Commission Regulation (EC) No 1795/2003 of 13 October 2003 amending Annex VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards quality wines produced in specified regions
Date: 2003-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, derogation from EU law, wine of superior quality

14.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 262/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1795/2003

of 13 October 2003

amending Annex VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards quality wines produced
in specified regions

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 806/2003 (2),
and in particular Article 58 thereof,

Whereas:

tural adjustments to the traditional method for produ-
cing these wines, the derogation should be extended
until 31 August 2005.

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

Annex VI.D.1 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 stipu-
lates that quality wines psr may be produced only from
grapes of wine varieties which appear on the list of the
Member State of production and are harvested within
the specified region.

However, point D.2 of that Annex provides that, until
31 August 2003 at the latest, in the case of a traditional
practice governed by special provisions of the Member
State of production, that Member State may permit on
certain conditions, by means of express authorisations
and subject to suitable controls, that a quality sparkling
wine psr be obtained by adding to the basic product
from which the wine is made one or more wine-sector
products which do not originate in the specified region
whose name the wine bears.

Italy has applied this derogation for the preparation of
‘Conegliano-Valdobbiadene’
e Colli
Asolani’ quality sparkling wines psr. Since the derogation
expires on 31 August 2003 and the wine producers
have justified that they need a limited extension to this
derogation to allow them to make the necessary struc-

‘Montello

and

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The first subparagraph of Annex VI.D.2 to Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 is hereby replaced by the following:

‘As an exception to paragraph 1(a), in the case of a tradi-
tional practice governed by special provisions of
the
Member State of production, that Member State may until
31 August 2005 at the latest, by means of express authori-
that a
sations and subject
quality sparkling wine psr be obtained by adding to the
basic product from which the wine is made one or more
wine-sector products which do not originate in the speci-
fied region whose name the wine bears, provided that:’

to suitable controls, permit

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 October 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.