Commission Regulation (EC) No 2770/98 of 21 December 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts
Date: 1998-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: designation of origin, grape, labelling, preparation for market, vineyard, wine

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2770/98

of 21 December 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 laying down detailed rules for the
description and presentation of wines and grape musts

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
the
16 March 1987 on the common organisation of
market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1627/98 (2), and in particular Article 72(5) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1427/96 (4), lays down
general rules for the description and presentation of wines
and grape musts;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 847/98 (6), lays
down detailed rules for the description and presentation
of wines and grape musts;

Whereas the terms ‘Crianza', ‘Reserva' and ‘Gran Reserva'
used to provide information on the ageing of Spanish
wines and mentioned in the fourth indent of Article
17(2)(c)(i) of Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 are recognised
under Spanish law as additional traditional terms used to
designate quality wines psr since 1979; whereas they
should be listed in Article 3(3)(e) of that Regulation;

Whereas, in view of an application from Uruguay, provi-
sion should be made for wines originating in that country
and produced exclusively from two varieties to be able to
bear the name of
those two varieties when they are
marketed in the Community;

Whereas Italy and Portugal have requested that new syn-
onyms traditionally used in those countries be added to

Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90; whereas that
request should be acceded to;

Whereas Chile, the United States, Hungary and Tunisia
have requested that their lists of vine varieties and syn-
onyms in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 be
amended following amendments to legislation in those
countries; whereas those requests should be acceded to;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. the following terms are added to Article 3(3)(e):

— ‘Crianza',
— ‘Reserva',
— ‘Gran Reserva';

2. in Article 13(2)(a),

‘Uruguay'

is added after ‘South

Africa';

3. Annexes III and IV are amended in accordance with

the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 232, 9. 8. 1989, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 184, 24. 7. 1996, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 309, 8. 11. 1990, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 120, 23. 4. 1998, p. 14.

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ANNEX

I. Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 is amended as follows:

1. under point 5 ‘ITALY', the names of the following vine varieties and synonyms are added:

Name of the vine variety used in the
classification of vine varieties for the administrative
unit concerned

Accepted synonyms — in general

‘Primitivo N

Calabrese N

Zinfandel N

Nero d’Avola N'

2. under point 7 ‘PORTUGAL', the name of the following synonym is added:

Name of the vine variety used in the
classification of vine varieties for the administrative
unit concerned

Accepted synonyms — in general

‘Pinot tinto

Pinot noir'

II. Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 is amended as follows:

1. under point 7 ‘CHILE', the names of the following vine varieties are added:

List of varieties accepted in the Community

Accepted synonyms

7. CHILE

‘Marsanne

Rousanne

Carmen(cid:138)re

Nebbiolo

Verdot'

2. under point 10 ‘UNITED STATES', (a) Varieties of ‘vitis vinifera', the names of the following varieties

and synonyms are added:

List of varieties accepted in the Community

Accepted synonyms

10. UNITED STATES:

(a) Varieties of vitis vinifera

‘Petit Verdot

Syrah

Shiraz'

3. point 11 ‘HUNGARY' is replaced by the following:

List of varieties accepted in the Community

Accepted synonyms

‘11. HUNGARY

Bianca

Bibor kadarka

Blauburger

Bouvier

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List of varieties accepted in the Community

Accepted synonyms

Budai

Cabernet franc

Cabernet sauvignon

Cardinal

Chardonnay

Chasselas

Cirfandli

Cserszegi f(cid:129)szeres

Csill(cid:145)m

Csaba gy(cid:148)ngye

Csomorika

Duna gy(cid:148)ngye

Ezerf(cid:129)rt(cid:129)

Ezerj(cid:155)

Furmint

H(cid:145)rslevel(cid:129)

Gamay noir

Goh(cid:130)r

H(cid:145)rslevel(cid:129)

Irsai Oliv(cid:130)r

Izs(cid:145)ki

Jubileum 75

Kadarka

K(cid:145)rmin

K(cid:130)kfrankos

Chardonnay blanc, Kereklevel(cid:129)

Gutedel, Gy(cid:148)ngysz(cid:148)l(cid:148)

Zierfandler, Roter Zierfandler

Perle von Csaba

Tausendgut

Kir(cid:145)lyfurmint, Nemes furmint

Lindenbl(cid:132)ttriger

F(cid:129)szeres kadarka, Nemes kadarka

Blaufr(cid:132)nkisch, Nagyburgundi

Blauer Portugieser

Portugieser

Kerner

K(cid:130)knyel(cid:129)

Kir(cid:145)lyleanyka

K(cid:148)v(cid:130)rsz(cid:148)l(cid:148)

K(cid:148)vidinka

Korai piros veltelini

Le(cid:145)nyka

Merlot

M(cid:130)zes

Mornen noir

Nekt(cid:145)r

N(cid:130)r(cid:155)

Olasz rizling

Oremus

Ottonel muskot(cid:145)ly

Feh(cid:130)r burgundi

Pinot noir

Piros veltelini

Pozsonyi

Rajnai rizling

Blaustengler

K(cid:148)nigstochter, K(cid:148)nigliche, M(cid:132)dchentraube

Steinschiller

Fr(cid:129)hroter Veltliner

M(cid:132)dchentraube

Weisser Honigler

Welschriesling

Z(cid:130)ta

Muscat Ottonel, Muscat, Muscateller

Weissburgunder

Kisburgundi k(cid:130)k, Sp(cid:132)tburgunder, Pinot nero

Roter Veltliner

Rheinriesling, Riesling, Weisser Riesling

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List of varieties accepted in the Community

Accepted synonyms

M(cid:129)ller Thurgau

Rubintos

S(cid:145)rga muskot(cid:145)ly

Sz(cid:129)rkebar(cid:145)t

Tur(cid:145)n

Tramini

Vikt(cid:155)ria gy(cid:148)ngye

Zala gy(cid:148)ngye

Zefir

Zeng(cid:148)

Zenit

Zeusz

Z(cid:148)ld szilv(cid:145)ni

Z(cid:148)ld veltelini

Zweigelt

Gelber Muscateller, Muscat blanc, Yellow Muscat

Pinot gris, Pinot grigio, Graum(cid:148)nch, Rul(cid:132)nder
Grauburgunder

Piros tramini, F(cid:129)szeres tramini, Gew(cid:129)rztraminer,
Roter Traminer, Traminer aromatico

Perle von Zala

Sylvaner, Gr(cid:129)ner Sylvaner

Gr(cid:129)ner Veltliner'

4. point 19 ‘TUNISIA' is replaced by the following:

List of varieties accepted in the Community

Accepted synonyms

‘19. TUNISIA

Alicante Bouschet

Beldi

Cabernet franc

Cabernet sauvignon

Carignan

Catarato

Chardonnay

Cinsault

Clairette pointue

Grenache

Merlot

Merseguera

Monique

Morastel

Mourv(cid:138)dre

Pedro ximenes

Pignatello

Pinot noir

Rezzegui

Sangiovese

Syrah

Ugni blanc'