Commission Regulation (EC) No 388/2007 of 11 April 2007 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: 2007-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, anhydride, common organisation of markets, derogation from EU law, vinification, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 388/2007

of 11 April 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing
in wine and
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of

the market

establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes

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 the market in
wine (1), and in particular Article 46(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Point A(3) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999,
sulphur
dioxide levels of wine may be increased where climatic
conditions have made this necessary.

the maximum permissible total

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 (2)
lays
down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the maximum permissible
total sulphur dioxide content of wine in particular. Under
Article 19(4) thereof, Annex XIIa of that Regulation lists
the cases where the Member States may authorise an
increase in the maximum total sulphur dioxide content
less than 300 milligrams per litre by a
of wine of
litre because of
maximum of 40 milligrams per
weather conditions.

By letter of 12 January 2007, the German Government
requested authorisation to increase
the maximum
permissible total sulphur dioxide content of wine of
less than 300 milligrams per litre by a maximum of
40 milligrams per litre for wine produced in Baden-
Württemberg, Bavaria, Hessen and Rhineland-Palatinate

from the 2006 grape harvest
in the wake of excep-
tionally unfavourable weather conditions. That request
should be acceded to.

(4)

(5)

(6)

The scientific reports provided by the competent German
authorities show that the quantities of sulphur dioxide
needed to ensure the proper vinification and proper
preservation of the wines and that they are suitable for
placing on the market should be increased above the
level normally authorised. This temporary measure is
the only available option to allow the grapes affected
by these unfavourable weather conditions to be used to
produce wine suitable for placing on the market.

Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex XIIa to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 is hereby
replaced by the text in the Annex 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

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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

lation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

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

lation (EC) No 2030/2006 (OJ L 414, 30.12.2006, p. 40).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX XIIa

Increase in the maximum total sulphur-dioxide content where the weather conditions make this necessary

(Article 19 of this Regulation)

1.

2.

Year

2000

Member State

Wine-growing zone(s)

Wines concerned

Germany

All wine-growing zones of Germany All wines

obtained

from grapes

2006

Germany

zones

The wine-growing
in the
Baden-Württemberg,
regions
Bavaria, Hessen and Rhineland-Pala-
tinate

of

harvested in 2000

All wines
harvested in 2006’

obtained

from grapes