Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2001 of 24 April 2001 amending Regulations (EEC) No 3201/90, (EC) No 1622/2000 and (EC) No 883/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of the common organisation of the market in wine, with regard to wines originating in Canada and having the right to the designation "Icewine"
Date: 2001-04-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canada, common organisation of markets, originating product, product designation, viticulture, wine

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 885/2001

of 24 April 2001

amending Regulations (EEC) No 3201/90, (EC) No 1622/2000 and (EC) No 883/2001 laying down
detailed rules for the application of the common organisation of the market in wine, with regard
to wines originating in Canada and having the right to the designation (cid:145)Icewine(cid:146)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (2),
and in particular Articles 46, 68 and 80 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 of 24 July
2000 laying down transitional measures pending the
definitive measures implementing Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market
in wine (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
731/2001 (4), provides for the extension until 31 March
2001 of certain provisions of the Council repealed by
Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 pending
the finalisation and adoption of measures implementing
that Regulation, in particular Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2392/89 of 24 July 1989 laying down general rules
for the description and presentation of wines and grape
musts (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1427/96 (6).

and grape musts (7),
(EC) No

Article 13(2)(b) and (3)(a) of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 3201/90 of 16 October 1990 laying down
detailed rules for the description and presentation of
amended by
wines
for
provide
Regulation
derogations from Articles 30 and 31 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2392/89 for certain imported wines with
regard to the possibility of using the name of a vine
variety and the year of harvest.

last
as
1640/2000 (8)

(4)

(5)

domestic market of that country must be recognised by
the Community before they can be used on the
Community market.

Annex XII
(EC) No
to Commission Regulation
1622/2000 of 24 July 2000 laying down certain
detailed rules for
implementing Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 (9), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
2451/2000 (10); provides
from the
sulphur dioxide content for certain wines (provided for
in Article 19 of that Regulation). Annex XIII of that
Regulation provides for derogations from the volatile
acid content for certain wines (provided for in Article
20 of that Regulation).

for derogations

for

Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April
2001 laying down detailed rules
implementing
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade
with third countries in products in the wine sector (11)
provides for the possibility of analytical derogations for
in particular those with an
certain imported wines,
actual alcoholic strength of less than 9 % vol and a total
alcoholic
exceeding 15 % vol
without enrichment as referred to in Article 68(2)(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

strength by volume

(6) Wines originating in Canada with the right

to the
designation (cid:145)Icewine(cid:146) are produced under conditions
similar to those applying to Community wines with the
right to the designation (cid:145)Eiswein(cid:146). In order to permit the
import and marketing of Canadian wines with the right
to the designation (cid:145)Icewine(cid:146) with labels bearing wordings
used for those wines, the above derogations are required
for those wines with regard to the possibility of using
on the label the name of a vine variety, the year of
harvest and details regarding superior quality and the
sulphur dioxide content, the volatile acid content, the
actual alcoholic strength and the total alcoholic strength
by volume.

(3)

Article 26(2)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89 lays
down that details regarding superior quality prescribed
by the national provisions of a third country for the

(7)

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 185, 25.7.2000, p. 24.
(4) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 33.
(5) OJ L 232, 9.8.1989, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 184, 24.7.1996, p. 3.
(7) OJ L 309, 8.11.1990, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 41.

are

currently underway between the
Negotiations
Comunity, represented by the Commission, and Canada
on a general agreement on trade in wine. Both parties
wish to conclude a satisfactory agreement within a
to facilitate discussions
reasonable
provisions should be made for the above derogations as

In order

time.

(9) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 282, 8.11.2000, p. 7.
(11) See p. 1 of this Official Journal.

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a transitional measure until the entry into force of the
ensuing agreement.

The following subparagraph is added to Annex XII to

2.
Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000:

(8)

The Management Committee for Wine has not delivered
an opinion within the time limit laid down by its Chair,

(cid:145)(g) for wines originating in Canada:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

(a)

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

(cid:145)(cid:151) Canada, if described by the term (cid:147)Icewine(cid:148).(cid:146);

(b) the following indent is added to Article 13(3)(a):

(cid:145)(cid:151) Canada, if described by the term (cid:147)Icewine(cid:148).(cid:146);

35 milliequivalents per litre for wines with the right to
the designation (cid:147)Icewine(cid:148).(cid:146)

Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 is amended as follows:

1. The following subparagraph (d) is added to Article 33(1):

(cid:145)(d) wines originating in Canada, with an actual alcoholic
strength of not less than 7 % vol and a total alcoholic
strength by volume exceeding 15 % vol, without
enrichment, designated:

(c)

the following Chapter is added after (cid:145)Chapter 3a Australia(cid:146)
in Annex I:

(cid:145)4. CANADA

(cid:151) by a geographical indication, and

(cid:151) by the term (cid:147)Icewine(cid:148),

(cid:151) (cid:147)Icewine(cid:148), possibly with the term (cid:147)VQA(cid:148) or the words

(cid:147)Vintners Quality Alliance(cid:148).(cid:146)

under the conditions laid down by the legislation of
the Provinces of Ontario and British Columbia.(cid:146)

Article 2

2. A reference to subparagraph (d) is added to Article 33(2).

The following paragraph is added to Annex XII

1.
Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000:

to

3. The word (cid:145)Canada(cid:146) is deleted from Annex VI.

the maximum sulphur dioxide content

to Regulation (EC) No
(cid:145)In addition to Annex V(A)
1493/1999,
for
white wine originating in Canada and with the right to the
sugar content,
designation (cid:147)Icewine(cid:148), with a residual
expressed as invert sugar, of not less than five g/l, shall be
increased to 400 mg/l.(cid:146)

Article 4

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, 24 April 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission