Commission Regulation (EC) No 1951/2006 of 21 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 concerning certain detailed rules implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, as regards the presentation of wines treated in wood containers
Date: 2006-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer information, labelling, preparation for market, wine

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1951/2006

of 21 December 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 concerning certain detailed rules implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, as regards
the presentation of wines treated in wood containers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
in
May 1999 on the common organisation of
wine (1), and in particular Article 46(1) and Article 53(1)
thereof,

the market

1. In Article 22, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

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

Whereas:

(1)

Article 22(3) 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 (2) sets out
the conditions
for using indications concerning the
production method as regards the use of oak wood
containers in winemaking.

(2)

This provision limits the use of certain terms referred to
in Annex X of Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 solely to
wines that have been exclusively fermented, matured or
aged in oak containers.

(3) While it is true that oak wood is usually and traditionally
used in cooperage, other types of wood such as ash or
chestnut are also used in certain Member States. Steps
should therefore be taken to extend the use of the terms
referred to in Annex X of Regulation (EC) No 753/2002
the
to types of wood other than oak, provided that
relevant indications are correct and not misleading. To
prevent any distortion of competition between producers,
appropriate labelling rules should be laid down.

‘3.
The indications listed in Annex X are the only terms
which may be used to describe a wine that has been
fermented, matured or aged in a wood container. The
Member States may, however, establish other indications
equivalent to those laid down in Annex X for such wines,
paragraphs 1 and 2 applying mutatis mutandis.

Use of one of the indications listed in the first subparagraph
shall be permitted where the wine has been aged in a wood
container in accordance with the national rules in force, even
when the ageing process continues in another
type of
container. The Member States shall communicate to the
Commission the measures they take to implement this Regu-
lation.

The indications listed in the first subparagraph may not be
used to describe a wine that has been produced with the aid
of oak chips, even in association with the use of a wood
container or wood containers.’

2. Annex X is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regu-

lation.

(4)

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

Article 2

(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 118, 4.5.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

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

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

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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 X

Indications authorised for use on wine labelling pursuant to Article 22(3)

“barrel fermented”

“barrel matured”

“barrel aged”

“…-cask fermented [indicate the type of
wood]”

“…-cask matured [indicate the type of
wood]”

“…-cask aged [indicate the type of wood]”

“cask fermented”

“cask matured”

“cask aged” ’