Commission Regulation (EC) No 1655/2001 of 14 August 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes
Date: 2001-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: application of EU law, common organisation of markets, vinification, viticulture

15.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 220/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1655/2001

of 14 August 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and
establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes

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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (2),
and in particular Article 46 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Point A(3) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999 allows the maximum permissible total sulphur
dioxide levels of wine to be increased where weather
conditions make this necessary.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1609/2001 (4),
lays
down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the maximum total
sulphur dioxide levels in particular.

By letter of 21 May 2001, the German Government
requested authorisation to increase
the maximum
permissible total sulphur dioxide content of wine, which
is set at
litre, by a
less than 300 milligrams per
maximum of 40 milligrams per litre for wine produced
in Germany from the 2000 grape harvest in the wake of
exceptionally unfavourable weather conditions. That
request should be acceded to.

(4)

This temporary measure is the only option available for
ensuring that the 2000 grape harvest is not spoiled and
can thus be used for wines produced in Germany.

(5)

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 should therefore be
amended to allow for an increase in the maximum total
sulphur dioxide level of wines produced in Germany
from the 2000 grape harvest.

The Management Committee for Wine has not delivered
an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The following paragraph 4 is added to Article 19:

‘4.
The cases where the Member States may authorise,
because of weather conditions, that the maximum total
sulphur dioxide content of wine, which is set at less than
300 milligrams per litre in point A of Annex V to Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999, be increased by a maximum of 40
milligrams per litre for certain wines produced in certain
wine-growing zones within their territory shall be as listed
in Annex XIIa hereto.’

2. Annex XIIa, the text of which is set out in the Annex

hereto,

is inserted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 14 August 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 9.

L 220/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.8.2001

ANNEX

‘ANNEX ΧΙΙa

Increase in the maximum total sulphur-dioxide content where the weather conditions make this necessary

(Article 19 of this Regulation)

Year

Member State

Wine-growing zone(s)

Wines concerned

1.

2000

Germany

All wine-growing
Germany

zones

of

All wines obtained from grapes
harvested in 2000’