CELEX: 31979R2585
Language: en
Date: 1979-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2585/79 of 22 November 1979 authorizing, in the Gigondas registered designation area, the additional acidification of certain products from the 1979 wine harvest

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31979R2585

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2585/79 of 22 November 1979 authorizing, in the Gigondas registered designation area, the additional acidification of certain products from the 1979 wine harvest  

Official Journal L 296 , 23/11/1979 P. 0019 - 0019

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 1 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 275 , 1 . 11 . 1979 , P . 4 .  ( 3 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 48 .    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2585/79   OF 22 NOVEMBER 1979   AUTHORIZING , IN THE GIGONDAS REGISTERED DESIGNATION AREA , THE ADDITIONAL ACIDIFICATION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS FROM THE 1979 WINE HARVEST   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,   HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2397/79  ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 34 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,   WHEREAS ARTICLE 34 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 PROVIDES THAT , IN YEARS WHEN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONAL , ADDITIONAL ACIDIFICATION MAY BE AUTHORIZED UP TO A LIMIT OF 1.50 GRAMS PER LITRE EXPRESSED IN TARTARIC ACID , OR 20 MILLIEQUIVALENTS , FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING FROM ZONES C II AND C III ;   WHEREAS EXCEPTIONAL CLIMATIC CONDITIONS WITH EXCESSIVE SUNSHINE AND , HENCE , DRY AND HOT WEATHER , WERE EXPERIENCED IN THE RHONE VALLEY AND , MORE PARTICULARLY , IN THE LOCAL WEATHER OF GIGONDAS , WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN A HIGH TOTAL ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BUT A TOTAL ACIDITY LOWER THAN NORMAL ;   WHEREAS ARTICLE 9 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 338/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO QUALITY WINES PRODUCED IN SPECIFIED REGIONS ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY THE SAID REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2397/79 , PROVIDES THAT THE CONDITIONS AND LIMITS WITHIN WHICH THE ACIDIFICATION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS MAY TAKE PLACE AND THE PROCEDURE WHEREBY AUTHORIZATION MAY BE GRANTED ARE THOSE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 34 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 ;   WHEREAS 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 ADDITIONAL ACIDIFICATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 34 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED FOR FRESH GRAPES , GRAPE MUST , PARTIALLY FERMENTED GRAPE MUST AND NEW WINE STILL IN FERMENTATION PRODUCED IN THE GIGONDAS AREA OF REGISTERED DESIGNATION FROM THE 1979 WINE HARVEST .   ARTICLE 2   THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .   THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 NOVEMBER 1979 .   FOR THE COMMISSION   FINN GUNDELACH   VICE-PRESIDENT