Document ID: 32000R0160

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 160/2000
of 24 January 2000
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999(2), and in particular Article 72(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1427/96(4), lays down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts.
(2) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1470/1999(6), lays down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts.
(3) Moldova has requested that provision be made for wines originating in that country to bear the name of two vine varieties included in the list in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90. That request should be acceded to on condition that the wines in question are made entirely from the specified varieties.
(4) Australia, the United States, Hungary and the Republic of Ukraine have requested that their lists of vine varieties and synonyms in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 be amended. That request should be acceded to.
(5) 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
1. In Article 13(2)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 the name "Moldova" is added after "Uruguay".
2. Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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, 24 January 2000.

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