CELEX: 51991PC0532(03)
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-12
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 358/79 on sparkling wines produced in the Community

No C 17 / 6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                      23 . 1 . 92
                Amended proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 358/79
                                         on sparkling wines produced in the Community
                                                          (92/ C 17 /05)
                                                       (COM(91) 532 final)
                (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 13 December
                                                               1991 )
The Articles are hereby amended as follows :                                        specified region. However, the Commission
                                                                                    may authorize a Member State, under the
'Article 1
                                                                                    procedure provided for in Article 83 of Regu­
                                                                                    lation (EEC) No 822/ 87, to allow in excep­
                                                                                    tional cases a percentage of products added
Regulation (EEC) No 358 /79 is hereby amended as                                    greater than 10 % but not greater than
follows :                                                                           15 % .";
1 . Article 12 (3) and (4) are replaced as follows :                      (b) the second subparagraph of paragraph 4 is
                                                                               replaced by the following :
    "3.     The Commission shall send the Council and
    the European Parliament before 1 April 1991 a report,                      "They shall include in particular the definition of
    based on experience acquired, on maximum sulphur                           areas in immediate proximity to a specified
    dioxide contents , accompanied by any appropriate                          region, account being taken in particular of the
    proposals, on which the Council shall decide before 1                      geographical      situation   and    administrative
                                                                               structures ."
    September 1991 in accordance with the procedure
    laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty.
                                                                      3 . Article 16 (4) is replaced by the following :
    4 . Detailed rules for the application of this Article
    shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure                     "4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
    laid down in Article 83 of Regulation (EEC) No                        shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
    822 / 87 ."                                                           laid down in Article 83 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                          822 / 87 "
2 . In Article 14a :                                                  4 . In Article 18 :
    (a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following :                        (a) the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced
                                                                              by the following :
         "2. Notwithstanding the first indent of
        paragraph 1 , in so far as a traditional practice                      " 1 . Quality sparkling wines of the aromatic
         regulated by special rules of the producer                           type may be produced only by using, as sole
         Member State is concerned, such a Member State                       constituents of the cuvee, grape musts or grape
         may expressly permit, subject to proper controls                     musts in fermentation obtained from the vine
         and up until 31 December 1995 at the latest, a                       varieties listed in the Annex hereto . The same
         qualiy wine psr to be obtained by adjusting the                      shall apply to quality sparkling wines psr of the
        basic product from which the wine is made to                          aromatic type , provided that these varieties are
        include one or more vinous products not orig­                         recognized as suitable for the production of
        inating in the region giving its name to the wine,                    qualiy wines psr in the specified region whose
        provided that :                                                       name the quality sparkling wines psr bear.";
        — the types of vinous product added are not                       (b) paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the following :
             already produced in the specified region with                    "3 . Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of
             characteristics identical to the products from                   Article 15 (2), quality sparkling wines of the
             outside the region,                                              aromatic type and quality sparkling wines psr of
                                                                              the aromatic type shall, when kept at a
        — the adjustment is in line with the wine-making                      temperature of 20 °C in closed containers, have
             practices and definitions referred to in Regu­                   an excess pressure of not less than 3 bars .
             lation (EEC) No 822 / 87 ,
                                                                              4 . Notwithstanding Article 17 , the duration of
        — the total volume of added vinous products                           the process of making quality sparkling wines of
             originating outside the specified region does                    the aromatic type and quality sparkling wines psr
             not exceed 10 % of the total volume of the                       of the aromatic type may not be less than one
             wine-making      inputs   originating    in  the                 month ."
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5 . Article 22 is replaced by the following :                            . . . (Glykerithra)
    "All sparkling wines covered by Article 1 that met the               Huxelrebe
    requirements of this Regulation or Regulation (EEC)                  Macabeu
    No 358 /79 in force at the time when they were                       All malmsey-type wines
    produced but the production conditions or analytical                 Mauzac blanc and rosé
    characteristics of which no longer meet the                          Monica N
    requirements of this Regulation as a result of
    amendments thereto may be held for sale, put on the                  . . . (Moschofilero)
    market or exported until stocks are exhausted."                      Müller-Thurgau
                                                                         All muscadets
6. The Annex is replaced by the follwing :
                                                                         Parellada
     "ANNEX
                                                                         Perle
    List of vine varieties from which quality sparkling                  Picpoul
    wines of the aromatic type and quality sparkling                     Poulsard
    wines psr of the aromatic type may be produced :
                                                                         Prosecco
    Aleatico N
                                                                         . . . (Roditis)
    . . . (Assyrtico)                                                    Scheurebe ."
    Bourboulenc
    Brachetto N                                                      Article 2
    Clairette
    Colombard                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    Freisa N
                                                                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                     European Communities.
    Gamay
    Gewürztraminer
                                                                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
    Giro N                                                           directly applicable in all Member States .'
                 Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending for the fifth time Regulation
                 (EEC) No 3309/85 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of sparkling
                                                wines and aerated sparkling wines
                                                          (92 /C 17 / 06)
                                                       COM(91) 532 final
                 (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 13 December
                                                               1991)
The articles are hereby amended as follows :                         2 . In Article 5 (3):
 Article 1                                                               (a) the third indent in the first subparagraph is
                                                                               replaced by :
Regulation (EEC) No 3309/ 85 is hereby amended as                              "— 'extra dry', 'extra trocken' or 'extra seco' :
follows :
                                                                                     if the residual sugar content is between 12
1 . the second indent of Article 2 is replaced by the                                and 20 grams per litre,"
    following :
                                                                         (b) the following subparagraph is added :
    "— packaging, protective enclosures such as paper
           and fillers of all kinds, cartons and boxes used                    "No information other than that specified in the
           for the transport of one or more containers                         first and third subparagraphs may be used on the
           and/or their presentation at the point of sale to                   labelling to indicate the product type as
           the final consumer."                                                determined by the residual sugar content."