Commission Regulation (EC) No 1991/2004 of 19 November 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 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
Date: 2004-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer information, designation of origin, labelling, preparation for market, product designation, viticulture, wine

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1991/2004

of 19 November 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 53 thereof,

the market

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of
the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling,
presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (2), as regards
indication of
in foodstuffs,
provides in the first paragraph of its Article 6(3a) that
any ingredient referred to in its Annex IIIa is to be
indicated on the labelling of any beverages containing
more than 1,2 % by volume of alcohol.

ingredients present

the

As regards the products referred to in Article 1(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the second paragraph
of Article 6(3a)(a) of Directive 2000/13/CE provides
that detailed rules for the presentation of the ingredients
referred to in its Annex IIIa may be adopted according to
the procedure laid down in Article 75 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999.

The first paragraph of point D of Annex VII and the first
paragraph of point F of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 stipulates that the information on the
labelling must be given in one or more other official
languages of
final
consumer can easily understand each of these items of
information.

the Community

so that

the

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1794/2003 (OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13).
(2) OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29. Directive last amended by Directive

2003/89/EC (OJ L 308, 25.11.2003, p. 15).

(4)

(5)

(6)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 (3) should
therefore be amended accordingly.

This Regulation should apply from 25 November 2004,
the deadline for the transposal of Directive 2003/89/EC.

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 753/2002 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 3 is amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 1, the second paragraph is replaced by the
following:

‘However, the compulsory particulars of the importer,
the lot number and the ingredients
referred to in
Article 6(3a) of Directive 2000/13/EC may appear
outside the visual field in which the other compulsory
particulars appear.’;

(b) the following paragraph 3 is added:

‘3. Where one or more of the ingredients listed in
Annex IIIa to Directive 2000/13/EC are present in one
of the products referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation
they must be indicated on the
(EC) No 1493/1999,
For
the
by
labelling,
sulphites, the following terms can be used: “sulphites”
or “sulphur dioxide”.’

term “contains”.

preceded

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

(EC) No 908/2004 (OJ L 263, 10.8.2004, p. 11).

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2.

in Article 11, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

Article 2

‘2.
The provisions of Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 3, shall
apply mutatis mutandis to the compulsory particulars referred
to in Article 12.’

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

It shall apply from 25 November 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 November 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission