Document ID: 32006R0643

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 643/2006
of 27 April 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes, and Regulation (EC) No 884/2001 laying down detailed rules of application concerning the documents accompanying the carriage of wine products and the records to be kept in the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), and in particular Article 46(1) and Article 70(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 (2) lays down restrictions on and certain conditions for the use of substances authorised by Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. The restrictions on the use of the substances referred to are listed in Annex IV thereto. As a result of the addition of L-ascorbic acid and dimethyldicarbonate to the list of authorised oenological practices in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, restrictions on and conditions for the use of those substances should be laid down.
(2)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2001 (3) lays down rules on the keeping of inwards and outwards registers and provides in particular for the indication of certain operations in the records. The particular characteristics of the addition of dimethyldicarbonate to wine require its use to be indicated in the records.
(3)
Regulations (EC) No 1622/2000 and (EC) No 884/2001 should be amended accordingly.
(4)
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 (EC) No 1622/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
1.
The following Article 15a is inserted:
‘Article 15a
Dimethyldicarbonate
The addition of dimethyldicarbonate provided for in point (zc) of paragraph 3 of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 may be carried out only within the limits laid down in Annex IV to this Regulation and where it meets the requirements of Annex IXa to this Regulation.’
2.
Annex IV is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
3.
Annex II to this Regulation is inserted as Annex IXa.
Article 2
The following indent is added to the first subparagraph of Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 884/2001:
‘-
addition of dimethyldicarbonate (DMDC) to wine’.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 April 2006.

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