The Common Agricultural Policy (Wine) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 E+W+N.I. COMMUNITY PROVISIONS

Measures containing Community provisions	Official Journal of the European Communities: Reference
1.Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1135/70 on the notification of the planting and replanting of vines for the purpose of controlling the development of planting	OJ No. L134, 19.6.70, p.2 (OJ/SE 1970(II) p.379)
2.Council Regulation (EEC) No. 357/79 on statistical surveys of areas under vines, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2329/98 (OJ No. L291, 30.10.98, p.2)	OJ No. L54, 5.3.79, p.124
3.Act concerning conditions of accession of the Hellenic Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties amending various Regulations concerning wine as a result of the accession of Greece, signed on 28 May 1979	OJ No. L291, 19.11.79, p.17
4.Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3388/81 laying down special detailed rules in respect of import and export licences in the wine sector, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1351/97 (OJ No. L186, 16.7.97, p.5)	OJ No. L341, 28.11.81, p.19
5.Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/85 on the list of vine varieties and regions providing imported wine for the making of sparkling wines in the Community	OJ No. L179, 11.7.85, p.21
6.Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties, signed on 12 June 1985	OJ No. L302, 15.11.85, p.23
7.Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3590/85 on the certificate and analysis report required for the importation of wine, grape juice and grape must, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 960/98 (OJ No. L135, 8.5.98, p.4)	OJ No. L343, 20.12.85, p.20
8.Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3805/85 adapting, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, certain Regulations relating to the wine sector	OJ No. L367, 31.12.85, p.39
9.Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2392/86 establishing a Community vineyard register, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1631/98 (OJ No. L210, 28.7.98, p.14) M1	OJ No. L208, 31.7.86, p.1
10.Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 649/87 laying down detailed rules for the establishment of a Community vineyard register, as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1097/89 (OJ No. L116, 28.4.89, p.20)	OJ No. L62, 5.3.87, p.10
11.Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1622/2000 (OJ No. L194, 31.7.2000, p.1)	OJ No. L272, 3.10.90, p.1
12.Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3201/90 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2770/98 (OJ No. L346, 22.12.98, p.25)	OJ No. L309, 8.11.90, p.1
13.Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 2061/96 of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ No. L277, 30.10.96, p.1)	OJ No. L149, 14.6.91, p.1
14.Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3901/91 laying down certain detailed rules on the description and presentation of special wines	OJ No. L368, 31.12.91, p.15
15.Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2009/92 determining Community analysis methods for ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin used in the preparation of spirit drinks, aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails	OJ No. L203, 21.7.92, p.10
16.Council Decision 93/722/EC concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and Republic of Bulgaria on the reciprocal protection and control of wine names	OJ No. L337, 31.12.93, p.11
17.Council Decision 93/723/EC concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary on the reciprocal establishment of tariff quotas for certain wines	OJ No. L337, 31.12.93, p.83
18.Council Decision 93/726/EC concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and Romania on the reciprocal protection and control of wine names	OJ No. L337, 31.12.93, p.177
19.Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2238/93 on the accompanying documents for the carriage of wine products and the relevant records to be kept	OJ No. L200, 10.8.93, p.10; corrigendum at OJ No. L301, 8.12.93, p.29
20.Commission Regulation (EC) No. 122/94 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91 on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks, and aromatized wine-product cocktails	OJ No. L21, 26.1.94, p.7
21.Council Decision 94/184/EC concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine	OJ No. L86, 31.3.94, p.1
22.Commission Regulation (EC) No. 554/95 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of sparkling and aerated sparkling wines, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1915/96 (OJ No. L252, 4.10.96, p.10)	OJ No. L56, 14.3.95, p.3
23.Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1294/96 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 822/87 as regards harvest, production and stock declarations relating to wine-sector products, as corrected by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2050/96 (OJ No. L274, 26.10.96, p.17), and as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 225/97 (OJ No. L37, 7.2.97, p.1)	OJ No. L166, 5.7.96, p.14
24.Commission Regulation (EC) No. 881/98 laying down detailed rules for the protection of the additional terms used to designate certain types of quality wine produced in specified regions (quality wine psr), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1608/2000 (OJ No. L185, 25.7.2000, p.24)	OJ No. L124, 25.4.98, p.22
25.Council Regulation (EC) No. 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine	OJ No. L179, 14.7.1999, p.1
26.Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1227/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, as regards production potential	OJ No. L143, 16.6.2000, p.1
27.Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1607/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, in particular the Title relating to quality wine produced in specified regions	OJ No. L185, 25.7.2000, p.17
28.Commission 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	OJ No. L194, 31.7.2000, p.1
29.Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms	OJ No. L194, 31.7.2000, p.45
30.Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2729/2000 laying down detailed implementing rules on controls in the wine sector	OJ No. L316, 15.12.2000, p.16

Marginal Citations

M1 See also the Agreement on the European Economic Area, Protocols 1 (OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p. 37) and 47 (OJ No. LI, 3.1.94, p. 210).

Regulations 2(1), 8(1) and 19

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+N.I. RELEVANT COMMUNITY PROVISIONS

PART I E+W+N.I. DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Relevant Community provisions: principal provisions	Relevant Community provisions: detailed rules	Subject matter
1.Regulation 1493/1999: Articles 68(1) and 70	Regulation 3590/85: Articles 3, 4 and 5; Regulation 2238/93: Articles 3(1), 3(2), 3(4), 4 (last subparagraph), 5, 6 (except 6(5) and 6(6)), 7(4), 7(5), 7(6), 8, 9, 10, 11(1), 11(3), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 19	Requirements relating to accompanying documents and records
2.Regulation 1623/2000: Article 7(3)(a), (4), (5), (6) and (7)		Requirements relating to despatch of documents and keeping of stock accounts etc. by users of grape juice

PART II E+W+N.I. QUALITY WINES PRODUCED IN SPECIFIED REGIONS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Relevant Community provisions: principal provisions	Relevant Community provisions: detailed rules	Subject matter
1.Regulation 1493/1999: Articles 19(3), (4) and (5) and 42(5) and Annex VI, point B		Restrictions on the use of certain vine varieties
2.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VI, point C		Provisions relating to wine-growing methods and to irrigation
3.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VI, point D		Requirement for quality wine psr to be produced from specified vine varieties and in specified regions; requirements relating to separate wine-making processes and storage for quality wine psr
4.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VI, point E		Minimum natural alcoholic strength for quality wine psr
5.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VI, point F	Regulation 1607/2000: Article 3 and Annex I	Permitted vinification and manufacturing methods and enrichment methods; minimum total alcoholic strength of quality wine psr
6.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VI, point G		Conditions for acidification, de-acidification and sweetening of quality wine psr
7.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VI, point H		Conditions for carrying out authorised processes
8.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VI, point I		Prohibition of use of designation if the prescribed yield per hectare is exceeded
9.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VI, point J		Requirement to submit quality wine psr to analytical and organoleptic tests
10.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VI, point K	Regulation 1607/2000: Article 7 and Annex IV	Conditions applying to quality sparkling wine psr
11.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VI, point L	Act of Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic: Article 129 Regulation 1607/2000: Articles 4, 5 and 6 and Annex II and Annex III	General provisions relating to the use of expressions and terms traditionally used by Member States to designate particular quality wines

PART III E+W+N.I. DESCRIPTION AND PRESENTATION

(1)	(2)	(3)
Relevant Community provisions: principal provisions	Relevant Community provisions: detailed rules	Subject matter
1.Regulation 1493/1999: Articles 48 and 49 and Annex VII	Regulation 3201/90, as last amended by Regulation 2770/98: All Articles except 6(2), 11(1), 12(3), 15(6), 23, 24(1), 28 and 29	General rules and particular requirements relating to the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain products other than sparkling wines
2.Regulation 1493/1999: Articles 48 and 49 and Annex VIII	Regulation 554/95, as amended by Regulation 1915/96: All Articles except 1, 5, 7, 11 and 12	General rules and particular requirements relating to the description, designation, presentation and protection of sparkling wines
3.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 51		General rules relating to the use of geographical indications for table wine
4.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VIII, point G		Prohibition on the use of lead-based capsules or foils on sparkling wines or aerated sparkling wines

PART IV E+W+N.I. PRODUCTION AND CONTROL OF PLANTING

(1)	(2)	(3)
Relevant Community provisions: principal provisions	Relevant Community provisions: detailed rules	Subject matter
1.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 18	Regulation 1294/96; as corrected by Regulation 2050/96 and as amended by Regulation 225/97: Articles 1, 2, 3(1), 3(4), 4, 6, 9, 11	Harvest, production and stock declarations
2.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 19(3)		Restrictions on the use of certain vine varieties
3.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 19(4)		Requirement to grub-up unclassified vine varieties

PART V E+W+N.I. OENOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, AND CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE TO THE MARKET

(1)	(2)	(3)
Relevant Community provisions: principal provisions	Relevant Community provisions: detailed rules	Subject matter
1.Regulation 3590/85: Article 8(1)		Conditions for release for human consumption of products originating in third countries
2.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 27(1) and (2)		Prohibition of the over-pressing of grapes and the pressing of wine lees
3.Regulation 1493/1999: Articles 42(1), (2) and (3) and 43 and Annex IV and Annex V	Regulation 1622/2000: Article 5 and Annex IV Article 6 and Annex V Article 7 and Annex VI Articles 8 and 9 Article 10 and Annex VII Article 11 and Annex VIII Article 12 and Annex IX Articles 13, 14 and 15 Article 16 and Annex X Article 17 and Annex XI Article 18	Authorised oenological practices and processes
4.Regulation 1493/1999: Articles 42(3) and 67	Regulation 1622/2000: Article 39	Addition of water or alcohol
5.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 42(5)	Regulation 1622/2000: Article 2	Varieties of grapes to be used in winemaking
6.Regulation 1493/1999: Articles 42(6) and 44(14)	Regulation 1622/2000: Articles 35 and 36	Permitted methods for the production of wine by coupage
7.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 44(1)	Regulation 1622/2000: Article 43	Wine that may be offered or delivered for direct human consumption
8.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 44(2)–(11)	Regulation 1622/2000: Article 3	Restrictions relating to certain wines and other products originating in the Community
9.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 44(12)		Restriction on turning certain products into wine or adding them to wine
10.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 44(12) and (13)		Restriction on the use of products originating in third countries
11.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 45(1)		General rules relating to offer or disposal of certain products for direct human consumption
12.Regulation 1493/1999: Article 46(3)	Regulation 2676/90; as last amended by Regulation 1622/2000	Community methods for the analysis of wines
13.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex IV	Regulation 1622/2000: Article 5 and Annex IV Article 43	Restrictions relating to the use of oenological substances and requirements for the disposal of unfit wines
14.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex V, point A	Regulation 1622/2000: Article 19 and Annex XII	Maximum permissible sulphur dioxide content of wine
15.Regulation 1493/2000: Annex V, point B		Maximum permissible volatile acid content
16.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex V, points C and D	Regulation 1622/2000: Articles 22, 23, 25, 27, 28 and 29	Conditions for increasing alcoholic strength
17.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex V, point E; Annex VI, points G and H	Regulation 1622/2000: Articles 26, 27, 28 and 29	Conditions for acidification and de-acidification of wine
18.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex V, point F; Annex VI, points G and H	Regulation 1622/2000: Articles 30, 31 and 32	Conditions for sweetening of wine
19.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex V, point G	Regulation 1622/2000: Articles 25, 26, 28 and 29	Conditions for carrying out authorised processes (including notification and keeping of register)
20.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex V, points H and I; Annex VI, point K	Regulation 1622/2000: Article 3 Article 4 and Annex III Article 24	Rules for the production and marketing of sparkling wines
21.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex V, point J; Annex VI, point L	Regulation 1622/2000: Article 33 Article 37 and Annex XVII Article 38 and Annex XVIII	Rules for the preparation and marketing of liqueur wines produced in the Community

PART VI E+W+N.I. SPECIFICATION

(1)	(2)	(3)
Relevant Community provisions: principal provisions	Relevant Community provisions: detailed rules	Subject matter
1.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VII, point C, paragraph 1(a)		Use of the term “wine”
2.Regulation 1493/1999: Annex VII, point C, paragraph 1(b)		Use of the term “table wine”

PART VII E+W+N.I. VINEYARD REGISTER

(1)	(2)	(3)
Relevant Community provisions: principal provisions	Relevant Community provisions: detailed rules	Subject matter
1.Regulation 2392/86: Article 3(2)	Regulation 649/87, as amended by Regulation 1097/89: Articles 3 and 3a	Establishment of a vineyard register

PART VIII E+W+N.I. COMMUNITY INSPECTION

(1)	(2)	(3)
Relevant Community provisions: principal provisions	Relevant Community provisions: detailed rules	Subject matter
1.Regulation 2729/2000: Articles 6, 7 and 19	Regulation 2009/92	Facilitation of controls by and powers of officials including analysis for Community purposes

PART IX E+W+N.I. AROMATIZED WINES

(1)	(2)	(3)
Relevant Community provisions: principal provisions	Relevant Community provisions: detailed rules	Subject matter
1.Regulation 1601/91: Article 4 as amended by Regulation 3279/92: Article 1	Regulation 2009/92 Regulation 122/94: Articles 1 and 2	General rules and particular requirements relating to the description, presentation and preparation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails
2.Regulation 1601/91: Article 5		Permitted oenological practices and processes
3.Regulation 1601/91: Article 6		Restrictions on the use of descriptions
4.Regulation 1601/91: Article 7		Restrictions on the description and sale of aromatized drinks
5.Regulation 1601/91: Article 8		General rules relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails
6.Regulation 1601/91: Article 10		Supervision and protection of aromatized drinks originating in third countries
7.Regulation 1601/91: Article 11		Export of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails

Regulations 5 and 6(1)(a)

SCHEDULE 3 E+W+N.I. VINE VARIETIES CLASSIFIED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WINE IN ENGLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Name of variety	Synonymous name	Grape colour
Auxerrois		White
Bacchus		White
*Cascade	Seibel 13/053	Black
Chardonnay		White
Chasselas	Gutedal	White
Dornfelder		Black
Dunkelfelder		Black
Ehrenfelser		White
Faberrebe		White
Findling		White
Gutenborner		White
Huxelrebe		White
Kerner		White
Kernling		White
Kanzler		White
*Léon Millot		Black
Madeleine angevine 7672	Madeleine angevine	White
Madeleine Royale		White
Madeleine sylvaner III 28/51	Madeleine sylvaner	White
Mariensteiner		White
Müller-Thurgau	Rivaner	White
Optima		White
*Orion		White
Ortega		White
*Perle of Alzey	Perle	White
*Phoenix		White
Pinot blanc	Weissburgunder	White
Pinot meunier	Wrotham pinot	Black
Pinot noir	Spatburgunder	Black
Red Elbling		Black
*Regent		Black
Regner		White
Reichensteiner		White
Riesling		White
*Rondo (GM 6494/5)	GM 6494/5	Black
Ruländer	Pinot gris	White
Scheurebe		White
Schönburger		White
Senator		White
*Seyval blanc	Seyve-Villard 5/276	White
Siegerrebe		White
*Triomphe		Black
White Elbling		White
Würzer		White
Zweigeltrebe	Blauer Zweigeltrebe	Black

NOTE: An asterisk (*) before the name of a variety denotes that this is an interspecific cross or hybrid vine variety, which is not permitted to be used for the production of quality wines psr.

Regulation 13

SCHEDULE 4 E+W+N.I. SPECIFIED REGIONS PRODUCING QUALITY WINES PSR

(SPECIFIED REGION OF ENGLISH VINEYARDS)

The areas comprised in the Lordships Lieutenant of—

• Bedfordshire

• Berkshire

• Bristol

• Buckinghamshire

• Cambridgeshire

• Cheshire

• Cornwall

• Cumbria

• Derbyshire

• Devon

• Dorset

• Durham

• East Riding of Yorkshire

• East Sussex

• Essex

• Gloucestershire

• Greater London

• Greater Manchester

• Hampshire

• Herefordshire

• Hertfordshire

• Isle of Wight

• Kent

• Lancashire

• Leicestershire

• Lincolnshire

• Merseyside

• Norfolk

• Northamptonshire

• Northumberland

• North Yorkshire

• Nottinghamshire

• Oxfordshire

• Rutland

• Shropshire

• Somerset

• South Yorkshire

• Staffordshire

• Suffolk

• Surrey

• Tyne and Wear

• Warwickshire

• West Midlands

• West Sussex

• West Yorkshire

• Wiltshire

• Worcestershire

Regulation 17

SCHEDULE 5 E+W+N.I. ANALYTICAL TEST FOR QUALITY WINES PSR

The analytical test to which any wine in respect of which its producer has requested the designation “quality wine psr” shall (subject to numbered paragraph 5 below) comprise measurement of each factor specified in the heading to a numbered paragraph of this Schedule, and the standard (if any) required to be met in relation to that factor in order for the wine to be so designated is that specified in the remainder of that paragraph.

Alcoholic Strength E+W+N.I.

1.  A minimum of 5.5% alcoholic strength for wines having a natural alcoholic strength of not less than 10%.

A minimum of 8.5% alcoholic strength for other wines.

Total Dry Extract (obtained by densimetry) E+W+N.I.

2.  A minimum of 15 g/l.

Reducing Sugars E+W+N.I.

3.  No standard required to be met.

Total Acidity E+W+N.I.

4.  A minimum of 5 g/l expressed as tartaric acid.

Volatile Acidity E+W+N.I.

5.  A maximum volatile acid content as described in point B, paragraph 1(a), (b) or (c), of Annex V to Regulation 1493/1999, as read with Article 20 of, and Annex XIII to, Regulation 1622/2000.

pH E+W+N.I.

6.  No standard required to be met.

Free Sulphur Dioxide E+W+N.I.

7.  Where effective oenological techniques are used to ensure the stability of the wine, no minimum, and otherwise 15 mg/l.

A maximum of 45 mg/l for dry wines as defined in Article 14(7) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3201/90, as amended.

A maximum of 60 mg/l for other wines.

Total Sulphur Dioxide E+W+N.I.

8.  A maximum as defined in point A, paragraphs 1 and 2(a) and (b), of Annex V to Regulation 1493/1999.

Copper E+W+N.I.

9.  A maximum of 0.5 mg/l.

Iron E+W+N.I.

10.  A maximum of 8 mg/l.

Sterility E+W+N.I.

11.  There must be no indication of yeasts or bacteria liable to cause spoilage of the wine.

Protein Stability E+W+N.I.

12.  The wine must remain unchanged in appearance after being held at 70°C for 15 minutes and subsequently cooled to 20°C.