Article 26Authorisation to use sucrose
The wine-growing regions where the use of sucrose is authorised pursuant to point D(3) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be as follows:
(a)
wine-growing zone A;
(b)
wine-growing zone B;
(c)
wine-growing zone C, with the exception of vineyards in Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal and vineyards in the French departments under jurisdiction of the courts of appeal of:
Aix-en-Provence,
Nîmes,
Montpellier,
Toulouse,
Agen,
Pau,
Bordeaux,
Bastia.
However, enrichment by dry sugaring may be authorised by the national authorities as an exception in the French departments referred to in point (c). France shall notify the Commission and the other Member States forthwith of any such authorisations.