Commission Regulation (EC) No 1300/2007 of 6 November 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: 2007-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Spain, common organisation of markets, designation of origin, vinification, viticulture, wine of superior quality

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Official Journal of the European Union

7.11.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1300/2007

of 6 November 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
in
wine (1), and in particular Article 46(1) thereof,

the market

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Point 3 of Part B of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 makes provisions for exceptions as regards
the maximum volatile acid content of certain categories
of wine.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 (2)
lays
down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the maximum total
In particular, under
volatile acid content of wine.
Article 20 of
that Regulation the wines covered by
exceptions are as set out in Annex XIII thereto.

Certain Spanish quality liqueur wines psr and the Italian
quality liqueur wine psr Alto Adige, which are made
alcoholic
using special methods

and have

a total

strength by volume greater than 13 % vol., normally
have a volatile acid content above the limits laid down
in point 1 of Part B of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 but less than 35 or 40 milliequivalents per
litre depending on the wine in question. Those wines
should therefore be added to the list in Annex XIII to
Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000.

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,

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex XIII
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 is hereby

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, 6 November 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation last amended by 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 556/2007 (OJ L 132, 24.5.2007, p. 3).

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Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

ANNEX

1. Point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) for Italian wines:

(i) 25 milliequivalents per litre for:

— the quality liqueur wine psr “Marsala”,

— the quality wines psr Moscato di Pantelleria naturale, Moscato di Pantelleria and Malvasia delle Lipari,

— the quality wines psr Colli orientali del Friuli accompanied by the term “Picolit”,

— the quality wines psr and the quality liqueur wines psr meeting the requirements to be described by the
terms or one of the terms “vin santo”, “passito”, “liquoroso” and “vendemmia tardiva”, with the exception of
the quality wines psr entitled to bear the designation of origin Alto Adige described by the terms or one of
the terms “passito” and “vendemmia tardiva”,

— table wines with a geographical indication meeting the requirements to be described by the term or one of

the terms “vin santo”, “passito”, “liquoroso” and “vendemmia tardiva”,

— table wines obtained from the “Vernaccia di Oristano B” vine variety harvested in Sardinia and meeting the

requirements to be described as “Vernaccia di Sardegna”;

(ii) 40 milliequivalents per litre for the quality wines psr entitled to bear the designation of origin Alto Adige

described by the terms or one of the terms “passito” or “vendemmia tardiva”’.

2. Point (f) is replaced by the following:

‘(f) for wines originating in Spain:

(i) 25 milliequivalents per litre for quality wines psr meeting the requirements to be described as “vendimia tardía”;

(ii) 35 milliequivalents per litre for:

— the quality wines psr produced from overripe grapes entitled to bear the designation of origin “Ribeiro”,

— the quality wines psr described by the term “generoso” or “generoso de licor” and entitled to bear the
designation of origin Condado de Huelva, Jerez-Xerez-Sherry, Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Málaga or
Montilla-Moriles;’.