Commission Regulation (EC) No 389/2007 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: bottling, common organisation of markets, vinification, viticulture

12.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 97/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 389/2007

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,

(3)

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)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

for

the use of

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 (2)
lays
substances
down certain conditions
In
authorised by Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
particular, Annex IXa provides that dimethyldicarbonate
must be added prior to bottling. The translation of the
term ‘bottling’ and its different meanings in certain
languages have led to diverging interpretations of the
scope of this provision by operators and control autho-
rities.

Article 7 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 (3) defines the term ‘bottling’
for its application.

To ensure a uniform interpretation of the requirements
applicable to the use of dimethyldicarbonate, the defi-
nition of the term ‘bottling’ provided in Regulation (EC)
No 753/2002 should be used to clarify the requirements
contained in Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000. Annex IXa
to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

(4)

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

The first
the second paragraph of Annex IXa to
Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 is replaced by the following:

indent of

‘— Addition must be carried out only a short time prior to
bottling, defined as putting the product concerned up for
commercial purposes in containers of a capacity not
exceeding 60 litres.’

Article 2

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

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 2030/2005 (OJ L 414, 30.12.2006, p. 40).

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

(EC) No 2016/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 38).