Commission Regulation (EC) No 556/2007 of 23 May 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 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
Date: 2007-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, anhydride, common organisation of markets, food additive, vineyard, vinification, viticulture

24.5.2007

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 556/2007

of 23 May 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 46(1) thereof,

the market

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 to 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.

the French Government
By letter of 1 March 2007,
the maximum
requested authorisation to increase
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 the Bas-
Rhin and Haut-Rhin regions
from the 2006 grape
exceptionally unfavourable
harvest
weather conditions. That request should be acceded to.

in the wake of

The technical note provided by the competent French
authorities shows that the quantities of sulphur dioxide
needed to ensure the proper vinification and proper
preservation of the wines affected by these unfavourable
conditions and to ensure 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.
Following measures taken by the French Institute of
Winemaking Technology,
it has been estimated that
approximately 25 % of the total quantity produced in
this area is likely to be affected by this derogation.

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,

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

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, 23 May 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
(2) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 389/2007 (OJ L 97, 12.4.2007, p. 5).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX XIIa

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

(Article 19)

Year

Member State

Wine-growing zone(s)

Wines concerned

2000

Germany

All wine-growing
Germany

zones

of

All wines obtained from grapes
harvested in 2000

1.

2.

2006

Germany

3.

2006

France

The wine-growing zones in the
regions of Baden-Württemberg,
Bavaria, Hessen and Rhineland-
Palatinate

All wines obtained from grapes
harvested in 2006

The wine-growing areas in the
departments of Bas-Rhin and
Haut-Rhin.

All wines obtained from grapes
harvested in 2006’