order to facilitate commercial transactions, 
codes may be used on a voluntary basis to indicate 
information on bottling and on the consignor; 
Whereas Council Directive 79/112/EEC of 18 December 
1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member 
States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising 
of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer (3), as last 
amended by Directive 86/197/EEC (4), provides for the 
introduction of the principle of the compulsory indication 
of the actual alcoholic strength of all alcoholic beverages; 
(3) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 99. 
(4) OJ No L 144, 29. 5. 1986, p. 38. 
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Whereas information on the alcoholic strength of wines 
and grape musts, particularly on the actual alcoholic 
strength, appears necessary in order to describe on the 
labelling the nature of the product and thus to facilitate 
consumer choice; whereas provision should therefore be 
made that a compulsory indication of the actual alcoholic 
strength be given for the products in question; 
Whereas it is important that the description of wines and 
grape musts may be made in each of the official 
Community languages so as to ensure compliance with the 
principle of the free movement of goods over all its 
territory; whereas it is, however, necessary that the 
required information be provided in such a manner that the 
end user can understand it even if it appears on the label in a 
language other than the official language of his country; 
whereas the names of geographical units should be 
indicated solely in the official language of the Member 
State where the production of the wine or of the grape must 
has taken place, so that the product thus described is put on 
the market under its traditional name; whereas taking into 
account the particular difficulties of understanding 
information in Greek which stem from the fact that it is not 
written in the Roman alphabet, authorization shall be 
given for such information to be repeated in one or more 
other official Community languages; 
Whereas natural conditions at the place where the vineyard 
which supplied the grapes used as a raw material in their 
manufacture is situated are a factor determining the quality 
of wine and must; whereas the variety of vine from which 
the grapes used were obtained and the weather conditions 
during the year in which the grapes were harvested are also 
factors which determine the quality of a wine or must; 
whereas the name of the place where the vineyard is 
situated or the name of the geographical unit in which that 
place is located together with the name of the vine variety 
or the year in which the grapes were harvested constitute 
information which is particularly valuable to the purchaser 
of the product; whereas rules should therefore be laid 
down concerning the use of such information in the 
description of wines and grape musts; 
Whereas, with a view to establishing fair conditions of 
competition between the different wines and grape musts, 
elements which are liable to create confusion or false 
opinions in the minds of persons should be prohibited in 
the description and presentation of those products 
addressed to such persons; whereas provision should be 
made in particular for similar prohibitions on trade marks 
used for the description of wines and grape musts; whereas, 
with a view to providing effective protection to geogra­
phical names used for the description of wine products, 
trade marks should be abolished which contain wording 
that is identical to a geographical name used to describe a 
table wine, a quality wine produced in specified regions, 
hereinafter referred to as 'quality wine psr' or an imported 
wine, the description of which is regulated by Community 
provisions, without the product described by the trade 
mark in question being entitled to such a description; Whereas, however, in order to avoid excessive severity, it is 
appropriate to tolerate, in certain cases, for a transitional 
period, the use of trade marks registered before 31 De­
cember 1985 which are identical to the name of a 
geographical unit smaller than a specific region used to 
describe a quality wine psr or a geographical unit used to 
describe a table wine referred to in Article 72(2) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; 
Whereas, for the sake of harmonization, provisions 
concerning the role of control authorities in the wine sector 
should be better coordinated in the cases of breach of 
Community provisions on the description and presentation 
of products in that sector, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
TITLE I 
DESCRIPTION 
Article 1 
1. This Title lays down general rules for the description: 
(a) in the case of products originating within the Com­
munity : 
— of products falling within code 2204 of the combined 
nomenclature, and 
— of grape musts, whether concentrated or not, as 
defined in points 2 and 6 of Annex I to Regulation 
(EEC) No 822/87 and falling within code ex 2009 of 
the combined nomenclature; 
(b) in the case of products originating in third countries and 
fulfilling the conditions laid down in Articles 9 and 10 of 
the Treaty: 
— of products falling within code 2204 of the combined 
nomenclature, 
— of grape musts, as defined in point 2 of Annex I to 
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and falling within code 
ex 2009 of the combined nomenclature, and 
— of concentrated grape musts, as defined in Article 2 
of Council Regulation (EEC) No ... defining certain 
products falling within codes ex 2009 and 2204 of 
the combined nomenclature and originating in third 
countries, and falling within code ex 2009 of the 
combined nomenclature. 
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However, this Title shall not apply to sparkling wines, 
aerated sparkling wines, semi-sparkling wines, aerated 
semi-sparkling wines and liqueur wines, as referred to in 
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Article 2 of 
Regulation (EEC) No ... 
2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply as 
regards the description of the products concerned: 
(a) on the labels; 
(b) in registers and on the accompanying and other 
documents prescribed by Community legislation, 
hereinafter referred to as 'official documents', other 
than customs documents; 
(c) in commercial documents, particularly in invoices and 
delivery notes; 
(d) in advertising material, in so far as special provision is 
made for such purpose in this Regulation. 
3. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to 
products held for sale and to products placed on the 
market. 
However, Member States may exempt from the provisions 
concerning information on the labels: 
(a) products transported: 
— between two or more establishments, 
— between vineyards and wine-making plants, 
belonging to the same undertaking and situated in the 
same local administrative area; 
(b) quantities of grape musts and wines not exceeding 
15 litres per batch and not intended for sale; 
(c) quantities of grape musts and wines intended for the 
domestic consumption of the producer and his em­
ployees. 
Where the grape musts and wines referred to in (a) and (b) 
above are labelled, the labels used must conform to the 
provisions of this Regulation. 
CHAPTER I 
DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING WITHIN 
THE COMMUNITY 
Section A 
DESCRIPTION OF TABLE WINES 
I. Labelling 
Article 2 
1. In the case of table wines, the description on the 
labelling shall include the following information : (a) the words 'table wine'; 
(b) the nominal volume of the table wine in accordance 
with Council Directive 75/106/EEC (*); 
(c) in the case of: 
— containers with a nominal volume of not more than 
60 litres: the name or business name of the bottler 
and the local administrative area or part thereof and 
the Member State in which his head office is situated, 
— other containers, the name or business name of the 
consignor and the local administrative area (or part 
thereof) and the Member State in which his head 
office is situated. 
Where wine is bottled in or consigned from a local 
administrative area or part thereof other than that 
mentioned above or a neighbouring local administrative 
area, the information referred to in the first and second 
indents of (c) shall include an indication of the local 
administrative area (or part thereof) where the 
operation took place and, if it took place in another 
Member State, an indication of that State; 
(d) in the case of: 
(i) consignment to another Member State or export: 
the Member State in whose territory the grapes 
were harvested and turned into wine, provided that 
both these operations took place in the same 
Member State; 
(ii) table wine which was made in a Member State other 
than that in which the grapes were harvested: the 
words 'wine made in ... from grapes harvested in ...' 
completed by the indication of the respective 
Member States; 
(iii) table wine: 
— resulting from a mixture of grapes or from 
coupage of products originating in more than one 
Member State, or 
— resulting from coupage of a table wine referred to 
in the first indent, with a table wine referred to in 
(ii): 
the words 'blend of wines from different countries of 
the European Community'. 
(e) in the case of the table wines referred to in the third 
indent of point 13 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) 
No 822/87: the word 'Retsina'; 
(f) in the case of table wines obtained in Spain by mixing 
red wines with white wines, the words 'vino tinto de 
mezcla' in Spanish territory; 
(!) OJ No L 42, 15. 2. 1975, p. 1. 
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(g) the actual alcoholic strength by volume. 
2. In the case of table wines, the description on the 
labelling may be supplemented by the following inform­
ation: 
(a) a statement as to whether the wine is red, rose or white 
or, in the case of Spain, a mixture of red table wine and 
white table wine; 
(b) a brand name, in accordance with the conditions laid 
down in Article 40; 
(c) the names or business names of the natural or legal 
persons or group of persons involved in the distribution 
of the table wine in question, and the local adminis­
trative area or part thereof in which their head offices 
are situated; 
(d) a distinction awarded to one of the persons or to the 
group of persons referred to in (c) by an official body or 
a body officially recognized for the purpose, where this 
is likely to enhance the reputation of the table wine 
concerned and provided that such distinction is 
governed by implementing rules or, failing this, by 
provisions of the Member State concerned; 
(e) where the table wine is not consigned to another 
Member State or exported and if the conditions laid 
down in paragraph 1(d)(ii) and (iii) are not fulfilled, the 
. Member State in whose territory the grapes were 
harvested and turned into wine; 
(f) the actual and/or total alcoholic strengths by volume 
and other analytical data, in so far as such information 
is governed by implementing rules; 
(g) a recommendation to the consumer as to the use of the 
wine; 
(h) details as to : 
— the type of product, 
— the particular colour of the table wine, 
in so far as this information is governed by implement­
ing rules or, failing this, by provisions of the Member 
State concerned. However, the use of this information 
may be confined to the table wines referred to in 
paragraph 3; 
(i) by the lower-case letter 'e', indicating that the 
prepackages satisfy the conditions laid down in 
Directive 75/106/EEC as regards filling. 
3. In the case of table wines described in accordance with 
Article 72(2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, the 
description may be further supplemented by the following 
information: 
(a) the name of a geographical unit which is smaller than 
the Member State, in accordance with the conditions 
laid down in Article 4; 
(b) the name of one or two vine varieties, in accordance 
with the conditions laid down in Article 5; (c) the vintage year in accordance with the conditions laid 
down in Article 6; 
(d) details regarding the method of production of the table 
wine as described on the list in Article 13(2) of 
Commission Regulation (EEC) No This list may 
include only those descriptions which arc governed, as 
to the conditions for their use, by provisions of the 
producer Member States; 
(e) an award granted by an official body or a body 
recognized for the purpose to a specified quantity of 
table wine, provided that the information is ac­
companied by a statement of the vintage year and the 
award can be proved by an appropriate document. 
The Member States shall notify the Commission on any 
awards that may be granted to table wines in their 
territory and of the rules that are applied in this 
connection; 
(f) a statement that the wines were bottled: 
— either at the vineyard where the grapes used were 
harvested and made into wine, or 
— by a group of vineyards, or 
— in an undertaking situated in the wine-growing area 
indicated, with which the vineyards where the grapes 
used were harvested are connected as members of a 
group of vineyards and which made wine from the 
said grapes; 
(g) the name of the vineyard or group of vineyards where 
the table wine in question was made, where this is likely 
to enhance the reputation of the wine and in so far as 
such information is governed by implementing rules or, 
failing this, by provisions of the producer Member 
State; 
(h) information concerning: 
— the history of the wine in question, the undertaking 
of the bottler or an undertaking of a natural or legal 
person or group of persons involved in the distri­
bution of the wine, 
— the natural of technical conditions governing the 
production of the wine, or 
— the ageing of the wine, 
provided that this information is used in accordance 
with the conditions laid down by implementing rules; 
(i) the term: 
— 'Landwein' for table wines originating in the Federal 
Republic of Germany, 
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— 'vin de pays' for table wines originating in France or 
Luxembourg, 
— 'vino tipico' for table wines originating in Italy or, 
either as an addition to or in place of this term, the 
words: 
— 'Landwein' for table wines originating in the 
province of Bolzano, 
— 'vin de pays' for table wines originating in the Val 
d'Aosta region, 
— 'ovo(xaCTia Kaxd TtapdSoarj', 'oivo<; xoniK.oq' for 
table wines originating in Greece, 
— 'vino de la tierra' for table wines originating in 
Spain, 
— 'vinho regional' for table wines originating in 
Portugal, from the beginning of the second stage of 
transition laid down for Portugal, 
where the producer Member States concerned have laid 
down rules for use in accordance with the conditions 
specified in Article 4(3): where such rules also provide 
for a control number, that number must be indicated. 
Article 3 
1. Only the information specified in Article 2 shall be 
allowed for the description on the labelling of table wines. 
However: 
— additional rules or exceptions may be laid down in 
respect of table wines intended for export, in so far as 
the legislation of third countries makes this necessary, 
— pending application of Community provisions on 
dietetic foodstuffs, Member States may, in respect of 
table wines marketed in their territory, allow inform­
ation to be given as to the dietetic use of such products. 
2. In the case of table wines obtained on their territory, 
Member States may make compulsory, dispense with or 
restrict the use of certain particulars referred to in 
Article 2(2) and (3). 
3. Each Member State shall allow the description of table 
wines which originate in other Member States and are 
distributed in its territory, provided such description 
conforms to Community legislation and is allowed in the 
producer Member State in accordance with this Regu­
lation. 
4. In accordance with detailed rules to be laid down a 
code: (a) shall be used in labelling the table wines referred to in 
Article 2(l)(d)(ii) and (iii) to give information concern­
ing the head office of the bottler or the consignor and, 
where appropriate, information concerning the place of 
bottling or consignment; 
(b) shall be used in labelling a table wine to give full or 
partial information concerning the name of a specified 
region as defined in Article 3 of Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 823/87 of 16 March 1987 laying down special 
provisions relating to quality wines produced in 
specified regions (!); however, Member States may 
stipulate other appropriate measures for their own 
territory in order to avoid confusion with the specified 
region in question; 
(c) may, without prejudice to the provisions in (a) and (b) 
and provided the Member State within whose territory 
the table wine is bottled has so authorized, be used to 
give the information referred to in Article 2(1) (c). Such 
use shall be subject to the condition that the label gives 
in full the name or business name of a person or group of 
persons other than the bottler involved in the commer­
cial distribution of the table wine and the name of the 
local administrative area or part thereof in which the 
head office of the person or group of persons is situated. 
5. The information specified : 
— in Article 2(1) shall be given in one or more of the 
official languages of the Community so that the final 
consumer can easily understand each of these items of 
information, 
— in Article 2(2) and (3) shall be given in one or more of 
the official languages of the Community. Notwithstan­
ding the first subparagraph: 
(a) an official language of the Member State of origin shall 
be used: 
— for the name of a geographical unit which is smaller 
than the Member State, as referred to in Ar­
ticle 2(3)(a), 
— for the information in respect of bottling, as referred 
to in Article 2(3) (f), and 
— for the name of the vineyard or group of vineyards 
referred to in Article 2(3) (g). 
Such information may: 
— be repeated in one or more other official languages of 
the Community for table wines originating in 
Greece, or 
(!) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59. 
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— be given solely in another official language of the 
Community, where the latter is equated with the 
official language in that part of the territory of the 
Member State of origin in which the geographical 
unit referred to is situated, where these practices are 
traditional and customary in the Member State 
concerned; 
(b) one of the terms mentioned in Article 2(3) (i) shall be 
indicated in the official language used in accordance 
with the provisions laid down therein. 
Such an indication may be repeated in one or more other 
official languages of the Community for table wines 
originating in Greece; 
(c) it may be decided that the information as to: 
— the type of product or a particular colour, as referred 
to in Article 2(2) (h), 
— the method of production of the table wine, as 
referred to in Article 2(3) (d), and 
— the natural or technical conditions governing the 
production or the ageing of the table wine, as 
referred to in Article 2(3) (h), 
shall be provided solely in one official language of the 
Member State of origin. 
(d) Member States may permit: 
— the information referred to in the first indent of (a) or 
in the first sentence of (b), in the case of table wines 
produced and put on the market in their territory 
and 
— the other information referred to in the first 
subparagraph, in the case of table wines put on the 
market in their territory, 
to be given also in a language other than an official 
language of the Community where the use of such 
language is traditional and customary in the Member 
State concerned or in a part of its territory. 
For the description of table wines intended for export, 
provision may be made under the implementing rules 
for other languages to be used. 
Article 4 
1. In the description of a table wine on the labelling, the 
name of a 'geographical unit which is smaller than the 
Member State', as referred to in Article 2(3) (a), shall be 
taken to mean the name of: 
— a small locality or group of localities, 
— a local administrative area or part thereof, — a region other than a specified region. 
The geographical units referred to in the first subparagraph 
shall constitute production areas within the meaning of the 
first, subparagraph of Article 72(3) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 822/87. 
2. In the case of table wines produced in their territory 
and described in accordance with Article 72(2) and (3) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 the producer Member States 
may prohibit the use of one or more names of geographical 
units which are smaller than the Member State, as referred 
to in paragraph 1. 
3. The rules on use referred to in Article 2(3) (i) shall 
provide that these terms be used in conjunction with a 
specific geographical reference and reserved for table wines 
meeting certain production requirements, particularly as 
regards vine varieties, minimum natural alcoholic strength 
by volume and organoleptic characteristics. 
Ho»wever, the above rules on use may provide for 
exemption from the requirement to use the term 'ovo|iao~ia 
Korea 7tapa5oo"T|', in conjunction with a specific geo­
graphical reference when it supplements the word 
'Retsina'. 
4. The use of one of the names referred to in paragraph 1 
to describe a table wine shall be subject to the condition 
that it cannot be identified: 
— either with the name of a production area of another 
table wine to which the Member State concerned has 
ascribed one of the terms 'Landwein', 'vin de pays', 
'vino tipico', 'ovofxaaia Kara 7rapti8oor|', 'oivoc; 
xoniKoq' 'vino de la tierra', or from the beginning of the 
second stage of transition for Portugal, 'vinho regional', 
— or with the set of particulars giving the geographical 
designation of a quality wine psr, named after the 
specified "region, or, where appropriate, named in 
accordance with the provisions of Article 13(1), 
— or with the description of an imported wine referred to 
in Article 26, 
and that there is no risk of confusion with a quality wine psr 
or with an imported wine. 
However, until 31 August 1991, it shall be permissible to 
use the names of the following specified regions to describe 
table wines: 
— Moselle luxembourgeoise, 
— Puglie, 
— Abruzzi, 
— Sardegna, 
— a wine-growing subregion or part thereof, — Romagna, 
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Monferrato, 
Friuli, 
Ischia. 
Article 5 
1. The name of a vine variety, as referred to in Article 2(3) 
(b), to describe a table wine may be used on the labelling 
only if: 
(a) that variety is listed as a recommended or authorized 
variety in the classification of vine varieties drawn up in 
accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 822/87 for the administrative unit in which the 
grapes used to produce the table wine in question were 
harvested; 
(b) the name of the variety is that given: 
— in the classification of vine varieties for the 
administrative unit referred to in (a), 
— where appropriate, on the list of synonyms in 
Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No ..., this list may 
provide that a given synonym may be used only to 
describe a table wine produced in the areas of 
production in which such use is traditional and 
customary; 
(c) with the exception of any products used for sweetening, 
the table wine concerned is made entirely from grapes of 
the variety specified; 
(d) that the variety determines the nature of the table wine 
in question; 
(e) it is accompanied by the name of a geographical unit 
which is smaller than the Member State concerned, as 
referred to in Article 4(1); 
(f) the name of that variety does not cause confusion with 
the name of a specified region or geographical unit used 
to describe a quality wine psr or an imported wine. 
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and subject to Article 7, 
producer Member States may allow the indication of: 
— the names of two vine varieties for one and the same 
table wine, provided that it is obtained entirely from the 
varieties named, with the exception of the products used 
for possible sweetening, 
— the names of one vine variety, if at least 85 % of the 
product concerned is obtained, after deduction of the 
quantity of the products used for possible sweetening, 
from grapes of the variety named, and provided that the variety determines the nature of the product in question, 
or 
— the name of one variety classified as a temporarily 
authorized variety in accordance with Article 11(2) (b) 
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 347/79 of 5 February 
1979 on general rules for the classification of vine 
varieties (]), for a period of 15 years or less from the date 
of such classification, where it was traditional in the 
Member State concerned to indicate the name of that 
variety, or 
— the name of one variety referred to in the first indent of 
Article 13(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79 for a 
period to be determined by the Member State concerned 
but not exceeding five years, subject to this period being 
extended on the basis of the Community provisions 
concerning examination of vine varieties suitability for 
cultivation, provided that 
— cultivation of this variety is authorized for a limited 
area, 
— the competent authorities of the Member State 
which authorized cultivation of this variety carry out 
the inspection referred to in Article 13(3) of the 
abovementioned Regulation, 
— indication on the label of the name of this variety is 
accompanied by a reference to the experimental 
nature of the cultivation of the variety concerned'; 
Article 6 
1. Mention of the vintage year as referred to in Article(3) 
(c) on the labels of table wines shall be allowed only if all 
the grapes used to produce the table wine concerned were 
harvested in that year. 
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and without prejudice 
to Article 7, producer Member States may allow the 
indication of the vintage if at least 85 % of the table wine 
concerned is obtained, after deduction of the quantity of 
the products used for possible sweetening, from grapes 
harvested in the year to be shown. 
Article 7 
The first subparagraph of Article 72(3) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 822/87 and Articles 5(2) and 6(2) of this 
Regulation may be applied simultaneously only if at least 
85 % of the table wine resulting from the coupage comes 
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from the production area, the vine variety and the vintage 
year given in the description of the table wine. 
II. Official documents and registers 
Article 9 
1. In the case of table wines, the description in the official 
documents shall include the following information: 
(a) the words 'table wine' or, for table wines produced in 
Spain by mixing red table wine and white table wine, the 
words 'vino tinto de mezcla'; 
(b) a statement as to whether the wine is red, rose or white 
or, in the case of Spain, a mixture of red table wine and 
white table wine; 
(c) in the case of: 
(i) consignment to another Member State or export: 
the Member State in whose territory the grapes 
were harvested and turned into wine, provided that 
both these operations took place in the same 
Member State, 
(ii) table wine which was made in a Member State other 
than that in which the grapes were harvested: the 
words 'wine made in ... from grapes harvested in ...' 
completed by the indication of the respective 
Member States, 
(iii) table wine: 
— resulting from a mixture of grapes or from 
coupage of products originating in more than one 
Member State, or 
— resulting from coupage of a table wine referred to 
in the first indent with a table wine referred to 
in (ii), 
the words 'blend of wines from different countries of 
the European Community'; 
(d) in the case of the table wines referred to in the third 
subparagraph of point 13 of Annex I to Regulation 
(EEC) No 822/87, the word 'Retsina'. 
2. The description of table wines in the official docu­
ments shall also include the information specified in 
Article 2(2) and (3) and set out below, in so far as it appears 
or is intended to appear on the labels: 
(a) the vintage year; 
(b) the name of a geographical unit which is smaller than 
the Member State concerned; 
(c) the name of one or two vine varieties; (d) a statement as to the method of production or the type 
of product, except as to the residual sugar content; 
(e) as appropriate, the terms 'Landwein', 'vin de pays', 
'vino tipico', 'ovouama Kara 7tapd8oar|', 'oivoc; 
TOTtiKOc;' 'vino de la tierra', and from the beginning of 
the second stage of transition for Portugal, 'vinho 
regional', or corresponding terms in an official language 
of the Community; 
(f) the particulars of the natural or technical conditions 
governing the production of the wine. 
Article 10 
1. In the case of table wines, the description in the 
registers kept by producers shall include the information 
specified in: 
— 'Article 8(1) (a) and (b), 
— Article 8(2), in so far as it is intended to appear on the 
label or, in the absence of a label, in the accompanying 
document. 
2. In the case of table wines, the description in the 
registers kept by persons other than producers shall 
include: 
— the information specified in Article 8(1). 
— the number of the accompanying document and the date 
on which it was drawn up. 
III. Commercial documents 
Article 11 
1. Where an accompanying document has not been 
drawn up for a table wine, the description in the 
commercial documents referred to in Article 1(2) (c) shall 
comprise: 
— the information specified in Article 8(1), and 
— the information specified in Article 8(2) in so far as it 
appears on the labelling. 
2. Where the description of the table wines in the 
commercial documents also includes the information 
specified in Article 2, such information must conform to the 
provisions of Articles 4 to 7 and 40. 
3. In the case of table wines distributed in their territory, 
Member States may allow the information specified in 
Article 2 to be given in the commercial documents in the 
form of a code. This code must be such as to enable the 
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inspection authority to identify rapidly the description of 
the table wine concerned. 
Section B 
DESCRIPTION OF QUALITY WINES PRODUCED IN 
SPECIFIED REGIONS 
I. Labelling 
Article 12 
1. In the case of quality wines psr, the description on the 
labelling shall include the following information: 
(a) the specified region of origin; 
(b) one of the expressions referred to in the second 
subparagraph of Article 15(7) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 823/87; 
(c) the nominal volume of the quality wine psr in 
accordance with the provisions of Directive 75/106/ 
EEC; 
(d) in the case of: 
— containers with a nominal volume of not more than 
60 litres: the name or business name of the bottler 
and the local administrative area (or part thereof) 
and the Member State in which his head office is 
situated, 
— other containers: the name or business name of the 
consignor and the local administrative area (or part 
thereof) and the Member State in which his head 
office is situated. 
Where wine is bottled in or consigned from a local 
administrative area or part thereof other than that 
mentioned above or a neighbouring local administrative 
area, the information referred to in the first and second 
indents of (d) shall include an indication of the local 
administrative area (or part thereof) where the 
operation took place and, if it took place in another 
Member State, an indication of that State; 
(e) in the case of consignment to another Member State or 
export, the Member State in which the specified region 
is situated; 
(f) the actual alcoholic strength by volume. 
2. In the case of quality wines psr, the description on the 
labelling may be supplemented by the following inform­
ation : 
(a) a statement as to whether the wine is red, white or rose; 
(b) the vintage year, in accordance with the conditions laid 
down in Article 15; 
(c) a brand name, in accordance with the conditions laid 
down in Article 40; 
(d) the names or business names of the natural or legal 
persons or group of persons involved in the distribution of the quality wine psr in question and the local 
administrative area or part thereof in which their head 
offices are situated; 
(e) a distinction awarded to one of the persons or to the 
group of persons referred to in (d) by an official body or 
a body officially recognized for the purpose, where this 
is likely to enhance the reputation of the quality wine 
psr concerned and provided that such a distinction is 
governed by implementing rules or, failing this, by the 
provisions of the Member State concerned; 
(f) the Member State of origin, in so far as paragraph(l) 
(e) does not require this to be given; 
(g) certain analytical data other than the actual alcoholic 
strength by volume, insofar as such information is 
governed by implementing provisions; 
(h) a recommendation to the consumer as to the use of the 
wine; 
(i) additional details of a traditional kind, provided that 
they are used in the manner prescribed by the laws of 
the producer Member State and are entered in the list in 
Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No ...; 
(j) — the Community expression 'quality wine produced 
in a specified region', or 'quality wine psr' if it does 
not appear pursuant to paragraph (1) (b), or 
— a specific traditional expression if it does not appear 
pursuant to paragraph (1) (b); 
(k) details as to: 
— the method of production, 
— the type of product, 
— the particular colour of the quality wine psr, 
in so far as this information is prescribed in Com­
munity legislation or by the producer Member State. 
However, the use of such information may be 
prohibited in the description of quality wines psr 
originating in a specified region where it is not 
traditional and customary; 
(1) the name of a geographical unit which is smaller than 
the specified region, in accordance with the conditions 
laid down in Article 13; 
(m) the name of the vineyard or group of vineyards where 
the quality wine psr in question was made, where this is 
likely to enhance the reputation of the wine and in so 
far as such information is governed by implementing 
rules or, failing this, by provisions of the producer 
Member States; 
(n) the name of one or two vine varieties, in accordance 
with the conditions laid down in Article 14; 
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(o) a quality control number allotted by an official body to 
the quality wine psr in question; 
(p) an award granted by an official body or a body officially 
recognized for the purpose to the quality wine psr in 
question, provided that the award can be proved by an 
appropriate document; 
(q) a statement that the wines were bottled: 
— either at the vineyard where the grapes used were 
harvested and made into wine, 
— or by a group of vineyards, 
— or in an undertaking situated in the specified region 
indicated or in the immediate vicinity of that region, 
with which the vineyards where the grapes used were 
harvested are connected as members of a group of 
vineyards, and which made wine from the said 
grapes; 
(r) information in respect of bottling in a specific region, 
provided that the indication is traditional and cus­
tomary in the specific region in question; 
(s) the number of the container or the number of the lot; 
(t) information concerning: 
— the history of the wine in question, the undertaking 
of the bottler or an undertaking of a natural or legal 
person or group of persons involved in the distri­
bution of the wine, 
— the natural or technical conditions governing the 
production of the wine, or 
— the ageing of the wine, 
provided that this information is used in accordance 
with the conditions laid down by implementing rules; 
(u) by the lower-case letter 'e', indicating that the 
prepackages satisfy the conditions laid down in 
Directive 75/106/EEC as regards filling. 
Article 13 
1. Only the information specified in Article 11 shall be 
allowed for the description on the label of a quality wine 
psr. 
However: 
— additional rules or exceptions may be laid down in 
respect of quality wines psr intended for export, in so far 
as the legislation of third countries makes this 
necessary, 
— pending application of Community provisions on 
dietetic foodstuffs, Member States may, in respect of quality wines psr marketed in their territory, allow 
information to be given as to the dietetic use of such 
products, 
— Member States may allow the statement of the specified 
region referred to in Article 11(1) (a) to be accompanied 
by a statement of the name of a larger geographical unit 
of which the specified region in question is a part, in 
order to indicate its whereabouts, provided however, 
that the conditions governing use of the name of the said 
specified region and of the name of the said geo­
graphical unit are complied with. 
2. In the case of quality wines psr obtained on their 
territory, Member States may make compulsory, dispense 
with or restrict the use of certain particulars referred to in 
Article 11(2), except for those referred to in the first indent 
of (j). 
3. Each Member State shall allow the description of 
quality wines psr which originate in other Member States 
and are distributed in its territory, provided such 
description conforms to Community legislation and is 
allowed in the producer Member State in accordance with 
this Regulation. 
4. In accordance with the detailed rules to be laid down, a 
code: 
(a) shall be used in labelling a quality wine psr, to give full 
or partial information concerning the name of a 
specified region as defined in Article 3 of Regulation 
(EEC) No 823/87 other than the indication which may 
be used for the quality wine psr in question; however, 
Member States may stipulate other appropriate meas­
ures for their own territory in order to avoid confusion 
with the specified region in question; 
(b) may, without prejudice to (a) and provided the Member 
State within whose territory the quality wine psr is 
bottled has so authorized, be used to give the 
information referred to in Article 11(1) (d); such use of a 
code shall be subject to the condition that the label gives 
in full the name or business name of a person or group of 
persons other than the bottler involved in the commer­
cial distribution of the quality wine psr and the local 
administrative area or part thereof in which the head 
office of the person or group is situated; 
5. The information specified: 
— in Article 11(1) shall be given in one or more other of the 
official languages of the Community so that the final 
consumer can easily understand each of these items of 
information, 
— in Article 11 (2) shall be given in one or more other of the 
official languages of the Community. 
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph: 
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(a) an official language of the Member State of origin shall 
be used for: 
— the name of the specified region in which the quality 
wine psr concerned originates, 
— the name of a geographical unit which is smaller 
than the specified region as referred to in Ar­
ticle 11(2) (1), 
— the name of the vineyard or group of vineyards as 
referred to in Article 11(2) (m), and 
— information in respect of bottling as referred to in 
Article 11 (2) (q). 
Such information may. 
— be repeated in one or more other official languages of 
the Community for quality wines psr originating in 
Greece, 
— be given solely in another official language of the 
Community, where the latter is equated with the 
official language in that part of the territory of the 
Member State of origin in which the specified region 
referred to is situated, where these practices are 
traditional and customary in the Member State 
concerned; 
(b) indication of one of the specific traditional expressions 
referred to in Article 15(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 823/ 
87 may be given solely in the official language used in 
accordance with the provisions laid down in this 
Article. 
Such information may be repeated in one or more other 
official languages of the Community for quality wines 
psr originating in Greece; 
(c) It may be decided that the information as to: 
— the method of production, the type of product or a 
particular colour as referred to in Article ll(2)(k), 
and 
— the natural or technical conditions governing the 
production or the ageing of the quality wine psr, as 
referred to in Article ll(2)(t), 
shall be provided solely in one official language of the 
Member State of origin; 
(d) Member States may permit: 
— the information referred to in the first and second 
indents of (a) or in the first sentence of (b), in the case 
of quality wines psr produced and put on the market 
in their territory, and 
— the other information referred to in the first 
subparagraph, in the case of quality wines psr put on 
the market in their territory, to be given also in a language other than an official 
language of the Community where the use of that 
language is traditional and customary in the Member 
State concerned or in a part of its territory. 
For the description of quality wines psr intended for 
export, provision may be made under the implementing 
rules for other languages to be used. 
Article 14 
1. In the description of a quality wine psr on the labelling, 
the name of a 'geographical unit which is smaller than the 
specified region', as referred to in Article 11(2)(1), shall be 
taken to mean the name of: 
— a small locality or group of localities, 
— a local administrative area or part thereof, 
— a wine-growing subregion or part thereof. 
2. Producer Member States may allocate the name of a 
geographical unit which is smaller than the specified region 
in question to quality wine psr provided that: 
— this geographical unit is well defined, 
— all the grapes from which the wines have been produced 
originate in that unit. 
3. Where a quality wine psr is obtained from products of 
grapes harvested in different geographical units as referred 
to in paragraph 1 situated within the same specified region, 
the only information allowed in addition to the name of the 
specified region shall be the name of the larger geographical 
unit covering all the wine-producing areas concerned. 
However, without prejudice to Article 16, producer 
Member States may authorize for designation of a quality 
wine psr the use of: 
(a) the name of a geographical unit as referred to in 
paragraph 1 when the wine has been sweetened with a 
product made in the same specified region; 
(b) the name of a geographical unit as referred to in 
paragraph 1 where the wine is obtained from a mixture 
of grapes, grape musts, new wines still in fermentation 
or, until 31 August 1991, wines, such products 
originating in the geographical unit the name of which is 
to be used for the designation, with a product obtained 
in the same specified region but outside that unit, 
provided that at least 85 % of the quality wine psr 
concerned is obtained from grapes picked in the 
geographical unit the name of which it bears; 
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(c) the name of a geographical unit as referred to in 
paragraph 1, together with the name of the local 
administrative area (or part thereof) or of one of the 
local administrative areas into which that geographical 
unit extends, provided that: 
— such a provision has been traditional and customary 
and was provided for in the rules of the Member 
States concerned before 1 September 1976, and 
— a name of a local administrative area (or part 
thereof) or one of a number of names appearing in a 
register is used as being representative of all the local 
administrative areas over whose area that geo­
graphical unit extends. 
Producer Member States shall draw up the register of 
names of local administrative areas, as referred to in (c) 
and shall forward it to the Commission. 
4. The name of a specified region and the name of a 
geographical unit as referred to in paragraph 1 may not be 
conferred on: 
— a wine resulting from the mixture of a quality wine psr 
with a product obtained outside the specified region in 
question, 
— a quality wine psr which has been sweetened with a 
product obtained outside the specified region in 
question, 
unless these wines are on the list to be drawn up pursuant to 
Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 823/87. 
Article 15 
1. The name of a vine variety as referred to in Article 11 
(2)(n) to describe a quality wine psr may be used on the 
labelling only if: 
(a) that variety is on the list drawn up by the Member States 
pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 
designating the vine varieties which are suitable for 
producing each of the quality wines psr produced in 
their territory; 
(b) the name of the variety appears: 
— as one of the recommended or authorized varieties in 
the classification of vine varieties for the adminis­
trative unit concerned, 
— where appropriate, on the list of synonyms in 
Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No ..., this list may 
provide that a given synonym may be used only to 
describe a quality wine psr produced in the areas of 
production in which such use is traditional and 
customary; (c) with the exception of any products used for sweetening, 
the quality wine psr is made entirely from grapes of the 
variety specified; 
(d) that variety determines the nature of the quality wine 
psr in question; 
(e) the name of that variety does not cause confusion with 
the name of a specified region or geographical unit used 
to describe another quality wine psr or an imported 
wine. 
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and subject to Ar­
ticle 16, producer Member States may allow the indication 
of: 
— the names of two vine varieties for one and the same 
quality wine psr provided that it is obtained entirely 
from the varieties named, with the exception of the 
products used for possible sweetening, or 
— the name of one vine variety, if at least 85 % of the 
product concerned is obtained, after deduction of the 
quantity of the products used for possible sweetening, 
from grapes of the variety named, and provided that the 
variety determines the nature of the product in question, 
or 
— the name of one vine variety classified as a temporarily 
authorized variety in accordance with Article 11 (2) (b) 
of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79 for a period of 15 years 
or less, from the date of such classification, where it was 
traditional in the Member State concerned to indicate 
the name of that variety, or 
— the name of one variety referred to in the first indent of 
Article 13(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79 for a 
period to be determined by the Member State concerned 
but not exceeding five years, subject to this period being 
extended on the basis of the Community provisions 
concerning examination of vine varieties, suitability for 
cultivation, provided that: 
— it is a variety of the species vitis vinifera. 
— cultivation of this variety is authorized for a limited 
area, 
— the competent authorities of the Member State 
which authorized cultivation of this variety carry out 
the inspection referred to in Article 13(3) of the 
abovementioned Regulation, 
— indication on the label of the name of this variety is 
accompanied by a reference to the experimental 
nature of the cultivation of the variety concerned. 
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Article 16 
1. Mention of the vintage year as referred to in 
Article ll(2)(b) on the labels of quality wines psr shall be 
allowed only if all the grapes used to produce the quality 
wine psr concerned were harvested in that year. 
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and without prejudice 
to Article 16, producer Member States may allow an 
indication of the vintage if at least 85 % of the quality wine 
psr concerned is obtained, after deduction of the quantity 
of the products used for possible sweetening, from grapes 
harvested in the year to be shown. 
Article 17 
Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 13(3), the 
second indent of Article 14(2) and Article 15 (2) may be 
applied simultaneously only if at least 85 % of the quality 
wine psr resulting from the mixture comes from the 
geographical unit which is smaller than the specified 
region, from the vine variety and from the vintage year 
given in the description of the quality wine psr. 
II. Official documents and registers 
Article 19 
1. In the case of quality wines psr, the description in the 
official documents shall include the following information : 
(a) the words 'quality wine psr'; 
(b) where appropriate, one of the expressions referred to in 
the second subparagraph of Article 16(5) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 825/87; 
(c) the specified region; 
(d) a statement as to whether the wine is red, rose or white; 
(e) in the case of consignments to another Member State or 
export: the Member State to which the specified region 
belongs. 
2. The description of quality wines psr in the official 
documents shall also include the information specified in 
Article 17(2) and set out below, in so far as it appears or is 
intended to appear on the labelling: 
(a) the vintage year; 
(b) specific details of a traditional kind for the purpose of 
indicating quality; 
(c) a statement as to the method of production, a particular 
colour, or the type of product except as regards the 
residual sugar content; (d) the name of a geographical unit which is smaller than 
the specified region; 
(e) the name of one or two vine varieties; 
(f) the particulars of the natural or technical conditions 
governing the production of the wine. 
Article 20 
1. In the case of quality wines psr, the description in the 
registers kept by producers shall include the information 
specified in: 
— Article 17(1) (a), (b), (c) and (d), 
— Article 17(2), in so far as it is intended to appear on the 
labelling or, in the absence of labelling, in the 
accompanying document. 
2. In the case of quality wines psr, the description in the 
registers kept by persons other than producers shall 
include: 
— the information specified in Article 17(1), 
— the number of the accompanying document and the date 
on which it was drawn up. 
III. Commercial documents 
Article 21 
1. Where an accompanying document has not been 
drawn up for a quality wine psr, the description in the 
commercial documents referred to in Article 1(2) (c) shall 
comprise: 
— the information specified in Article 17(1), and 
— the information specified in Article 17(2) in so far as it 
appears on the label. 
2. Where the description of quality wines psr in the 
commercial documents also includes the information 
specified in Article 11, such information must conform to 
the provisions of Articles 13 to 16 and 40. 
3. In the case of quality wines psr distributed in their 
territory, Member States may allow the information 
specified in Article 11 to be given in the commercial 
documents in the form of a code. This code must be such as 
to enable the inspection authority to identify rapidly the 
description of the quality wine psr concerned. 
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Section C 
DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS OTHER THAN TABLE 
WINES AND QUALITY WINES PSR 
I. Labelling 
Article 22 
1. Where products other than table wines and quality 
wines psr are labelled, the labelling used shall give the 
following information: 
(a) the type of product, using: 
— that definition contained in Community legislation 
which gives the most accurate description of the 
product concerned, or 
-— for products in circulation in the territory of the 
Member States in question, words other than those 
prescribed by Community provisions, where their 
use is traditional and customary in the Member State 
concerned; 
(b) in the case of: 
— grape must and concentrated grape must: the 
density, 
— partially fermented grape must and new wine still in 
fermentation: the actual and/or total alcoholic 
strength by volume, 
— other wine: the actual and/or total alcoholic 
strength by volume; 
(c) the nominal volume of the product in accordance with 
Directive 75/106/EEC; 
(d) in the case of: 
— containers with a nominal volume of not more than 
60 litres: the name or business name of the bottler 
and the local administrative area (or part thereof) 
and the Member State in which his head office is 
situated, 
— other containers: the name or business name of the 
consignor and the local administrative area (or part 
thereof) and the Member State in which his head 
office is situated; was carried out, provided that both these operations 
took place in the same Member State; 
(f) in the case of wines and grape musts: 
— which result from a coupage of products originating 
in more than one Member State: the words 'made 
from products of different countries of the European 
Community', 
— which were not produced in the Member State in 
which the grapes were harvested : the initials 'EEC ; 
(g) any restriction on use imposed by Community legis­
lation. 
2. The description of the products referred to in 
paragraph 1 on the labelling may be supplemented by 
indicating: 
(a) the vintage year; 
(b) the names or business names of the natural or legal 
persons or group of persons involved in the distribution 
of the product in question and the local administrative 
area or part thereof in which their head offices are 
situated; 
(c) where the product is not consigned to another Member 
State or exported and the conditions laid down in 
paragraph (1) (f) are not fulfilled: the name of the 
Member State in whose territory the grapes were 
harvested and production took place; 
(d) by the lower-case letter 'e', indicating that the 
prepackages satisfy the conditions laid down in 
Directive 75/106/EEC as regards filling; 
(e) analytical data other than the particulars specified in 
subparagraph 1 (b), in so far as such information is 
governed-by implementing rules. 
3. Where partially fermented grape must is intended for 
direct human consumption, its description on the labelling 
may be supplemented by information concerning: 
a) the geographical unit, within the meaning of Ar­
ticle 4(1), from which the must originates, provided that 
the conditions concerning table wine laid down in 
Article 4(3) are satisfied; 
(b) the name of a vine variety; 
(e) in the case of consignment to another Member State or 
export: 
— for wines: the Member State in whose territory the 
grapes were harvested and made into wine, provided 
that both these operations took place in the same 
Member State, 
— for grape musts: the Member State in whose 
territory the grapes were harvested and production (c) a statement as to whether the product is red, rose or 
white. 
Article 23 
1. Only the information specified in Article 20 shall be 
allowed for the description on the labelling of products 
other than table wines and quality wines psr. However, in 
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the implementing rules additional provisions may be laid 
down in respect of products other than table wines and 
quality wines psr intended for export, in so far as the 
legislation of third countries makes this necessary. 
2. Each Member State shall allow the description of 
products other than table wines and quality wines psr 
which originate in other Member States and are distributed 
in its territory, provided such description conforms to 
Community legislation and is allowed in the producer 
Member State in accordance with this Regulation. 
However, Member States may : 
— for products other than table wines and quality wines 
psr obtained in their territory, make compulsory, 
prohibit or restrict the use of certain information 
specified in Article 20(2) and (3), 
— authorize, pending the application of Community 
provisions on dietetic foodstuffs, information concern­
ing the dietetic use of grape musts marketed in their 
territory. II. Official documents and registers 
Article 24 
1. In the case of products other than table wines and 
quality wines psr, the description in the official documents 
shall include the following information: 
(a) a statement as to whether the product is red, rose or 
white; 
(b) the type of product, using: 
— that definition contained in Community legislation 
which gives the most accurate description of the 
product concerned, or 
— for products in circulation in the territory of the 
Member State in question, words other than those 
prescribed by Community provisions, where their 
use is traditional and customary in the Member State 
concerned; 
3. An indication of the vintage year as referred to in 
Article 20(2) (a) to describe a product other than a table 
wine or a quality wine psr may be given on the labelling 
only if all the grapes used for making the product in 
question were harvested in that year. 
The indication of a vine variety as referred to in Article 
20(3) (b) to describe a product other than a table wine or a 
quality wine psr may be given on the labelling only if 
conditions corresponding to those set out in Article 5(1) are 
satisfied. 
4. In the designation of products other than table wines 
and quality wines psr on the labelling the information 
specified: 
— in Article 20(1) shall be given in one or more other of the 
official languages of the Community so that the final 
consumer can easily understand each of these items of 
information, 
— in Article 20(2) shall be given in one or more other of the 
official languages of the Community. (c) in the case of consignment to another Member State or 
export: 
— for wines: the Member State in whose territory the 
grapes were harvested and made into wine, provided 
that both these operations took place in the same 
Member State, 
— for grape musts: the Member State in whose 
territory the grapes were harvested and production 
carried out, provided that both these operations 
took place in the same Member State; 
(d) for wines and grape musts: 
— which result from a coupage of products originating 
in more than one Member State: the words 'made 
from products of different countries of the European 
Community', 
— which, in the case of grape musts, were not 
produced, and, in the case of wine, were not turned 
into wine, in the Member State in which the grapes 
were harvested: the inscription 'EEC. 
For such products put on the market in their territory 
Member States may permit this information to be given 
also in a language other than an official language of the 
Community where the use of such language is traditional 
and customary in the Member State concerned or in part of 
its territory. 
For the description of products other than table wines and 
quality wines psr intended for export, provision may be 
made under the implementing rules for other languages to 
be used. 2. The description in the official documents of products 
other than table wines and quality wines psr shall also 
include: 
(a) for products intended for processing into table wine and 
for wines suitable for yielding table wine: the inform­
ation specified in Article 8(2); 
(b) for products intended for processing into quality wine 
psr: the information specified in Article 17(1) (c) and, 
where appropriate, in Article 17(2); 
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(c) for other products: the information specified in 
Article 20(2) (a) and (c) and in Article 20(3), in so far as 
it is intended to appear on the labelling of table wines 
and of quality wines psr obtained from the products 
referred to in (a) and (b) or on the labelling of the 
products referred to in (c). 6. In the case of products other than table wines or 
quality wines psr distributed in their territory, the Member 
States may permit the information referred to in Article 20 
to be entered in commercial documents by means of a code. 
This code must be such that the body responsible for 
inspections can rapidly identify the description of the 
product concerned. 
Article 25 
1. In the case of products other than table wines or 
quality wines psr the description in the registers kept by 
producers shall include: 
— the information referred to in Article 22(1) (a) and (b), 
— the information specified in Article 22(2), in so far as 
such information is intended to appear on the labelling 
or, in the absence of a labelling, in the accompanying 
document. 
2. In the registers kept by persons other than producers, 
the description of these products shall include: 
— the information specified in Article 22(1), 
— the number of the accompanying document and the date 
on which it was drawn up. 
III. Commercial documents CHAPTER II 
DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THIRD 
COUNTRIES 
Section A 
LABELLING 
Article 27 
1. ' The description on the labelling of imported wines 
intended for direct human consumption not included on 
the list referred to in Article 26(1) shall include the 
following information: 
(a) the word 'wine'; 
(b) the nominal volume of the wine imported in accordance 
with Directive 75/106/EEC; 
Article 26 
1. If no accompanying document has been drawn up for a 
product other than a table wine or a quality wine psr, the 
description in the commercial documents referred to in 
Article 1(2) (c) shall include at least the information 
referred to in Article 22(1). 
2. If the vintage year or vine variety are indicated as well, 
this information must be given in accordance with 
Article 21(3). 
3. If, for grape musts, partially fermented grape musts 
and new wines still in fermentation, intended for 
processing into table wine and wines suitable for yielding 
table wine, the description in the commercial documents 
also includes information specified in Article 2, such 
information must conform to the provisions of Articles 4 to 
7 and 40. 
4. If, for grape musts, partially fermented grape musts 
and new wines still in fermentation, intended for 
processing into quality wines psr, the description in the 
commercial documents also includes information specified 
in Article 11, such information must conform to the 
provisions of Articles 13 to 16 and 40. 
5. The information given in the commercial documents 
for the products referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be 
consistent with that given in the accompanying documents. (c) where these wines: 
— have been placed, in the Community, in containers 
with a nominal volume of not more than 60 litres; 
the name or business name of the bottler and the 
local administrative area (or part thereof) and the 
Member State in which his head office is situated; 
however, where bottling was carried out in a local 
administrative area or part thereof other than that 
mentioned above or a neighbouring local adminis­
trative area, the mention of the bottler's head office 
shall specify the local administrative area (or part 
thereof) where bottling was carried out and, if the 
wine was bottled in another Member State, the 
indication of that State, 
— have been placed, outside the Community, in 
containers with a nominal volume of not more than 
60 litres: the name or business name of the importer 
and the local administrative area or part thereof in 
which his head office is situated, or 
— are put up in other containers: 
— the name or business name of the importer and of 
the local administrative area or part thereof 
where his head offices are situated, or 
— if the importer and consignor are not the same, 
the name or business name of the consignor and 
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the local administrative area (or part thereof) and 
the Member State where his head offices are 
situated; (i) details of the type of products, provided that this 
information is governed by Community implementing 
rules. 
(d) the third country of origin, as stated in the documents 
referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 354/79 of 
5 February 1979 laying down general rules for the 
import of wines, grape juice and grape must (*) 
accompanying the wine in question when it is imported; 
(e) the actual alcoholic strength by volume, 
2. The description on the labelling of wines as referred to 
in paragraph 1 may be supplemented by the following 
information: 
(a) a statement as to whether the wine is red, rose or white; 
(b) a brand name, in accordance with the conditions laid 
down in Article 40; 
(c) the names or business names of the natural or legal 
persons or group of persons involved in the distribution 
of the imported wine and the local administrative area 
in which their head offices are situated; 
(d) certain analytical data other than the actual alcoholic 
strength by volume, insofar as such information is 
governed by implementing provisions; 
(e) a recommendation to the consumer as to the use of the 
wine; 
(f) information concerning: 
— the history of the wine in question, the undertaking 
of the bottler or an undertaking of a natural or legal 
person or group of persons involved in the distri­
bution of the wine, 
— the natural or technical conditions governing the 
production of the wine, or 
— the ageing of the wine, 
provided that this information is used in accordance 
with the conditions laid down by implementing rules; 
(g) a distinction awarded to one of the persons or to the 
group of persons referred to in (c) by an official body or 
a body officially recognized for the purpose, where this 
is likely to enhance the reputation of the imported wine 
concerned and provided that such distinction is 
governed by Community implementing rules or, failing 
this, by provisions of the third country of origin; 
(h) by the lower-case letter 'e', indicating that the 
prepackages satisfy the conditions laid down in 
Directive 75/106/EEC as regards filling; 
(!) O] No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 97. Article 28 
1. The description on the labelling of imported wines 
intended for direct human consumption, described by 
reference to a geographical area and contained on the list in 
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No ..., shall include the 
following information: 
(a) the name of a geographical unit situated in the third 
country concerned, in accordance with the conditions 
laid down in Article 29; 
(b) the nominal volume of the imported wine in accordance 
with the provisions of Directive 75/106/EEC; 
(c) where these wines: 
— have been placed, in the Community, in containers 
with a nominal volume of not more than 60 litres: 
the name or business name of the bottler and the 
local administrative area (or part thereof) and the 
Member State in which his head office is situated; 
however, where bottling was carried out in a local 
administrative area or part thereof other than that 
mentioned above or a neighbouring local adminis­
trative area, the mention of the bottler's head office 
shall specify the local administrative area (or part 
thereof) where bottling was carried out, and, if the 
wine was bottled in another Member State, the 
indication of that State, 
— have been placed, outside the Community, in 
containers with a nominal volume of not more than 
60 litres : the name or business name of the importer 
and the local administrative area or part thereof in 
which his head office is situated, or 
— are put up in other containers: 
— the name or business name of the importer and of 
the local administrative area or part thereof 
where his head offices are situated, or 
— if the importer and consignor are not the same, 
the name or business name of the consignor and 
the local administrative area (or part thereof) and 
the Member State where his head offices are 
situated; 
(d) the third country of origin, as stated in the documents 
referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 354/79 accompany­
ing the wine in question when it is imported; 
(e) the actual alcoholic strength by volume. 
The list referred to in the first subparagraph may include 
only imported wines for which, in each case, the conditions 
of production are recognized as being equivalent to those 
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for a quality wine psr or for a table wine bearing an 
indication of geographical origin. 
2. The description on the labelling of wines as referred to 
in paragraph 1 may be supplemented by the following 
information: 
(a) the word 'wine', which may or may not be ac­
companied by a statement as to whether the wine is red, 
rose or white; 
(b) the name of a geographical unit other than that 
included on the list referred to in paragraph 1, in 
accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 
29; 
(c) details: 
— accompanying the geographical ascription to 
emphasize the typically regional character of the 
wine in question, or 
— regarding superior quality, 
in so far as they are prescribed by the national 
provisions of the third country in which the wine 
originates for the domestic market of that country and 
are recognized by the Community; 
(d) the name of one or of two vine varieties, in accordance 
with the conditions laid down in Article 30; 
(e) the vintage year, in accordance with the conditions laid 
down in Article 31; 
(f) certain analytical data other than the actual alcoholic 
strength by volume, insofar as such information is 
governed by implementing provisions; 
(g) a brand name, in accordance with the conditions laid 
down in Article 40; 
(h) the names or business names of the natural or legal 
persons or group of persons involved in the distribution 
of the imported wine, and the local administrative area 
or part thereof in which their head office are situated; 
(i) a recommendation to the consumer as to the use of the 
wine; 
(k) details concerning: 
— the method of production, 
— the type of product, 
— a particular colour of the product, 
provided that such information is governed by 
Community implementing rules or by provisions laid 
down by the third country of origin. However, the use 
of such information may be prohibited for designating 
certain imported wines if it is not traditionally 
employed or if it might lead to confusion as to the type 
or origin of the wine; 
(1) the name of the vineyard or group of vineyards where 
the wine in question was made, where this is likely to enhance the reputation of the wine and in so far as such 
information is governed by provisions laid down by the 
third country of origin; 
(m) a quality control number allotted to the wine in 
question by an official body; 
(n) an award granted to the wine in question by an official 
body or a body officially recognized for the purpose, 
provided that the award can be proved by an 
appropriate document; 
(o) a statement that the wines were bottled: 
— either at the vineyard where the grapes used were 
harvested and made into wine, 
— or by a group of vineyards, 
— or in an undertaking situated in the wine-growing 
area indicated, with which the vineyards where the 
grapes used were harvested are connected as 
members of a group of vineyards, and which made 
wine from the said grapes; 
(p) information concerning: 
— the history of the wine in question, the undertaking 
of the bottler or an undertaking of a natural or legal 
person or group of persons involved in the 
distribution of the wine, 
— the natural or technical conditions governing the 
production of the wine, or 
— the ageing of the wine, 
provided that this information is used in accordance 
with the conditions laid down by implementing rules; 
(q) a distinction awarded to one of the persons or to the 
group of persons referred to in (h) by an official body or 
a body officially recognized for the purpose, where this 
is likely to enhance the reputation of the imported wine 
concerned and provided that such distinction is 
governed by Community implementing rules or, failing 
this, by provisions of the third country of origin; 
(r) by the lower-case letter 'e', indicating that the 
prepackages satisfy the conditions laid down in 
Directive 75/106/EEC as regards filling; 
(s) the number of the container or the number of the lot. 
Article 29 
1. Where imported products other than wines as referred 
to in Article 25 and 26 are labelled, the labelling used shall 
give the following information: 
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(a) the type of product, using that definition contained in 
Community legislation which gives the most accurate 
description of the product concerned; 
(b)in the case of: 
— grape must and concentrated grape must: the 
density, 
— wine: the actual and/or total alcoholic strength by 
volume; 
(c) the nominal volume of the imported product in 
accordance with Directive 75/106/EEC, which may be 
followed by the lower-case letter 'e', indicating that the 
prepackages satisfy the conditions laid down in that 
Directive as regards filling; 
(d) the name or business name of the importer and the local 
administrative area or part thereof in which his head 
offices are situated, or, where the imported product is 
put up in containers with a nominal volume of more 
than 60 litres and where the importer and consignor are 
not the same, the name or business name of the 
consignor and the local administrative area (or part 
thereof) and the Member State where his head offices 
are situated; 
(e) where: 
— the wines or grape musts in question were produced 
in the third country in which all the grapes used were 
harvested: the third country concerned, 
— the conditions of the first indent are not fulfilled: the 
words 'imported product'. 
2. The description used in labelling the products referred 
to in paragraph 1 may be supplemented by indicating the 
names or business names of the natural or legal persons or 
group of persons involved in the distribution of the product 
in question and the local administrative area or part thereof 
in which their head offices are situated. 
In addition to the particulars specified in subparagraph 
1(b), the description may also include other analytical data, 
in so far as such information is governed by implementing 
rules. 
Article 30 
1. Only the information specified in Articles 25, 26 and 27 
shall be allowed for the description on the labelling of 
products originating in third countries. 
2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 may be 
supplemented by other optional information to be 
determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 83 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/57 in the light of experience and of the corresponding provisions adopted in 
respect of products originating in the Community. 
3. In accordance with the same procedure: 
— use of the information specified in Articles 25(2), 26(2) 
and 27(2) may be made compulsory, prohibited or 
restricted, 
— small quantities of wine originating in third countries 
may be exempted from the application of Articles 25(1) 
and 26(1) (b), (c) and (d). 
4. Special conditions may be laid down as regards 
inspection to ensure compliance with the provisions 
governing the description on the labelling of imported 
products, with particular reference to the geographical 
origin, references to superior quality, the vine variety and 
the bottler. 
5. In accordance with detailed rules to be laid down and 
provided that the Member State within whose territory the 
imported wine is bottled has so authorized, a code may be 
used for the information referred to in Article 25(1) (c), first 
indent, and Article 26(1) (c), first indent. Such use shall be 
subject to the condition that the label gives in full the name 
or business name of a person or group of persons other than 
the bottler involved in the commercial distribution of the 
imported wine and the name of the local administrative 
area or part thereof in which the head office of the person 
or group of persons is situated. 
6. In the description of imported products on the 
labelling, the information specified: 
— in Articles 25(1), 26(1) and 27(1) shall be given in one or 
more other of the official languages of the Community, 
so that the final consumer can easily understand each of 
these items of information, 
— in Articles 25(2), 26(2) and 27(2) shall be given in one or 
more other of the official languages of the Community. 
For imported products put on the market in their territory, 
Member States may permit this information to be given 
also in a language other than an official language of the 
Community where use of such language is traditional and 
customary in the Member State concerned or in part of its 
territory. 
However: 
— the name of a geographical unit within the third country 
concerned, as referred to in Article 26(1) (a) and (2) (b), 
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— references to superior quality, as referred to in 
Article 26(2) (c), 
— details concerning the method of production, the type of 
product or a particular colour, as referred to in 
Article 26(2), (k), 
— the name of a vineyard or group of vineyards, as 
referred to in Article 26(2) (1), 
— information in respect of bottling, as referred to in 
Article 26(2) (o), 
shall be given in one of the official languages of the third 
country of origin. Such information may also be given in an 
official language of the Community. 
The use of certain terms resulting from the translation of 
the information referred to in the second subparagraph 
may be governed by implementing rules. 
The name of vine varieties referred to in Article 26(2) (d) 
and their synonyms shall be indicated as on the list referred 
to in Article 30(1) (a). 
7. a) The names or business names of the natural or legal 
persons or group of persons involved in the 
distribution of the imported product, including the 
names of the bottler and the importer, and the local 
administrative area or part thereof in which their 
head offices are situated as referred to in: 
— Article 25(1) (c), 
— Article 25(2) (c), 
— Article 26(1) (c), 
— Article 26(2) (h), 
— Article 27(1) (d), 
— Article 27(2); 
(b) references to superior quality, as referred to in 
Article 26(2) (c); 
(c) the name of vineyard or group of vineyards, as 
referred to in Article 26(2) (1), 
may be used only where this is not likely to cause confusion 
with the name of a region used to describe a quality wine 
psr or another imported wine. 
8. Pending application of Community provisions on 
dietetic foodstuffs, Member States may, in respect of imported wines marketed in their territory, allow inform­
ation to be given as to the dietetic use of such products. 
Article 31 
1. Where, pursuant to Article 26(1) (a) and (2) (b), an 
imported wine is described on the label by means of a 
geographical description, use may be made only of the 
name of a geographical unit: 
(a) which denotes a clearly defined wine-producing area: 
— which is smaller than the territory of the third 
country in question, 
— which produces the grapes from which the product 
was made, 
— in which grapes yielding wines conforming to 
standard quality criteria are harvested; 
(b) which is used on the domestic market of the third 
country of origin to describe the wines and is intended 
for such purpose in provisions laid down by that 
country; 
(c) which is not likely to be confused with information used 
to describe a quality wine psr, a table wine or another 
imported wine. 
2. The name of a geographical unit used to describe a 
table wine or a quality wine psr or the name of a given 
region may not be used to describe an imported wine, 
whether in the language of the producing country in which 
that unit or region is situated, or in any other language. 
3. Exceptions from paragraph 1 (a) may be allowed as 
regards the use of the name of a geographical unit to 
describe a wine resulting from a mixture, provided that 
they: 
— conform to the provisions of the third country of origin, 
and 
— are in practice equivalent to the exceptions allowed 
under Article 13(3) for quality wines psr. 
Exceptions from paragraph 2 may be allowed where the 
geographical name of a wine produced in the Community is 
the same as the name of a geographical unit situated in a 
third country, where such name is used in that country to 
describe a wine in accordance with traditional and 
consistent usage and on condition that its use is governed 
by rules in that country. 
Article 32 
1. The name of a vine variety, as referred to in 
Article 26(2) (d), to describe an imported wine may be used 
on the label only if: 
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(a) the name of that variety and any synonym are included 
on a list to be drawn up for each third country: 
however, such a list may not include names of varieties 
whose cultivation is prohibited by provisions of the 
third country concerned or which are likely to cause 
confusion with: 
— the name of a specified region or of a geographical 
unit used to describe a quality wine psr, a table wine 
or another imported wine, 
— the name of another genetically different variety 
grown within the Community; 
(b) the product concerned is made entirely from grapes of 
the variety in question. 
2. Exceptions from paragraph 1 may be allowed, 
provided that they conform to the provisions of the third 
country of origin and : 
-— with reference to the provision in subparagraph (a), are 
made in respect of a variety which enjoys particular 
renown on the market of the third country concerned, 
— with reference to the provision in subparagraph (b), are 
in practice equivalent to the exceptions allowed under 
Articles 5(2) and 14(2) for table wines and quality wines 
psr. 
Article 33 
1. Mention of the vintage year as referred to in 
Article 26(2) (e) on the labelling of imported wines shall be 
allowed only if: 
(a) all the grapes used for the production of the wine 
concerned were harvested in that year; 
(b) it is accompanied by the name of a geographical unit; 
(c) it is allowed by the provisions of the third country 
concerned. 
2. Exceptions from paragraph 1 (a) may be allowed in 
certain cases, provided that they: 
— conform to the provisions of the third country of origin, 
and 
— are in practice equivalent to the exceptions allowed 
under Articles 6(2) and 15(2) for table wines and quality 
wines psr. Section B 
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND REGISTERS 
Article 35 
1. In the case of imported wines intended for direct 
human consumption which are not on the list referred to in 
Article 26(1) the description in the official documents shall 
include the following information: 
(a) the word 'wine'; 
(b) a statement as to whether the wine is red, rose or white; 
(c) the third country of origin, as stated in the documents 
referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 354/79 accompany­
ing the wine in question when it is imported. 
2. In the case of wines intended for direct human 
consumption, described by means of a geographical 
ascription and contained in the list referred to in 
Article 26(1), the description in the official documents shall 
include the following information: 
(a) the name of a geographical unit, as referred to in 
Article 26(1) (a); 
(b) a statement as to whether the wine is red, rose or white; 
(c) the third country of origin. 
The description in the official documents of these wines 
shall also include the information specified in Article 26(2) 
and set out below, in so far as it appears or is intended to 
appear on the labelling: 
(a) the name of a geographical unit, as referred to in Article 
26(2) (b); 
(b) an indication of superior quality; 
(c) the name of one or of two vine varieties; 
(d) the vintage year; 
(e) a statement as to the method of production or the type 
of product except as regards the residual sugar content; 
(f) the particulars of the natural or technical conditions 
governing the production of wine. 
3. In the case of imported products other than wines as 
referred to in Articles 25 and 26, the description in the 
official documents shall include the following information: 
(a) the type of product, using that definition contained in 
Community legislation which gives the most accurate 
description of the product concerned; 
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(b) where: 
— the wines or grape musts in question were produced 
in the third country in which all the grapes used were 
harvested: the name of the third country concerned, 
— the conditions of the first indent are not fulfilled : the 
words 'imported product'. 
Article 36 
The description in the registers shall include: 
(a) in the case of imported wines intended for direct human 
consumption which are not on the list referred to in 
Article 26(1): 
— the information specified in Article 32(1), 
— the number of the accompanying document and the 
date on which it was drawn up; 
(b) in the case of imported wines intended for direct human 
consumption, described by means of a geographical 
ascription and on the list referred to in Article 26(1): 
— the information specified in the first subparagraph of 
Article 32(2), 
— the number of the accompanying document and the 
date on which it was drawn up; 
(c) in the case of imported products other than wines as 
referred to in Articles 25 and 26: 
— the information specified in Article 32(3), 
— the number of the accompanying document and the 
date on which it was drawn up. 
Article 37 
The description of wines originating in third countries and 
intended for direct human consumption, as given in the 
documents drawn up by the competent authorities and 
laboratories of the third country concerned and presented 
on import, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and in 
particular Article 70 thereof, shall include all the 
information necessary to enable the competent authorities 
of Member States or the natural or legal persons or group 
of persons acting on their behalf to draw up an 
accompanying document in accordance with the provisions 
of Article 32. 
Section C 
COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS 
Article 38 
1. In the case of imported wines as referred to in 
Article 25, if no accompanying document is drawn up, the 
description in the commercial documents referred to in Article 1(2) (c) shall include the information specified in 
Article 32(1). 
Where the description of these wines in the commercial 
doctnments also includes a brand name as referred to in 
Article 25(2) (b), this must conform to the provisions of 
Article 40. 
2. In the case of imported wines as referred to in 
Article 26, if no accompanying document is drawn up, the 
description in the commercial documents referred to in 
Article 1(2) (c) shall include the information specified in 
Article 32(2). 
Where the description of these wines in the commercial 
documents also includes some of the information specified 
in Article 26(2), this must conform to the provisions of 
Articles 29, 30, 31 and 40. 
3. In the case of imported products other than wines as 
referred to in Articles 25 and 26, the description in the 
commercial documents referred to in Article 1(2) (c) shall 
include at least the information specified in Article 32(3). 
4. In the case of imported products distributed in their 
territory, Member States may permit the information 
referred to in Articles 25, 26 and 27 to be entered in 
commercial documents by means of a code. The code must 
be such that the body responsible for inspections can 
rapidly identify the description of the product concerned. 
TITLE II 
PRESENTATION 
Article 39 
1. This Title lays down general rules governing the 
containers, labelling and packaging: 
(a) in the case of products originating within the Com­
munity: 
— of products falling within code 2204 of the combined 
nomenclature, and 
— of grape musts, whether concentrated or not, as 
defined in points 2 and 6 of Annex I to Regulation 
(EEC) No 822/87 and falling within code ex 2009 of 
the combined nomenclature; 
(b) in the case of products originating in third countries and 
fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 9 and 10 of 
the Treaty: 
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— of products falling within code 2204 of the combined 
nomenclature, 
— of grape musts, as defined in point 2 of Annex I to 
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and falling within code 
ex 2009 of the combined nomenclature, and 
— of concentrated grape musts, as defined in Article 2 
of Regulation (EEC) No... falling within code 
ex 2009 of the combined nomenclature. 
However, this Title shall not apply to sparkling wines, 
aerated sparkling wines, semi-sparkling wines, aerated 
semi-sparkling wines and liqueur wines, as referred to in 
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Article 2 of 
Regulation (EEC) No .... 
2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to 
products held for sale and to products put into circulation. 
Article 40 
1. Products to which this Title applies may be stored or 
transported only in containers which: 
(a) are clean inside; 
(b) have no adverse effect on the smell, taste or composition 
of the product in question; 
(c) are made of or lined with materials permitted to come 
into contact with foodstuffs; 
(d) are used solely for the storage or transport of foodstuffs. 
2. Use of the containers may be subject to certain 
conditions to be laid down for the purpose of ensuring in 
particular that: 
(a) the organoleptic properties and the composition of the 
products are preserved; or 
(b) the quality and origin of the products may be 
distinguished. 
3. The containers used for the storage of the products 
referred to in this Title shall be marked in indelible writing, 
in such a way as to enable the inspection authority to 
identify their contents rapidly by reference to the registers 
or equivalent documents. 
However, in the case of containers with a nominal volume 
of not more than 60 litres, which are filled with the same 
product and stored together in the same batch, the batch as 
a whole may be marked instead of the individual 
containers, provided that the batch is clearly separated 
from other batches. 
4. Provision may be made that containers used for 
transport, in particular tankers for use on road, rail or 
waterway, should bear in a clearly visible place and in 
indelible writing: (a) a statement that the containers have been approved for 
the transport of beverages and foodstuffs; 
(b) special cleaning instructions. 
Article 41 
1. For the purpose of Titles I and II, 'labelling' shall be 
understood to mean all descriptions and other references, 
signs, designs or brand names which distinguish the 
product and which appear on the same container, including 
its sealing device, or the tag attached to the container. 
Particulars, signs and other references shall not constitute 
part of the labelling if they: 
— are required under the tax provisions of the Member 
States, 
— refer to the manufacturer or to the volume of the 
container and are inscribed directly and indelibly 
thereon, 
— are used for the purpose of bottling checks and are 
indicated in detailed rules to be laid down, 
— are used to identify the product by means of a figure 
code and/or of a mechanical scanning symbol, 
— refer to the price of the product concerned, 
— are laid down by the legislation of the Member States on 
quantity and quality control of products subject to 
systematic official examination. 
2. Without prejudice to the exemptions referred to in the 
second subparagraph of Article 1(3), as from the moment 
the product is placed on the market in a container of a 
nominal volume of not more than 60 litres, the container 
shall be labelled. 
Such labelling shall be in accordance with the provisions of 
this Regulation; this also applies to labelled containers of a 
nominal volume of more than 60 litres. 
3. Labelling shall be carried out in accordance with 
conditions to be laid down. 
Such conditions, which may differ from one product to 
another, shall relate in particular to: 
(a) the positioning of the labels on the containers; 
(b) the minimum size of the labels; 
(c) the arrangement on the labels of the various items 
comprising the description; 
(d) the size of the lettering on the labels; 
(e) the use of signs, illustrations or brand names; 
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(f) the language in which the labels are worded, in so far as 
this is not laid down by this Regulation. 
Article 42 
1. For the purposes of Titles I and II, packaging means 
protective wrappings such as paper, straw coverings of all 
kinds, cardboard boxes and crates, used in the transport of 
one or more containers. 
2. Apart from instructions necessary for consignment or 
markings appearing on packaging carried out by retailers in 
the presence of the purchaser, the packaging may not bear 
information relating to the packed product which does not 
conform to Articles 2, 11, 20, 25, 26 and 27. 
TITLE III 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Article 43 
1. The description and presentation of the products 
referred to in this Regulation, and any form of advertising 
for such products, must not be incorrect or likely to cause 
confusion or to mislead the persons to whom they are 
addressed, particularly as regards: 
— the information provided for in Articles 2,11, 20,25, 26 
and 27; this shall apply even if the information is used in 
translation or with a reference to the actual provenance 
or with additions such as 'type', 'style', 'method', 
'imitation', 'brand' or similar, 
— the characteristics of the products, and in particular 
their nature, composition, alcoholic strength by 
volume, colour, origin or provenance, quality, the vine 
variety, vintage year, nominal volume of the containers 
or a reference to a superior quality, 
— the identity and status of the natural or legal persons or 
group of persons who have been or are involved in the 
production or distribution of the product in question. 
2. Where the description, presentation and advertising of 
the products referred to in this Regulation are sup­
plemented by brand names, such brand names may not 
contain any words, syllables, signs or illustrations which: 
(a) are likely to cause confusion or mislead the persons to 
whom they are addressed within the meaning of 
paragraph 1, or 
(b) are liable to be confused by the persons to whom they 
are addressed with all or part of the description of a 
table wine, of a quality wine psr, or of an imported wine 
whose description is governed by Community provi­sions or with the description of any other product 
referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) and 
the first subparagraph of Article 36(1), or are identical 
to the description of any such product unless the 
products used for making the final products referred to 
above are entitled to such description or presentation. 
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2(b), the holder of a 
registered trade mark for a wine or a grape must which is 
identical: 
— to the name of a geographical unit smaller than a 
specified region used to describe a quality wine psr, or 
— to the name of a geographical unit used to describe a 
table wine referred to in Article 72(2) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 822/87, or 
— the name of an imported wine described by means of a 
geographical indication referred to in Article 26(1), 
may, even if he is not entitled to use such a name pursuant 
to paragraph 2, continue to use that trade mark until 
31 December 2002 provided that the trade mark in 
question: 
(a) was registered not later than 31 December 1985 by the 
competent authority of a Member State in accordance 
with the legislation in force at the time of registration, 
and 
(b) has actually been used without interruption since its 
registration until 31 December 1986 or, if registration 
took place before 1 January 1984, at least since the latter 
date. 
Trade marks complying with the conditions of the first 
subparagraph may not be invoked against the use of the 
names of geographical units used to describe a quality wine 
psr or a table wine. 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal 
from the Commission by 31 December 2002, shall decide 
whether to extend this time limit. 
4. The Member States shall communicate to the Commis­
sion the trade marks referred to in paragraph 3 as and when 
they are informed thereof. 
The Commission shall forward that information to the 
competent authorities of the Member States designated to 
verify compliance with Community provisions in the wine 
sector. 
Article 44 
If necessary, rules may be adopted to govern the use of the 
control numbers referred to in Article 11(2). 
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Article 44a 
For the purposes of the monitoring and control of products 
to which this Regulation applies, the competent authorities 
may, with due regard to the general rules of procedure 
adopted by each Member State, require the bottler or a 
person who has been involved in distribution and who is 
indicated either in the description or on the presentation of 
those products to furnish proof of the accuracy of the 
information used in the description or the presentation 
concerning the nature, identity, quality, composition, 
origin or provenance of the product concerned or of the 
products used in its production. 
Where such a request is made by: 
— the competent authority of the Member State of 
establishment of the bottler or the person who is 
involved in distribution and who is indicated either in 
the description or the presentation of the products, 
proof shall be required directly of such persons by that 
authority, 
— the competent authority of another Member State, that 
authority shall, within the framework of direct 
cooperation between them, provide the competent 
authority of the country of establishment of the bottler 
or the person who is involved in distribution and who is 
indicated either in the description or the presentation of 
the products with all the information necessary to 
enable the latter authority to require such proof; the 
requesting authority shall be informed of the action 
taken as a result of its request. 
If the competent authorities find that such proof is not 
provided, the information in question shall be regarded as 
not complying with this Regulation. 
Article 45 
1. The appellation: 
(a) 'wine' shall be restricted to products conforming to the 
definition in point 10 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EEC) 
No 822/87; 
(b) 'table wine' shall be restricted to products conforming 
to the definition given in point 13 of that Annex. 
2. Without prejudice to the provisions for the harmoniza­
tion of laws, the possibility for Member States to allow 
— the use of the word 'wine' accompanied by the name of a 
fruit and in the form of a composite name to describe 
products obtained by the fermentation of fruit other 
than grapes, shall not, however, be affected by the provisions of 
paragraph 1. 
In the event of use of such composite names, any confusion 
with the products referred to in paragraph 1 must be 
avoided. 
Article 46 
1. Where the description or presentation of the products 
does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation or to 
the detailed rules adopted for its implementation, the 
products concerned may not be held for sale or put on the 
market in the Community or exported. 
However, in the case of products intended for export, 
derogations from this Regulation may: 
— be authorized by the Member States where the 
legislation of the importing third country so requires, 
— be provided .for in the implementing provisions in cases 
not covered by the first indent. 
2. The Member State in whose territory the product 
whose description or presentation does not conform to the 
provisions referred to in paragraph 1 is located shall take 
the necessary steps to impose penalties in respect of 
infringements committed, according to their gravity. 
The Member State may, however, grant an authorization 
for the product to be held for sale, put on the market in the 
Community or exported, provided that its description or 
presentation is changed to conform to the provisions 
referred to in paragraph 1. 
Article 47 
1. For a transitional period ending on 31 August 1979, 
Member States may, notwithstanding this Regulation, 
authorize the use of supplementary information permitted 
on that date for products distributed in their territory. 
2. Other transitional provisions shall be laid down in 
respect of: 
— the placing on the market of products whose description 
and presentation do not conform to the provisions of 
this Regulation, 
— the use of stocks of labels and other labelling accessories 
printed before the date of entry into force of this 
Regulation. 
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. 
Article 48 
— other composite names including the word 'wine', 1. Regulation (EEC) No 355/79 is hereby repealed. 
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2. References to the Regulation repealed under para- Article 49 
graph 1 shall be construed as references to this Regulation. 
This Regulation shall enter into force on ... 
Citations and references referring to Articles of the 
repealed Regulation should be read in accordance with the This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
correlation table in the Annex. applicable in all Member States. 
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