CELEX: 31985R3310
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3310/85 of 18 November 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 on sparkling wines produced in the Community and defined in item 13 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 337/79

29 . 11 . 85                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 320 / 19
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3310 / 85
                                                           of 18 November 1985
                    amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 358 / 79 on sparkling wines produced in the Community and
                                     defined in item 13 of Annex II to Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 / 79
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                               Whereas experience with wines obtained from the 'Picpoul'
                                                                         variety has shown that this variety should be included in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    list of varieties from which quality sparkling wines of the
 Economic Community , and in particular Article 43                       aromatic type may be obtained ,
 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (*),                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having     regard     to    the    Opinion    of the    European                                     Article 1
 Parliament ( 2 ),
                                                                         Regulation ( EEC ) No 358 / 79 is hereby amended as
Whereas for reasons of logic and clarity Article 8 of                    follows :
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 358 / 79 ( 3 ), as last amended by
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 3686 / 84 ( 4 ), the provisions of which          1 . Article 8 shall be repealed ;
 are now contained in Regulation ( EEC ) No 3309 / 85 ( 5 ),
 should be repealed ;                                                    2.   Article 12 shall be amended as follows :
                                                                              ( a ) Paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following :
Whereas the maximum levels of total sulphur dioxide were
 fixed for sparkling wines and quality sparkling wines                              '1 .    Without prejudice to any more restrictive
respectively , in Article 12 and Article 1 6 of Regulation ( EEC )                  provisions which Member States may apply to
No 358 / 79 ;                                                                       sparkling wines produced on their territory , the
                                                                                    total sulphur dioxide content pf sparkling wines
Whereas , pursuant to the abovementioned Articles , the                             may not exceed 235 mg / 1 ;'
Commission has drawn up and submitted to the Council a                        ( b ) in paragraph 2 , the figure 25 shall be replaced by the
report on the scientific knowledge and technological                                 figure 40 ;
development with respect to the use of sulphur dioxide in
winemaking ;                                                                  ( c ) paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:
                                                                                    '3 .    The Commission shall submit to the Council
Whereas it results from that report that lowering the                               before 1 April 1990 in the light of the experience
maximum levels of total sulphur dioxide proves to be                                acquired , a report on maximum sulphur dioxide
compatible with current oenological knowledge and                                   levels accompanied , where appropriate , by
technological progress made for the majority of these types of                      proposals on which the Council shall act by a
wine ; whereas , moreover , use of all food additives should be                     qualified majority before 1 September 1990 .';
restricted to the minimum necessary ; whereas , therefore ,
provision should be made to reduce the maximum levels of                      ( d ) paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following :
sulphur dioxide by 15 milligrams per litre for all sparkling                        '4 .    Detailed rules for the application of this
wines ;                                                                             Article and transitional measures concerning
                                                                                    sparkling wines originating in the Community
Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) No 3686 / 84 has amended                                 produced before 1 September 1986 and imported
Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 358 / 79 by                               sparkling wines shall be adopted in accordance with
introducing the principle that quality sparkling wines of the                       the procedure laid down in Article 67 of Regulation
aromatic type may be produced only by using , as the sole                           ( EEC ) No 337 / 79 .';
constituents of the cuvee , partially fermented grape musts ;
whereas , in order to permit the disposal of wines which ,               3.   Article 16 shall be amended as follows :
before this amendment , were normally intended for the                        ( a ) Paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following :
production of quality sparkling wines of the aromatic type , it
is necessary to authorize as a transitional measure for the                         '1 .    Without prejudice to any more restrictive
production of quality sparkling wines , the use of wines                            provisions which Member States may apply to
obtained from grapes belonging to varieties permitted in such                       quality sparkling wines and to quality sparkling
production and harvested before 31 December 1984 ;                                  wines produced in specified regions , produced
                                                                                    within their territory , the total sulphur dioxide
(*)  OJ No C 182 , 9 . 7 . 1984 , p. 17 .                                           content of these sparkling wines shall not exceed
(2)  OJ No C 12 , 14 . 1 . 1985 , p. 132 .                                           185 mg / 1 ;'
(3)  OJ No L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , p. 130 .
(«)  OJ No L 341 , 29 . 12 . 1984 , p. 3 .                                    ( b ) In paragraph 2 , the figure 25 shall be replaced by the
(5)  See page 9 of this Official Journal .                                          figure 40 ;
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   [ Cj Paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following :           4 . The following text shall be added to Article 22 :
        '3 .    The Commission shall submit to the Council              'Quality sparkling wines of the aromatic type and quality
        before 1 April 1990 , in the light of the experience            sparkling wines of the aromatic type produced in
        acquired , a report on maximum sulphur dioxide                  specified regions may be produced by using as the
        levels , accompanied , where appropriate, by                    constituents of the cuve wines obtained from grapes of
        proposals on which the Council shall act by a                   the vine varieties listed in the Annex harvested before 31
        qualified majority before 1 September 1990 .';                  December 1984 .'
                                                                   5 . In the Annex, the term 'Picpoul' shall be added after
   (d ) Paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:                 'Perle'.
        '4 .    Detailed rules for the application of this
        Article and transitional measures concerning                                            Article 2
        quality sparkling wines and quality sparkling wines
        produced in specified regions originating in the           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
        Community produced before 1 September 1986 ,               publication in the Official Journal of the European
        and imported quality sparkling wines shall be              Communities .
        adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
        down in Article 67 of Regulation ( EEC ) No                It shall apply from 1 September 1986 , except for Article 1
        337 / 79 .':                                               point 4 which shall apply from 1 September 1984 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels , 18 November 1985 .
                                                                                            For the Council
                                                                                             The President
                                                                                            M. FISCHBACH