Publication of a communication of approval of a standard amendment to the product specification for a name in the wine sector referred to in Article 17(2) and (3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 2020/C 265/04
Date: 2020-08-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Central Hungary, Central Transdanubia, Hungary, Southern Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, red wine, rosé wine, white wine








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13.8.2020   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 265/5






Publication of a communication of approval of a standard amendment to the product specification for a name in the wine sector referred to in Article 17(2) and (3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33
(2020/C 265/04)
This communication is published in accordance with Article 17(5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (1).
NOTIFICATION OF A STANDARD AMENDMENT TO THE SINGLE DOCUMENT

‘DUNÁNTÚLI/DUNÁNTÚL’


PGI-HU-A1351-AM02


Date of communication: 13.5.2020


DESCRIPTION OF AND REASONS FOR THE APPROVED AMENDMENT

1.   Increase in the maximum yield per hectare to 160 hl/ha







(a)


Product specification heading affected V. Maximum yield










(b)


Single document heading affected






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Wine-making practices – Maximum yield














(c)


Reason The restructuring programme of recent years has significantly altered the structure of vineyards in the production area. Producers now have vineyards at their disposal where vines can be trained much more efficiently and grapes can be produced with the same quality level as before but with higher yields.Wine products worthy of the reputation of the Dunántúl geographical indication can also be produced at these yield levels.




2.   New permitted grape varieties (Aletta, Generosa)







(a)


Product specification heading affected:






—


VI. Permitted grape varieties














(b)


Single document heading affected:






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Main grape variety (varieties)














(c)


Reason A number of new and old varieties have been introduced as a result of Hungarian vine-breeding work over the past 50 years, and several decades of experience of growing them has demonstrated their suitability for growing quality grapes in the demarcated geographical area. Of these varieties, Aletta and Generosa are highly significant, as the grape products made from them enhance the reputation of the Dunántúl geographical indication.




3.   Extension of the demarcated area to include the whole of Transdanubia and the parts of Budapest and pest county situated on the left bank of the main channel of the Danube







(a)


Product specification heading affected:






—


IV. Demarcated area














(b)


Single document heading affected:






—


Demarcated geographical area














(c)


Reason The production area for wines with the Dunántúl geographical indication encompasses the Transdanubian wine sub-regions, but because of the county-based demarcation, the parts of Pest county and Budapest situated on the left bank of the Danube, which are important components of the Etyek-Budai wine sub-region, were unfortunately excluded from the production area.




The municipalities concerned form a single geographical unit with the current production area, so wine products of similar character to those produced in the current production area can also be produced there.
The areas covered by the extension are an integral part of Transdanubia, so that consumers consider the wines produced there to be Dunántúli wines.
4.   Amendment regarding production of the product outside the demarcated production area (technical)







(a)


Product specification heading affected:






—


VIII. Further conditions














(b)


Single document heading affected:






—


Further conditions














(c)


Reason Because the demarcated area has been extended, it is necessary to make a technical amendment consisting in removing the settlements that have become part of the production area from the area where wine is made outside the production area.




SINGLE DOCUMENT
1.   Name of the product

Dunántúli
Dunántúl
2.   Geographical indication type

PGI – Protected Geographical Indication
3.   Categories of grapevine product







1.


Wine




4.   Description of the wine(s)


White

Light wines, ranging in colour from greenish yellow to golden yellow, with a medium-intensity aroma and well-rounded acids.






*


The maximum total alcoholic strength and maximum total sulphur dioxide are those laid down in EU legislation.










General analytical characteristics




Maximum total alcoholic strength (% vol.)


 




Minimum actual alcoholic strength (% vol.)


9




Minimum total acidity


4 g/l expressed as tartaric acid




Maximum volatile acidity (mEq/l)


18




Maximum total sulphur dioxide (mg/l)


 





Red

Crimson to ruby in colour, with a fruity aroma, a medium tannin content and well-rounded, harmonious acids.






*


The maximum total alcoholic strength and maximum total sulphur dioxide are those laid down in EU legislation.










General analytical characteristics




Maximum total alcoholic strength (% vol.)


 




Minimum actual alcoholic strength (% vol.)


9




Minimum total acidity


4 g/l expressed as tartaric acid




Maximum volatile acidity (mEq/l)


20




Maximum total sulphur dioxide (mg/l)


 





Rosé

Salmon pink to pale red in colour, with a medium-intensity aroma and well-rounded acids.






*


The maximum total alcoholic strength and maximum total sulphur dioxide are those laid down in EU legislation.










General analytical characteristics




Maximum total alcoholic strength (% vol.)


 




Minimum actual alcoholic strength (% vol.)


9




Minimum total acidity


4 g/l expressed as tartaric acid




Maximum volatile acidity (mEq/l)


18




Maximum total sulphur dioxide (mg/l)


 




5.   Wine-making practices

a.   Specific oenological practices

Vine-training rules
Vine-training practice
In the case of vineyards planted after 1 August 2010: umbrella, Moser, Sylvos, low, medium-high and high cordon, Guyot, single curtain, head, gobelet and lyre training.
Planting density: min. 3 300 vines per hectare.
For vineyards planted before 1 August 2010, any training method and planting density authorised earlier, as long as production is continued in the vineyard.
Minimum sugar content of grapes, expressed as potential alcohol strength and in Hungarian must grade
Vine-training practice
White, rosé, red: 8 % vol. (13,4 ° Hungarian must grade)
Method and date of harvesting
Vine-training practice
Method of harvest: mechanical and manual harvesting permitted
Setting the date of the harvest: the earliest harvesting date is 1 August every year.
Oenological practices not permitted:
Specific oenological practice






1.


For Dunántúli wine, the grapes are processed using general processing methods. Of the oenological practices listed in the table in Annex I.A to Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009, those specified in rows 14 and 32 are not permitted for use.




b.   Maximum yields

Wine
160 hl/ha
Wine – manual harvest
22 700 kg of grapes per hectare
Wine – mechanical harvest
21 700 kg of grapes per hectare
6.   Demarcated geographical area

Areas listed as Class I or II in the vineyard cadastre that are located in Budapest and in Baranya and Pest counties on the right bank of the main channel of the Danube, and in Fejér, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Somogy, Tolna, Vas, Veszprém and Zala counties.
7.   Main grape variety (varieties)

Aletta
Alibernet
Alicante boushet
Bacchus
Bianca
Blauburger
Blauer Frühburgunder
Blauer Silvaner
Budai – Budai zöld
Budai – Zöld budai
Budai – Zöldfehér
Budai – Zöldszőlő
Bíbor kadarka
Cabernet franc – Cabernet
Cabernet franc – Carbonet
Cabernet franc – Carmenet
Cabernet franc – Gros cabernet
Cabernet franc – Gros vidur
Cabernet franc – Kaberne fran
Cabernet sauvignon
Chardonnay – Chardonnay blanc
Chardonnay – Kereklevelű
Chardonnay – Morillon blanc
Chardonnay – Ronci bilé
Chasselas – Chrupka belia
Chasselas – Fehér fábiánszőlő
Chasselas – Fehér gyöngyszőlő
Chasselas – Fendant blanc
Chasselas – Saszla belaja
Chasselas – Weisser Gutedel
Csabagyöngye – Pearl of Csaba
Csabagyöngye – Perla czabanska
Csabagyöngye – Perla di Csaba
Csabagyöngye – Perle di Csaba
Csabagyöngye – Perle von Csaba
Csabagyöngye – Vengerskii muskatnii rannüj
Csabagyöngye – Zsemcsug szaba
Cserszegi fűszeres
Csomorika – Csomor
Csomorika – |Gyüdi fehér
Csomorika – Szederkényi fehér
Csókaszőlő
Domina
Dornfelder
Ezerfürtű
Ezerjó – Kolmreifler
Ezerjó – Korponai
Ezerjó – Szadocsina
Ezerjó – Tausendachtgute
Ezerjó – Tausendgute
Ezerjó – Trummertraube
Furmint – Furmint bianco
Furmint – Moslavac bijeli
Furmint – Mosler
Furmint – Posipel
Furmint – Som
Furmint – Szigeti
Furmint – Zapfner
Generosa
Hamburgi muskotály – Miszket hamburgszki
Hamburgi muskotály – Moscato d’Amburgo
Hamburgi muskotály – Muscat de Hambourg
Hamburgi muskotály – Muscat de Hamburg
Hamburgi muskotály – Muszkat gamburgszkij
Hárslevelű – Feuilles de tilleul
Hárslevelű – Garszleveljü
Hárslevelű – Lindeblättrige
Hárslevelű – Lipovina
Irsai Olivér – Irsai
Irsai Olivér – Muskat Olivér
Irsai Olivér – Zolotis
Irsai Olivér – Zolotisztüj rannüj
Juhfark – Fehérboros
Juhfark – Lämmerschwantz
Juhfark – Mohácsi
Juhfark – Tarpai
Kadarka – Csetereska
Kadarka – Fekete budai
Kadarka – Gamza
Kadarka – Jenei fekete
Kadarka – Kadar
Kadarka – Kadarka negra
Kadarka – Negru moale
Kadarka – Szkadarka
Kadarka – Törökszőlő
Karát
Királyleányka – Dánosi leányka
Királyleányka – Erdei sárga
Királyleányka – Feteasca regale
Királyleányka – Galbena de ardeal
Királyleányka – Königliche Mädchentraube
Királyleányka – Königstochter
Királyleányka – Little princess
Korai piros veltelini – Crvena babovina
Korai piros veltelini – Eper szőlő
Korai piros veltelini – Frühroter Velteliner
Korai piros veltelini – Malvasia rossa
Korai piros veltelini – Piros malvazia
Korai piros veltelini – Velteliner rouge précoce
Korai piros veltelini – Veltlinske cervené skoré
Korona
Kék bakator
Kékfrankos – Blauer lemberger
Kékfrankos – Blauer limberger
Kékfrankos – Blaufränkisch
Kékfrankos – Limberger
Kékfrankos – Moravka
Kéknyelű – Blaustängler
Kékoportó – Blauer portugieser
Kékoportó – Modry portugal
Kékoportó – Portugais bleu
Kékoportó – Portugalske modré
Kékoportó – Portugizer
Kövidinka – a Dinka crvena
Kövidinka – a Dinka mala
Kövidinka – a Dinka rossa
Kövidinka – a Kamena dinka
Kövidinka – a Ruzsica
Kövidinka – Steinschiller
Kövérszőlő – Grasa
Kövérszőlő – Grasa de cotnari
Leányka – Dievcenske hrozno
Leányka – Feteasca alba
Leányka – Leányszőlő
Leányka – Mädchentraube
Menoire
Merlot
Nektár
Nero
Olasz rizling – Grasevina
Olasz rizling – Nemes rizling
Olasz rizling – Olaszrizling
Olasz rizling – Riesling italien
Olasz rizling – Risling vlassky
Olasz rizling – Taljanska grasevina
Olasz rizling – Welschrieslig
Ottonel muskotály – Miszket otonel
Ottonel muskotály – Muscat ottonel
Ottonel muskotály – Muskat ottonel
Pinot blanc – Fehér burgundi
Pinot blanc – Pinot beluj
Pinot blanc – Pinot bianco
Pinot blanc – Weissburgunder
Pinot noir – Blauer Burgunder
Pinot noir – Kisburgundi kék
Pinot noir – Kék burgundi
Pinot noir – Kék rulandi
Pinot noir – Pignula
Pinot noir – Pino csernüj
Pinot noir – Pinot cernii
Pinot noir – Pino nero
Pinot noir – Pino tinto
Pinot noir – Rulandski modre
Pinot noir – Savagnin noir
Pinot noir – Spätburgunder
Pintes
Piros bakator – Bakar rózsa
Piros bakator – Bakator rouge
Piros bakator – Bakatortraube
Piros veltelini – Nagyságos
Piros veltelíni – Fleischtraube
Piros veltelíni – Somszőlő
Piros veltelini – Velteliner rouge
Piros veltelíni – Veltlinské cervené
Piros veltelíni – Veltlinszki rozovij
Pátria
Pölöskei muskotály
Rajnai rizling – Johannisberger
Rajnai rizling – Rheinriesling
Rajnai rizling – Rhine riesling
Rajnai rizling – Riesling
Rajnai rizling – Riesling blanc
Rajnai rizling – Weisser Riesling
Rizlingszilváni – Müller Thurgau
Rizlingszilváni – Müller Thurgau bijeli
Rizlingszilváni – Müller Thurgau blanc
Rizlingszilváni – Rivaner
Rizlingszilváni – Rizvanac
Rozália
Rubintos
Rózsakő
Sagrantino
Sauvignon – Sauvignon bianco
Sauvignon – Sauvignon bijeli
Sauvignon – Sauvignon blanc
Sauvignon – Sovinjon
Semillon – Petit semillon
Semillon – Semillon bianco
Semillon – Semillon blanc
Semillon – Semillon weisser
Syrah – Blauer Syrah
Syrah – Marsanne noir
Syrah – Serine noir
Syrah – Shiraz
Syrah – Sirac
Szürkebarát – Auvergans gris
Szürkebarát – Grauburgunder
Szürkebarát – Graumönch
Sszürkebarát – Pinot grigio
Szürkebarát – Pinot gris
Szürkebarát – Ruländer
Sárfehér
Sárga muskotály – Moscato bianco
Sárga muskotály – Muscat blanc
Sárga muskotály – Muscat bélüj
Sárga muskotály – Muscat de Frontignan
Sárga muskotály – Muscat de Lunel
Sárga muskotály – Muscat Lunel
Sárga muskotály – Muscat sylvaner
Sárga muskotály – Muscat zlty
Sárga muskotály – Muskat weisser
Sárga muskotály – Weiler
Sárga muskotály – Weisser
Tannat
Tramini – Gewürtztraminer
Tramini – Roter traminer
Tramini – Savagnin rose
Tramini – Tramin cervené
Tramini – Traminer
Tramini – Traminer rosso
Turán
Viktória gyöngye
Viognier
Vulcanus
Zalagyöngye
Zefír
Zengő
Zenit
Zeus
Zweigelt – Blauer Zweigeltrebe
Zweigelt – Rotburger
Zweigelt – Zweigeltrebe
Zöld szagos – Decsi szagos
Zöld szagos – Zöld muskotály
Zöld szilváni – Grüner Sylvaner
Zöld szilváni – Silvanec zeleni
Zöld szilváni – Sylvánske zelené
Zöld veltelíni – Grüner muskateller
Zöld veltelíni – Grüner veltliner
Zöld veltelíni – Veltlinské zelené
Zöld veltelíni – Zöldveltelíni
8.   Description of the link(s)


‘Wine – Description of the demarcated area’

The demarcated production area for the Dunántúl protected geographical indication comprises the Transdanubian region of Hungary. Two factors add a sub-Mediterranean character to the region’s continental climate: air flows bringing cool and moist highland and oceanic air from the west, and southerly air flows bringing dry and warm air from the Mediterranean Sea to Transdanubia. Summers are more humid and less hot than in Mediterranean regions, while autumns are sunnier and drier than in other regions with a continental climate.
The average annual temperature is 9–11 °C, and there are around 1 900 hours of sunshine per year. Precipitation varies between 600 and 800 mm per annum. Transdanubia has a hilly terrain and is traversed by medium-high mountain ranges. As a result of these features, there are streams or rivers and, in some cases, lakes near most settlements. The soils of the Dunántúl demarcated production area are Ramann-type brown forest soils with clay illuviation.

‘Wine – Description of the wines’

Regardless of type, all Dunántúli wines are characterised by discrete, medium aromas and by well-rounded acids and a light freshness, as they have been for centuries, and this is what their reputation is built upon. The tradition of viticulture can probably be traced back to the Celts in pre-Roman times. The Roman province of Pannonia, corresponding to what is now called Transdanubia, had such a highly developed wine culture and produced wine of such outstanding quality that Emperor Domitian banned grape-growing in the region because the wines it produced rivalled Italian wines. Emperor Probus lifted the ban, and this marked the beginning of a period of rapid development for Pannonian wines, i.e. today’s Dunántúl wines.
Viticulture was also important for the first Hungarian settlers in Transdanubia and was a source of income for the local inhabitants: wine was an important export product sold in large quantities to neighbouring countries.
The region’s population shrank during the Ottoman conquest, but the Serbian immigrants who arrived introduced a number of new grape varieties, Kadarka being the best-known of these.
The production of red wine grapes, including varieties such as Kékoportó, was introduced into Transdanubia by the ethnic Germans who arrived in large numbers in the region’s grape-growing settlements after the Turks had been driven out. From the end of Ottoman rule until the onset of the phylloxera epidemic, Dunántúl wines were in demand across all provinces of the Habsburg Empire.
The period of reconstruction following the phylloxera epidemic saw the rise of varieties such as Olasz rizling and Szürkebarát, which are typical of the region, and of international varieties such as chardonnay, which yield high quality and adapt well to the local growing conditions.
Over the last sixty years, the range of varieties produced has been enlarged by the addition of a number of new varieties, which are now closely linked with Transdanubia. These include aromatic varieties, such as Irsai Olivér, Cserszegi fűszeres and Sauvignon, which have become inseparable from Transdanubia, as well as red wine grape varieties such as Merlot, Cabernet sauvignon, and Cabernet franc.
Owing to structural reforms following the regime change in Hungary, the advent of further new aromatic varieties and intensive marketing efforts, Dunántúli wine became one of the most sought-after Hungarian wines by the 21st century. It is sold on the domestic market and on foreign markets, the most important of which are currently Nordic countries (Sweden and Finland) and the Visegrád countries.

‘Wine – Presentation and demonstration of the causal link’

The westerly air flows that influence the climate of Transdanubia ensure that rainfall is sufficient even in the summer period, so that the number of dry days is low compared with other continental regions on the same latitude. Thanks to the water retention capacity of the brown forest soils, the vines have an adequate water supply even in the summer heat.
People living in the Dunántúli production area generally plant the medium-late (e.g. Kadarka, Kékoportó) and late ripening (e.g. Olaszrizling, Kékfrankos, Szürkebarát) grape varieties typical of Transdanubia on hill and mountain sides with a southern, south-eastern or south-western exposure. The sun’s rays reflected back from the surface of the streams, rivers and lakes at the foot of the hills help the grapes ripen in the sunny, long autumn attributable to Mediterranean anticyclones. Because of this, Dunántúli wines have well-rounded, mature acids, and the rosé and red wines have silky and elegant tannins and are rich in flavour.
It is the rich flavours of the wines together with the commercial skills of the winemakers that have built the reputation of Dunántúli wines on the domestic and international markets. Recognition of the quality of Dunántúli wines is evidenced by the fact that, over the last 19 years, 13 winemakers from Transdanubia have won the ‘Wine Producer of the Year’ award, Hungary’s most prestigious wine award that has been presented annually since 1991.
The success of Dunántúli wines on the market is shown by the fact that nearly three quarters of Dunántúli PGI wines is sold in the other 26 Member States of the EU. Wines with the Dunántúli indication account for nearly 10 % of total Hungarian wine exports.
9.   Essential further conditions (packaging, labelling, other requirements)

Specifications on the indication of the protection of origin category
Legal framework:
In national legislation
Type of further condition:
Additional provisions relating to labelling
Description of the condition:
Rules on indications
The expression oltalom alatt álló földrajzi jelzés [protected geographical indication] may be replaced by the traditional expression tájbor [country wine].
The expression Transdanubia may also be included in the same visual field as the expression Dunántúl oltalom alatt álló földrajzi jelzés [Dunántúl protected designation of origin].
Rules on expressions that can be indicated
Legal framework:
In national legislation
Type of further condition:
Additional provisions relating to labelling
Description of the condition:
Expressions that can be indicated
White:






—


Virgin vintage or első szüret






Muskotály [Muscat]






—


Cuvée or Küvé











—



Szűretlen [unfiltered]










—



Primőr [primeur] or Újbor [new wine]










—


barrique, or barrique-ban erjesztett (barrel fermented) or ...hordóban erjesztett […cask fermented] or Barrique-ban érlelt [barrel matured] or ...hordóban érlelt […cask matured]




Rosé:






—


Virgin vintage or első szüret











—


Cuvée or Küvé











—



Szűretlen [unfiltered]










—



Primőr [primeur] or Újbor [new wine]




Red:






—


Siller










—


Virgin vintage or első szüret











—


Cuvée or Küvé











—



Szűretlen [unfiltered]










—



Primőr [primeur] or Újbor [new wine]










—


barrique, or barrique-ban erjesztett (barrel fermented) or ...hordóban erjesztett […cask fermented] or Barrique-ban érlelt [barrel matured] or ...hordóban érlelt […cask matured]




Rules on the use of the expression muskotály

Legal framework:
In national legislation
Type of further condition:
Additional provisions relating to labelling
Description of the condition:
The expression muskotály, the use of which is restricted, may appear on wines with the following varietal composition:






i)


at least 85 % (excluding the quantity of products used for sweetening) – Csabagyöngye, Hamburgi muskotály, Mátrai muskotály, Cserszegi fűszeres, Irsai Olivér, Nektár, Ottonel muskotály, Pölöskei muskotály, Sárga muskotály and Zefír;










ii)


at least 15 % – Bacchus, Piros Bakator, Bianca, Blauer Silvaner, Budai, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Csomorika, Ezerfürtű, Ezerjó, Furmint, Generosa, Hárslevelű, Juhfark, Karát, Kéknyelű, Királyleányka, Korai piros veltelíni, Korona, Kövérszőlő, Kövidinka, Leányka, Olasz rizling, Pátria, Pinot blanc, Pintes, Piros veltelíni, Rajnai rizling, Rizlingszilváni, Rozália, Rózsakő, Sárfehér, Sauvignon, Semillon, Szürkebarát, Tramini, Viktória gyöngye, Vulcanus, Zala gyöngye, Zengő, Zenit, Zeus, Zöld veltelíni, Zöld szagos, Zöld szilváni and Viognier




Production outside the demarcated production area
Legal framework:
In national legislation
Type of further condition:
Derogation on production in the demarcated geographical area
Description of the condition:






—


Bács-Kiskun County:




Akasztó, Apostag, Ágasegyháza, Baja, Ballószög, Balotaszállás, Bácsalmás, Bácsszőlős, Bátmonostor, Bócsa, Borota, Bugac, Császártöltés, Csátalja, Csávoly, Csengőd, Csikéria, Csólyospálos, Dávod, Dunapataj, Dunavecse, Dusnok, Érsekcsanád, Érsekhalma, Felsőlajos, Fülöpháza, Fülöpjakab, Fülöpszállás, Hajós, Harkakötöny, Harta, Helvécia, Imrehegy, Izsák, Jakabszállás, Jánoshalma, Jászszentlászló, Kaskantyú, Kecel, Kecskemét, Kelebia, Kéleshalom, Kerekegyháza, Kiskőrös, Kiskunfélegyháza, Kiskunhalas, Kiskunmajsa, Kisszállás, Kunbaja, Kunbaracs, Kunfehértó, Kunszállás, Kunszentmiklós, Ladánybene, Lajosmizse, Lakitelek, Mélykút, Móricgát, Nagybaracska, Nemesnádudvar, Nyárlőrinc, Orgovány, Páhi, Pirtó, Rém, Solt, Soltszentimre, Soltvadkert, Sükösd, Szabadszállás, Szank, Szentkirály, Tabdi, Tázlár, Tiszaalpár, Tiszakécske, Tiszazug, Tompa, Vaskút and Zsana.
and






—


Pest County




Abony, Albertirsa, Budapest-Rákosliget, Cegléd, Ceglédbercel, Csemő, Dány, Dömsöd, Gomba, Hernád, Inárcs, Kakucs, Kerepes, Kisnémedi, Kocsér, Kóka, Mogyoród, Monor, Monori erdő, Nagykőrös, Nyársapát, Ócsa, Őrbottyán, Örkény, Pilis, Ráckeve, Szada, Szigetcsép, Szigetszentmárton, Szigetújfalu, Tápiószele, Tápiószentmárton, Tóalmás, Tököl, Újlengyel, Vác, Vácegres, Vácrátót and Veresegyház,

Link to the product specification

https://boraszat.kormany.hu/admin/download/4/e8/92000/Dunantul%20OFJ_%20standard_v3.pdf


(1)  OJ L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 2.