CELEX: 51991PC0532(04)
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-12
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3309/85 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of sparkling wines and aerated sparkling wines

23 . 1 . 92                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 17 / 7
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."
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3 . The second subparagraph of Article 10 ( 1 ) is replaced           (b) the following paragraph is added :
    by the following :
                                                                          3 . Notwithstanding paragraph 2 (b), the holder
                                                                          of a well-known registered brand name for a
    "The closing device referred to in the first and second               product as referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) that
    indents of point (a) in the first subparagraph may not                contains words identical to the name of a
    be enclosed in a lead-based capsule or wrapping."                     specified region or a geographical unit smaller
                                                                          than a specified region may, even if under
4 . Article 11 (2) is replaced by the following :                         paragraph 2 he is not entitled to use that name,
                                                                          continue to use the brand name where it contains
    "2. Where containers containing a product referred                    the proper name of the original holder or of the
                                                                          name-giver inspiring the brand name, provided
    to in Article 1 ( 1 ) are presented for sale to the final
    consumer in an individual package, this must be
                                                                          that the brand name has been registered for at
    labelled in accordance with the provisions of this                    least 25 years prior to official recognition of the
                                                                          related geographical name by the producer
    Regulation .                                                          Member State in accordance with Article 1 (3) of
                                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 823 / 87 as regards quality
    Detailed rules needed to avoid excessive severity in                  wines psr, and provided that the brand name has
    applying this rule to specially-designed packages                     actually been used uninterruptedly during that
    containing small quantities of the products referred to               period.
    in Article 1 ( 1 ), whether on their own or in combi­
    nation with other products, shall be drawn up under                   Brand names complying with the conditions of
    the procedure provided for in Article 83 of Regu­                     the first subparagraph may not be invoked against
    lation (EEC) No 822 / 87 ."                                           the use of the names of geographical units used to
                                                                          describe a quality wine psr."
5 . Article 13 is amended as follows :                            Article 2
    (a) the following subparagraph is added to para­
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
         graph 1 :                                                 European Communities.
         "The geographical name of a specified region             Point three of Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 1993 .
         must be sufficiently precise and commonly linked
         to the production area in order, taking account of       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
         excisting situations, to prevent confusion".             directly applicable in all Member States .'