Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (repealed)Show full title

ANNEX III U.K. WINE-GROWING ZONES

1. Wine-growing zone A comprises: U.K.

(a)

in Germany: the areas under vines other than those included in wine-growing zone B;

(b)

in Luxembourg: the Luxembourg wine-growing region;

(c)

[F1 in Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom: the wine-growing areas of these countries;]

(d)

[F1 in the Czech Republic: the wine growing region of Čechy.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 2165/2005 of 20 December 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine.

2. Wine-growing zone B comprises: U.K.

(a)

in Germany, the areas under vines in the specified region Baden;

(b)

in France, the areas under vines in the departments not mentioned in this Annex and in the following departments:

• in Alsace: Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin;

• in Lorraine: Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Vosges;

• in Champagne: Aisne, Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne, Seine-et-Marne;

• in the Jura: Ain, Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône;

• in Savoie: Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Isère (Commune de Chapareillan);

• in the Val de Loire: Cher, Deux-Sèvres, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Maine-et-Loire, Sarthe, Vendée, Viene, and the areas under vines in the arrondissement of Cosne-sur-Loire in the department of Nièvre;

(c)

in Austria: the Austrian wine-growing area[F2 ;]

(d)

[F3 [F1 in the Czech Republic: the wine-growing region of Morava and the areas under vines not included in point 1(d);]

(e)

in Slovakia: the wine-growing areas of the Small Carpathians, South Slovakia, Nitra, Central Slovakia and East Slovakia and the wine growing areas not included in point 3;

(f)

in Slovenia, the areas under vines in the Podravje region: ljutomersko-ormoški vinorodni okoliš, mariborski vinorodni okoliš, radgonsko-kapelski vinorodni okoliš, šmarsko-virštajnski vinorodni okoliš, vinorodni okoliš Haloze, prekmurski vinorodni okoliš, vinorodni okoliš Srednje Slovenske gorice, in the Posavje region: bizeljsko-sremiški vinorodni okoliš, vinorodni okoliš Bela krajina, vinorodni okoliš Dolenjska and the areas under vines in the regions not included in point 5(d).]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.

F3 Inserted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.

3. Wine-growing zone C I a) comprises the area under vines: U.K.

(a)

in France:

• in the following departments: Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Ariège, Aveyron, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Corrèze, Côte-d'Or, Dordogne, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Gironde, Isère (with the exception of the commune of Chapareillan), Landes, Loire, Haute-Loire, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Lozère, Nièvre (except for the arrondissements of Cosne-sur-Loire), Puy-de-Dôme, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Rhône, Saône-et-Loire, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Haute-Vienne, Yonne;

• in the arrondissements of Valence and Die in the department of Drôme (except for the cantons of Dieulefit, Loriol, Marsanne and Montélimar);

• in the department of Ardèche, in the arrondissement of Tournon and the cantons of Antraigues, Buzet, Coucouron, Montpezat-sous-Bauzon, PrVs, Saint-Etienne de Lugdarès, Saint-Pierreville, Valgorge and la Voulte-sur-Rhône;

(b)

in Spain, in the provinces of Asturias, Cantabria, Guipúzcoa, La Coruña and Vizcaya;

(c)

in Portugal, in that part of the region of Norte which corresponds to the designated wine area of ‘Vinho Verde’ as well as the ‘Concelhos de Bombarral, Laurinhã, Mafra e Torres Vedras’ (with the exception of ‘Freguesias da Carvoeira e Dois Portos’), belonging to the ‘Região viticola da Extremadura’.

[F3 In Slovakia, the Tokay region.]

4. In Italy, wine-growing zone C 1 b) comprises the areas under vines in the Valle d'Aosta region and in the provinces of Sondrio, Bolzano, Trento and Belluno. [F3 In Hungary, all areas under vines.] U.K.

5. Wine-growing zone C II comprises: U.K.

(a)

in France, the areas under vines:

• in the following departments: Aude, Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard, Hérault, Pyrénées-Orientales (except for the cantons of Olette and Arles-sur-Tech), Vaucluse;

• in the part of the department of Var bounded in the south by the northern limit of the communes of Evenos, Le Beausset, Solliès-Toucas, Cuers, Puget-Ville, Collobrières, La Garde-Freinet, Pland-de-la-Tour and Sainte-Maxime;

• in the arrondissement of Nyons and the cantons of Dieulefit, Loirol, Marsanne and Montélimar in the department of Drôme;

• in those parts of the department of Ardèche not listed in point 3(a);

(b)

in Italy, the areas under vines in the following regions: Abruzzi, Campagnia, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy except for the province of Sondrio, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria Veneto except for the province of Belluno, including the islands belonging to those regions, such as Elba and the other islands of the Tuscan archipelago, the Ponziane islands, Capri and Ischia;

(c)

in Spain, the areas under vines:

• in the following provinces:

  • Lugo, Orense, Pontevedra,

  • Ávilla (except for the communes which correspond to the designated wine ‘comarca’ of Cebreros), Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid, Zamora,

  • La Rioja,

  • Álava,

  • Navarra,

  • Huesca,

  • Barcelona, Gerona, Lérida;

• in that part of the province of Zaragoza which lies to the north of the river Ebro;

• in those communes of the province of Tarragona included in the Penedés registered designation of origin.

• in that part of the province of Tarragona which corresponds to the designated wine ‘comarca’ of Conca de Barberá.

(d)

[F3 in Slovenia, the areas under vines in the Primorska region: vinorodni okoliš Goriška Brda, vinorodni okoliš Vipavska dolina, koprski vinorodni okoliš and vinorodni okoliš Kras.]

6. In Greece, wine-growing zone C III a) comprises the area under vines in the following nomoi: Florina, Imathia, Kilkis, Grevena, Larisa, Ioannina, Levkas, Achaca, Messinia, Arkadia, Korinthia, Iraklio, Khania, Rethimni, Samos, Lasithi and the island of Thira (Santorini). U.K.

[F3 In Cyprus, wine-growing zone C III a) comprises the area under vines located at altitudes exceeding 600 metres.]

7. Wine-growing zone C III b) comprises: U.K.

(a)

in France, the areas under vines:

• in the departments of Corsica;

• in that part of the department of Var situated between the sea and a line bounded by the communes (which are themselves included) of Evenos, Le Beausset, Solliès-Toucas, Cuers, Puget-Ville, Collobrières, La Garde-Freinet, Plan-de-la-Tour and Sainte-Maxime;

• in the cantons of Olette and Arles-sur-Tech in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales;

(b)

in Italy, the areas under vines in the following regions: Calabria, Basilicata, Apulia, Sardinia and Sicily, including the islands belonging to those regions, such as Pantelleria and the Lipari, Egadi and Pelagian Islands;

(c)

in Greece, the areas under vines not listed in point 6;

(d)

in Spain, the areas under vines not included in 3(b) or 5(c);

(e)

in Portugal, the areas under vines in the regions not included in wine-growing zone C I a)[F2 ;]

(f)

[F3 in Cyprus, the area under vines located at altitudes not exceeding 600 metres;

(g)

in Malta: the area under vines.]

8. The demarcation of the territories covered by the administrative units mentioned in this Annex is that resulting from the national provisions in force on 15 December 1981 and, for Spain, from the national provisions in force on 1 March 1986 and Portugal, from the national provisions in force on 1 March 1998. U.K.