Commission Regulation (EC) No 1470/1999 of 5 July 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts
Date: 1999-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: designation of origin, fruit product, grape, labelling, preparation for market, wine

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Official Journal of the European Communities

6. 7. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1470/1999

of 5 July 1999

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

(1) 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;

(2) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2770/98 (6), lays
down detailed rules for the description and presentation
of wines and grape musts;

(3) Whereas,

in view of an application from Moldavia,
provision should be made for wines originating in that
country to bear the name of a vine variety included in
the list in Annex IV even though only 85 % of the wine
in question is made from grapes of the vine variety
whose name it bears, on condition that that variety
determines the character of the wine;

(4) Whereas Italy has requested that a new synonym used
traditionally in that country be added to Annex III to
Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90; whereas that request
should be acceded to;

(5) Whereas Argentina has requested adjustments to Annex
IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 relating to the
listing of a new vine variety and synonyms used in that
country; whereas that request should be acceded to;

(6) Whereas India has requested that it be added to the list
of third countries in Annexes II and IV to Regulation
(EEC) No 3201/90; whereas that request should be
acceded to;

(7) 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.

in Article 13(2)(b), the following indent is added:

‘— Moldavia’;

2. Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 are
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

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, 5 July 1999.

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 346, 22.12.1998, p. 25.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

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

In Part A.2, after Section ‘11. ZIMBABWE’, the following Section is added:

‘12. INDIA’.

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

In Section ‘5. ITALY’, the synonym ‘Enantio N’
frastagliata’ as follows:

is added after ‘Lambrusco’ for the variety ‘Lambrusco a foglia

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

Accepted synonyms — in general

‘Lambrusco a foglia frastagliata

Lambrusco, Enantio N’

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

1. In Section ‘3. ARGENTINA’, the following variety names and synonyms are added:

List of varieties accepted in the Community

Accepted synonyms

‘Syrah

Torre dei Passeri

Sirah, Petit Syrah, Baldemina, Shiraz

Cordisco’

2. After Section ‘36. CANADA’, the following Section is added:

‘37. INDIA

List of varieties accepted in the Community

Accepted synonyms

Cabernet franc
Cabernet sauvignon
Chardonnay
Merlot
Muscat blanc
Pinot noir
Riesling
Shiraz
Thompson seedless
Ugni blanc’