Commission Regulation (EC) No 2030/2006 of 21 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 1607/2000, (EC) No 1622/2000 and (EC) No 2729/2000 concerning the wine sector by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2006-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, accession to the European Union, alcohol, common organisation of markets, qualitative analysis, quality control of agricultural products, vinification, viticulture, wine of superior quality

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2030/2006

of 21 December 2006

amending Regulations (EC) No 1607/2000, (EC) No 1622/2000 and (EC) No 2729/2000 concerning
the wine sector by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

(5)

Regulations (EC) No 1607/2000,
(EC) No 1622/2000
and (EC) No 2729/2000 should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of
in
wine (1) and in particular Articles 58, 46(1) and 72(4) thereof,

the market

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council

Regulation

implementing

IV to Commission Regulation

Annex
(EC) No
1607/2000 of 24 July 2000 laying down detailed rules
(EC) No
for
1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market
in wine,
in particular the Title relating to quality wine
produced in specified regions (2) lists the quality sparkling
wines psr the cuvee of which may have an alcoholic
strength of less than 9,5 % vol. That Annex should be
amended to include wines produced in Romania.

to Commission Regulation (EC) No
Annex XIII
1622/2000 of 24 July 2000 laying down certain
detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of
the
market in wine and establishing a Community code of
oenological practices and processes (3) contains the dero-
gations regarding the wine volatile acid content
laid
down in point 1 of Part B of Annex V to Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999. That Annex should be amended by
reason of the accession of Romania.

Article 11(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2729/2000 of 14 December 2000 laying down
detailed implementing rules on controls in the wine
sector (4) determines the minimum number of samples
to be taken each year
the analytical databank
for
provided for in Article 10 of that Regulation. Following
the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, the number of
samples to be taken for
those countries should be
determined.

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2165/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 185, 25.7.2000, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1507/2006 (OJ L 280, 12.10.2006, p. 9).

(4) OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 262/2006 (OJ L 46, 16.2.2006, p. 22).

Article 1

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1607/2000 is replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

In Annex XIII of Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000, the following
point (o) is added:

‘(o)

for Romanian wines:

— 25 milliequivalents per

litre for quality wines psr
meeting the requirements to be described as DOC–CT.

— 30 milliequivalents per

litre for quality wines psr
meeting the requirements to be described as DOC–CIB.’

Article 3

In Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000, the second
subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘— 30 samples in Bulgaria,

— 20 samples in the Czech Republic,

— 200 samples in Germany,

— 50 samples in Greece,

— 200 samples in Spain,

— 400 samples in France,

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— 400 samples in Italy,
— 10 samples in Cyprus,
— 4 samples in Luxembourg,
— 50 samples in Hungary,
— 4 samples in Malta,
— 50 samples in Austria,
— 50 samples in Portugal,
— 70 samples in Romania,

— 20 samples in Slovenia,

— 15 samples in Slovakia,

— 4 samples in the United Kingdom.’

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and on the date
of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria
and Romania.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX IV

List of quality sparkling wines psr the cuvée of which may have an alcoholic strength of less than 9,5 % vol.

ITALY
— Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene
— Montello e Colli Asolani.

ROMANIA
— Muscat Spumant Bucium
— Muscat Spumant Dealu Mare
— Muscat Spumant Murfatlar
— Muscat Spumant Alba Iulia
— Muscat Spumant Iași
— Muscat Spumant Huși
— Muscat Spumant Panciu
— Muscat Spumant Șimleul Silvaniei
— Muscat Spumant Sebeș Apold
— Muscat Spumant Târnave’