Document ID: 31997R2053

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2053/97 of 20 October 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3220/90 laying down conditions for the use of certain oenological practices provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
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 organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1417/97 (2), and in particular Article 15 (6) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3220/90 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2624/95 (4), lays down the conditions for the use of certain oenological practices provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; whereas that Regulation should be supplemented as regards the conditions on the use of electrodialysis to guarantee tartaric stabilization of wine as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 822/87;
Whereas, in the light of technical information currently available, it is not possible to establish definitively what impact the new treatment will have on the particular qualitative characteristics of quality wines psr, in particular as regards typicality; whereas, in view of the need to maintain a certain quality and avoid distortion of competition between the various specified regions, its use for quality wines psr should not be permitted in the immediate future;
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
Regulation (EEC) No 3220/90 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the following paragraph is added to Article 1:
'4. Electrodialysis to guarantee tartaric stabilization of wine as provided for in Annex VI (4) (b) to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 may only be applied to table wine and on condition it meets the requirements set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.`;
2. the Annex to this Regulation is added after Annex III.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 20 October 1997.

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