Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2240/89 of 25 July 1989 on the notification, execution and monitoring of the processes entailing the enriching, acidifying and de- acidifying of wine

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2240/89
of 25 July 1989
on the notification, execution and monitoring of the processes entailing the enriching, acidifying and de-acidifying of wine
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (2), and in particular Articles 18 (4), 19 (8), 21 (4), 22 (3) and 23 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1594/70 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 418/86 (4), has been amended on many occasions and in view of the developments which have taken place since its adoption as regards the rules on enrichment on the one hand and the monitoring of wine products and oenological practices on the other hand, that Regulation should be replaced;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 19 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, the wine-growing regions where the addition of sucrose was traditionally practised in accordance with legislation in force on 8 May 1970 should be indicated;
Whereas the small wine-growing area of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg enables the competent authorities to carry out a systematic analytical control of all batches of products vinified; whereas declarations of intention to enrich wine are not indispensable so long as those conditions continue to apply;
Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provides that each enrichment, acidification or de-acidification operation must be notified to the competent authorities; whereas this also holds for quantities of sugar or concentrated grape must or rectified concentrated grape must held by natural or legal persons undertaking such operations;
Whereas that provision relates in particular to the preparation of table wines; whereas, pursuant to Article 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 of 16 March 1987 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2043/89 (6), it is also applicable for the production of quality wines psr;
Whereas, the objective of such notification is to permit monitoring of the operations in question; whereas the notifications must accordingly be made to the competent authority of the Member State on whose territory the operation is to take place; whereas such notifications must be as accurate as possible and must be made to the competent authority prior to the operation where an increase in alcoholic strength is involved; whereas, as regards acidification and de-acidification, subsequent control is sufficient; whereas, for that reason and for the sake of administrative simplification, it must be possible to make such notification, excepting for the first time in the wine year, by the updating of records regularly verified by the competent authority;
Whereas entries in records of enrichment, acidification and de-acidification operations are governed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 986/89 of 10 April 1989 on the accompanying documents for carriage of wine products and the relevant records to be kept (7);
Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,