Commission Regulation (EC) No 1471/2007

of 13 December 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 laying down certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products

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 common organisation of the market in wine1, and in particular Article 53(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The list of terms set up in Article 28 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/20022, has to be completed with the appropriate terms used by Denmark.

(2)

The list of traditional specific terms set up in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 and in Annex III to that Regulation have to be adapted in accordance with the appropriate terms used by Germany, Slovenia and Slovakia.

(3)

Bearing in mind that Germany has amended its legislation with effect from 1 August 2007, the amendments made in this Regulation concerning that Member State should also apply from that date, in order to avoid any trade disruption at Community level.

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 should, therefore, be amended accordingly.

(5)

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 753/2002 is amended as follows:

  1. 1.

    In the first paragraph of Article 28 the following indent is added:

    1. “regional vin” in the case of table wines originating in Denmark,

  2. 2.

    Article 29 is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      in paragraph 1, point (b) is replaced by the following:

      1. (b)

        Germany:

        accompanying the indication of origin of the wine

        • “Qualitätswein”,

        • “Prädikatswein”, supplemented by “Kabinett”, “Spätlese”, “Auslese”, “Beerenauslese”, “Trockenbeerenauslese” or “Eiswein”,

        • “Qualitätswein mit Prädikat”, supplemented by “Kabinett”, “Spätlese”, “Auslese”, “Beerenauslese”, “Trockenbeerenauslese” or “Eiswein” until 1 August 2009

    2. (b)

      in paragraph 1, point (o) is replaced by the following:

      1. (o)

        Slovenia:

        • “kakovostno vino z zaščitenim geografskim poreklom” or “kakovostno vino ZGP”; these terms may be supplemented by the expression “mlado vino”,

        • “vino s priznanim tradicionalnim poimenovanjem”, “vino PTP” or “renome”,

        • “vrhunsko vino z zaščitenim geografskim poreklom”, “vrhunsko vino ZGP” or “eminentno”; this term may be accompanied by “pozna trgatev”, “izbor”, “jagodni izbor”, “suhi jagodni izbor”, “ledeno vino”, “vino iz sušenega grozdja”, “arhivsko vino”, “arhiva”, “starano vino” or “slamno vino”;

    3. (c)

      in paragraph 1, point (p) is replaced by the following:

      1. (p)

        Slovakia:

        • names accompanying the indication of origin of the wine:

          • “akostné víno”,

          • “akostné víno s prívlastkom” plus “kabinetné”, “neskorý zber”, “výber z hrozna”, “bobuľový výber”, “hrozienkový výber”, “cibébový výber”, “slamové víno”, “ľadový zber”,

        • as well as the following expressions:

          • “esencia”,

          • “forditáš”,

          • “mášláš”,

          • “samorodné”,

          • “výberová esencia”,

          • “výber … putňový”, completed by the numbers 3-6.

    4. (d)

      in paragraph 2, point (a) is deleted;

    5. (e)

      in paragraph 2, the following point is added:

      1. (j)

        Slovakia:

        • “sekt vinohradníckej oblasti”,

        • “pestovateľský sekt”.

  3. 3.

    Annex III is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 1(2)(a) and (d) and Article 1(3) shall apply from 1 August 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

The rows for Germany in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 are replaced by the following rows:

‘GERMANY

Traditional specific terms referred to in Article 29

Qualitätswein

All

Quality wine psr

German

Qualitätswein mit Prädikat3/Q.b.A. m. Pr./Prädikatswein

All

Quality wine psr

German

Auslese

All

Quality wine psr

German

Switzerland

Beerenauslese

All

Quality wine psr

German

Eiswein

All

Quality wine psr

German

Kabinett

All

Quality wine psr

German

Spätlese

All

Quality wine psr

German

Switzerland

Trockenbeerenauslese

All

Quality wine psr

German

Terms referred to in Article 28

Landwein

All

Table wine with GI

German

Additional traditional terms referred to in Article 23

Affentaler

Altschweier, Bühl, Eisental, Neusatz/Bühl, Bühlertal, Neuweier/Baden-Baden

Quality wine psr

German

Badisch Rotgold

Baden

Quality wine psr

German

Ehrentrudis

Baden

Quality wine psr

German

Hock

Rhein, Ahr, Hessische Bergstraβe, Mittelrhein, Nahe, Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Rheingau

Table wine with GI Quality wine psr

German

Klassik or Classic

Quality wine psr

German

Liebfrau(en)milch

Nahe, Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Rheingau

Quality wine psr

German

Riesling-Hochgewächs

All

Quality wine psr

German

Schillerwein

Württemberg

Quality wine psr

German

Weißherbst

All

Quality wine psr

German

Winzersekt

All

Quality sparkling wine psr

German

This traditional specific term can be used for wine bottled before 1 August 2009.’