Commission Regulation (EC) No 1428/2004 of 9 August 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing 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: 2004-08-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, local wine, vinification, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1428/2004

of 9 August 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing
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,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of
in
wine (1), and in particular Article 46(1) and (2) thereof,

the market

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The third subparagraph of Article 42(6) of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 lays down detailed rules on the
coupage of white wines and red wines in areas where
such a practice was traditional. This practice has now
been prohibited in Spain since 1 August 2003. The
specific rules applicable to the coupage of such wines
in Spain laid down in Article 36 of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1622/2000 (2) are no longer applicable.
That Article should therefore be deleted.

and for

Five French table wines with geographical indications and
with a total alcoholic strength by volume higher than
than
15 % vol. and a residual sugar content higher
45 g/l have recently been designated by the French autho-
rities
their preservation in good quality
conditions require a sulphur dioxide content above the
general limit of 260 mg/l but less than 300 mg/l. Those
wines should therefore be added to the list under the
fifth indent of point (a) of the first paragraph of Annex
XII to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000.

One Italian quality wine psr and two French quality
wines psr recently recognised by the French authorities
which are made using special methods and have a
residual sugar content of more than five grams per litre
require, for their preservation in good quality conditions,
a sulphur dioxide content above the general
limit of
260 mg/l but less than 400 mg/l. The same applies to
the Luxembourg quality wines psr for which special
production methods have recently been laid down
allowing them to be described by the words ‘vendanges
tardives’,
‘vin de glace’ or ‘vin de paille’. Those wines
should therefore be added to the list of wines with
similar characteristics in point (b) of the first paragraph
of Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000.

are made

Certain French and Luxembourg quality wines psr and
for which special
one Spanish quality wine psr,
production methods have recently been laid down or
amended,
and
using
normally have a volatile acid content above the limits
laid down in Annex V(B)
to Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 but less than 25, 30 or 35 milliequivalents
per litre depending on the wine in question. Those wines
should therefore be added to the list in Annex XIII to
Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000.

special methods

(5)

Austrian quality wines psr meeting the requirements to
be described as ‘Eiswein’ from the 2003 harvest have a
volatile acid content above the limits laid down in point
(d) of Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 but
less than 40 milliequivalents per litre, as a result of
exceptionally unfavourable weather conditions during
the 2003 harvest. These wines from the 2003 vintage
should therefore be added to the list in the second indent
of point (d) of Annex XIII to that Regulation.

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1. Article 36 is deleted;

2. Annex XII is amended in accordance with Annex I to this

Regulation;

3. Annex XIII is amended in accordance with Annex II to this

Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of
the European
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation amended by the 2003 Act of

Accession.

(2) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 1. Regulation last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

It shall apply from 1 August 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 August 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

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

1.

in the fifth indent of point (a), the following sub-indents are added:
‘ — Vin de pays du Jardin de la France,
— Vin de pays Portes de Méditerranée,
— Vin de pays des comtés rhodaniens,
— Vins de pays des côtes de Thongue,
— Vins de pays de la Côte Vermeille;’

2. point (b) is amended as follows:

(a)

the first indent is replaced by the following:
‘ — quality white wines psr entitled to one of the following registered designations of origin: Alsace, Alsace grand
cru followed by the words “vendanges tardives” or “sélection de grains nobles”, Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire,
Chaume-Premier cru des Coteaux du Layon, Coteaux du Layon followed by the name of the commune of
origin, Coteaux du Layon followed by the name “Chaume”, Coteaux de Saumur, Pacherenc du Vic Bilh and
Saussignac,’;

(b) the following two indents are added after the fourth indent:

‘ — the quality wines psr entitled to bear the designation of origin: “Albana di Romagna” described as “passito”,
— the Luxembourg quality wines psr described by the words “vendanges tardives”, “vin de glace” or “vin de

paille”,’.

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

1. point (b) is amended as follows:

ANNEX II

(a)

in the first subparagraph, the following indents are added:
‘ — Chaume-Premier cru des Coteaux du Layon,
— Graves supérieurs,
— Saussignac,’;

(b) in the third subparagraph, the following indent is added:

‘— Muscat du Cap Corse’;

2. point (d) is replaced by the following:

‘(d) for Austrian wines:

— 30 milliequivalents per litre for quality wines psr meeting the requirements to be described as “Beerenauslese”

and “Eiswein”, with the exception of wines described as “Eiswein” from the 2003 harvest,

— 40 milliequivalents per litre for quality wines psr meeting the requirements to be described as “Ausbruch”,

“Trockenbeerenauslese” and “Strohwein”, and wines described as “Eiswein” from the 2003 harvest.’;

3. point (f) is replaced by the following:

‘(f)

for wines originating in Spain:
— 25 milliequivalents per litre for quality wines psr meeting the requirements to be described as “vendimia

tardía”,

— 35 milliequivalents per litre for quality wines psr produced from overripe grapes entitled to bear the desig-

nation of origin “Ribeiro”.’;

4. The following point (n) is added:

‘(n) for Luxembourg wines:

— 25 milliequivalents per litre for Luxembourg quality wines psr meeting the requirements to be described as

“vendanges tardives”,

— 30 milliequivalents per litre for quality wines psr meeting the requirements to be described as “vin de paille”

and “vin de glace”;’.