Commission Regulation (EC) No 2138/2002 of 29 November 2002 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bottling, disclosure of information, fruit product, labelling, wine, wine of superior quality

30.11.2002

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2138/2002

of 29 November 2002

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

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 2585/2001 (2),
and in particular Article 80 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89 of 24 July 1989
laying down general rules for the description and presen-
tation of wines and grape musts (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. The detailed implementing rules for describing
and presenting wines and grape musts are set out in
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 885/2001 (6).

Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89 was repealed on 1 August
2000 by Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
However, a prolongation of Regulation (EEC) No 2392/
89 as a derogation from some of the provisions of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999 until 1 August 2003 is
provided for in Article 47 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down certain
rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as
regards the description, designation, presentation and
protection of certain wine sector products (7).

India has asked for provision to be made for including
the names of nine vine varieties on the labelling of wines
originating in India by listing them in Annex IV to Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3201/90. Argentina has also asked for
the alternative name of one vine variety to be allowed
on the labelling of wines originating in Argentina by
adding it to the list in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No
3201/90. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has also
asked for two vine varieties, with their synonyms, to be

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10.
(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 128, 10.5.2001, p. 54.
(7) OJ L 118, 4.5.2002, p. 1.

allowed on the labels of wines originating in that
country by addition to the list in Annex IV to Regulation
(EEC) No 3201/90.

Under Article 12(2) of the said Regulation, it is obliga-
tory to list in Annex IV all the names of vine varieties
and their alternatives which may be used to describe an
imported wine. In accordance with Article 30 of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2392/89, the name of a vine variety and
any synonym of it may be included in the list of varieties
which are allowed to be cultivated under the rules of the
country concerned, provided such names are not liable
to be confused with the name of a designated area or a
geographical entity used to describe a quality wine psr, a
table wine or other imported wine or with the name of
another genetically different variety cultivated in the
Community. After scrutiny of the documentation sent
by India, Argentina and the Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia, it seems justified to accept their requests subject
to the condition that the wines concerned are made
exclusively from the varieties stated.

(5)

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

Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 is hereby amended
as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 29 November 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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

1. Under ‘3. ARGENTINA’, the synonym ‘Pinot Grigio’

is added.

ANNEX

List of varieties accepted in the Community

Accepted synonyms

Pinot gris

Pinot Grigio

2. Under ‘22. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA’, the names of the varieties ‘Traminac-beli, Rizling-italijanski’ and

their synonyms ‘Riesling Italico, Welsch Riesling, Riesling Italian’ are added:

List of varieties accepted in the Community

Accepted synonyms

Traminac-beli

Rizling-italijanski

Riesling Italico

Welsch Riesling

Riesling Italian

3.

‘22. ARMENIA’ becomes ‘22a. ARMENIA’.

4. Under ‘37. INDIA’, the names of the following varieties are added: ‘Cinsaut, Clairette, Grenache, Mourvedre, Pinot-gris,

Sauvignon-blanc, Sémillon, Viognier’.