Commission Regulation (EC) No 908/2004 of 29 April 2004 adapting several regulations concerning the common organisation of the market in wine by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union
Date: 2004-04-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, accession to the European Union, customs inspection, designation of origin, export (EU), import (EU), labelling, wine

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 908/2004

of 29 April 2004

adapting several regulations concerning the common organisation of the market in wine by reason
of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of
the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3)
thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Certain technical amendments are necessary in several
Commission Regulations concerning the common orga-
nisation of the market in wine in order to carry out the
necessary adaptations by reason of the accession of the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (herein-
after referred to as ‘the new Member States’) to the Euro-
pean Union.

Article 52(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/
2000 of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for
implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the
common organisation of the market in wine with regard
to market mechanisms (1) lays down reference periods
for the producing Member States. Such reference period
should be determined for the new Member States.

Article 2(1) and Article 11(2) of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001 laying down
detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in
products in the wine sector (2) contain certain entries in
all the languages of the Member States. Those provisions
the new
should include the language versions of
Member States.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 and
Annexes I and IV thereto contain references to some of
the new Member States as third countries. Those refer-
ences should be deleted.

Article 8(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/
2001 of 24 April 2001 laying down detailed rules of
application concerning the documents accompanying
the carriage of wine products and the records to be kept
in the wine sector (3) contains an entry in all
the
languages of the Member States. That provision should
include the language versions of the new Member States.

Article 16(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/
2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down certain rules for
applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as
regards the description, designation, presentation and
protection of certain wine sector products (4) contains
certain entries in all the languages of the Member States.
Those provisions should include the language versions
of the new Member States.

Annex VIII to that Regulation contains a reference to
Hungary as a third country. That reference should be
deleted.

Regulations (EC) No 1623/2000, No 883/2001, No
884/2001 and No 753/2002 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the third subparagraph of Article 52(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1623/2000, the following indent is added:

‘— 1997/98 to 2002/03 in the Czech Republic, Cyprus,

Hungary, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia.’

(1) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1710/2003 (OJ L 243, 27.9.2003, p. 98).

(3) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 32. Regulation amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1782/2002 (OJ L 270, 8.10.2002, p. 4).

(2) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(4) OJ L 118, 4.5.2002, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2338/2003 (OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 28).

(EC) No 316/2004 (OJ L 55, 24.2.2004, p. 16).

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Article 2

— Atmaksa ir spe¯ka¯ par ne vaira¯k ka¯... (daudzums, par ko

izdota licence)

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

1. In Article 2(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the

following:
‘Box 20 of import licences and export licences shall contain
one of the following entries:
— “Tolerancia de 0,4 % vol”

— “Prˇípustná odchylka 0,4 % obj.”

— “Tolerance 0,4 % vol”

— “Toleranz 0,4 % vol”

— “Lubatud 0,4 mahuprotsendi suurune hälve”
— “Ανοχή 0,4 % vol”

— “Tolerance of 0,4 % vol.”

— “Tolérance de 0,4 % vol”

— “Tolleranza di 0,4 % vol”

— “0,4 tilp. % pielaide”

— “Leistinas nukrypimas 0,4 tu¯rio %”

— “0,4 térfogat-százalékos tu˝rés”

— “Varjazzjoni massima ta' 0.4 % vol.”

— “Tolerantie van 0,4 % vol”

— “Tolerancja 0,4 % obj.”

— “Tolerância de 0,4 % vol”

— “Prípustná odchýlka 0,4 % obj.”

— “Odstopanje 0,4 vol. %”

— “Sallittu poikkeama 0,4 til — %”

— “Tolerans 0,4 vol %”’

the second paragraph is replaced by the

2. In Article 11,
following:
‘At least one of the following entries shall be made in box
22 of licences:
— Restitución válida para... (cantidad por la que se haya

expedido el certificado) como máximo

— Gra˛inamoji išmoka mokama ne daugiau kaip u … (nuro-

domas kiekis, kuriam išduota licencija)

— Legfeljebb …-re (az a mennyiség, amelyre az engedélyt

kiadták) érvényes visszatérítés

— Valur mrodd lura ta' mhux aktar minn … (ammont

maħrug fil. licenzja)

— Restitutie voor ten hoogste... (hoeveelheid waarvoor het

certificaat is afgegeven)

— Refundacji udziela sie˛ na nie wie˛cej niz˙ … (ilos´c´, na

która˛ wydano licencje˛)

— Restituição válida para … (quantidade em relação à qual

é emitido o certificado), no máximo

— Náhrada platná pre nie viac ako … (mnostvo, na ktoré

je licencia vydaná)

— Nadomestilo velja za najvecˇ … (kolicˇina za katero je

izdano dovoljenje)

— Vientituki voimassa enintään... (määrä, jolle todistus on

annettu) osalta

— Bidrag som gäller

för högst...

(kvantitet

foer vilken

licensen skall utfärdas).”

3. Article 33 is amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 1, point (a) is deleted;

(b) in paragraph 2, the introductory phrase is replaced by

the following:

‘For the purposes of paragraph 1(b), (c) and (d), the offi-
cial agency of the country of origin authorised to draw
up document V I 1 as referred to in this Regulation shall
enter the following in box 15 of that document:’

4. Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regu-

lation

5. Annex IV is amended in accordance with Annex II to this

Regulation.

— Náhrada platná nejvýše pro … (mnoství, na neˇ byla

Article 3

vydána licence)

— Restitutionen omfatter hoejst... (den maengde,

licensen

er udstedt for)

— Erstattung gültig für höchstens...

(Menge,

für die die

Lizenz erteilt wurde)

— Toetus ei kehti rohkem kui... (kogus millele litsents on

väljastatud)

— Επιστροφή που ισχύει για...

(ποσότητα για την οποία

εκδίδεται το πιστοποιητικό) κατ' ανώτατο όριο

— Refund valid for not more than … (quantity for which

licence is issued)

— Restitution valable pour … (quantité pour laquelle le

certificat est délivré) au maximum

— Restituzione valida al massimo per... (quantitativo per il

quale è rilasciato il titolo)

In Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 884/2001, the second
subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘The customs office at the point of exit from the customs
territory of the Community shall enter one of the following
on the two copies of the latter document and stamp as
authentic:

“VYVEZENO”,
“EKSPORDITUD”,

“UDFØRSEL”,
“EXPORTADO”,
“ΕΞΑΧΘΕΝ”,
“AUSGEFÜHRT”,
“EXPORTED”, “EXPORTÉ”, “ESPORTATO”, “EKSPORTE¯TS”,
“EKSPORTUOTA”, “EXPORTÁLVA”, “EXPORTAT”, “UITGE-
“IZVOENO”,
VOERD”,
“VIETY”, “EXPORTERAD”

“WYWIEZIONO”,

“VYVEZENÉ”,

It shall hand the stamped copies bearing that wording to
the exporter or his representative. The latter shall ensure
the exported
that one copy accompanies carriage of
product.’

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Article 4

Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 is amended as follows:

1. Article 16 (1) is replaced by the following:

For the purposes of

‘1.
the second indent of Annex
VII(B)(1)(a) to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the following
terms may only be used on the labels of table wines, table
wines with a geographical indication and quality wines psr,
with the exception of the quality liqueur wines psr and
quality semi-sparkling wines psr covered by Article 39(1)(b):
(a) “seco”, “suché”, “tør”, “trocken”, “kuiv”, “ξηρός”, “dry”,
“sec”,
“secco”, “asciuttto”, “sausais”, “sausas”, “száraz”,
“droog”, “wytrawne”, “suho”, “kuiva” or “torrt”, on condi-
tion that
the wine concerned has a residual sugar
content not exceeding:
(i) 4 grams per litre; or
(ii) 9 grams per litre, provided that the total acidity
expressed as grams of tartaric acid per litre is not
sugar
more than 2 grams below the residual
content;

“polosuché”,
“ηµίξηρος”,
“pussausais”,
“półwytrawne”,

“halvtør”,
“medium dry”,
“pusiau sausas”,
“meio seco”,

(b) “semiseco”,
“halbtrocken”,
“poolkuiv”,
“demi-sec”,
“abboccato”,
“félszáraz”,
“adamado”,
“halfdroog”,
“polsuho”, “puolikuiva” or “halvtorrt”, on condition that
the wine concerned has a residual sugar content in
excess of the maximum set at (a) but not exceeding:
(i) 12 grams per litre; or

(ii) 18 grams per litre, where the minimum total acidity
has been set by the Member State under paragraph
2;

(c) “semidulce”,

“lieblich”,

“halvsød”,

“polosladké”,

“pool-
magus”, “ηµίγλυκος”, “medium”, “medium sweet”, “moel-
leux”, “amabile”, “pussaldais”, “pusiau saldus”, “félédes”,
“halfzoet”, “półsłodkie”, “meio doce”, “polsladko”, “puoli-
makea”, or
the wine
“halvsött”, on condition that
concerned has a residual sugar content higher than the
maximum set at (b) but not more than 45 grams per
litre;

(d) “dulce”,

“sød”,

“süss”,

“sladké”,

“γλυκός”,
“sweet”, “doux”, “dolce”, “saldais”, “saldus”, “édes”, “ħelu”,
“zoet”, “słodkie”, “doce”, “sladko”, “makea” or “sött”, on
condition that the wine concerned has a residual sugar
content of at least 45 grams per litre.’

“magus”,

2. In Annex VIII, point 2 is deleted.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and on the
date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

In Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, the text under the headings ‘zone 3’ and ‘zone 4’ is replaced by the
following:

‘ZONE 3: EASTERN EUROPE AND THE COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

ZONE 4: WESTERN EUROPE

Andorra, Ceuta and Melilla, Gibraltar, Faeroe Islands, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino, Vatican City.’