Commission Regulation (EC) No 423/2008 (repealed)Show full title

Derogations regarding sulphur dioxide content (Article 23(1) of this Regulation) U.K.

In addition to point A of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the maximum sulphur dioxide content for wines with a residual sugar content, expressed as invert sugar, of not less than 5 grams per litre, shall be increased to:

(a)

300 mg/l for:

• the quality white wines psr entitled to the designation of origin Gaillac;

• the quality wines psr entitled to bear the designation of origin Alto Adige and Trentino, described by the terms or one of the terms ‘passito’ or ‘vendemmia tardiva’;

• the quality wines psr entitled to bear the designation of origin ‘Colli orientali del Friuli’ together with the term ‘Picolit’;

• the quality wines psr Moscato di Pantelleria naturale and Moscato di Pantelleria;

• the table wines with the following geographical indications, with a total alcoholic strength by volume higher than 15 % vol. and a residual sugar content higher than 45 g/l:

  • Vin de pays de Franche-Comté,

  • Vin de pays des coteaux de l'Auxois,

  • Vin de pays de Saône-et-Loire,

  • Vin de pays des coteaux de l'Ardèche,

  • Vin de pays des collines rhodaniennes,

  • Vin de pays du comté Tolosan,

  • Vin de pays des côtes de Gascogne,

  • Vin de pays du Gers,

  • Vin de pays du Lot,

  • Vin de pays des côtes du Tarn,

  • Vin de pays de la Corrèze,

  • Vin de pays de l'Ile de Beauté,

  • Vin de pays d'Oc,

  • Vin de pays des côtes de Thau,

  • Vin de pays des coteaux de Murviel,

  • Vin de pays du Jardin de la France,

  • Vin de pays Portes de Méditerranée,

  • Vin de pays des comtés rhodaniens,

  • Vins de pays des côtes de Thongue,

  • Vins de pays de la Côte Vermeille,

• the quality wines psr described by the term ‘pozdní sběr’,

• the quality wine psr described by the term ‘neskorý zber’;

(b)

400 mg/l for:

• quality white wines psr entitled to one of the following registered designations of origin: Alsace, Alsace grand cru followed by the words ‘vendanges tardives’ or ‘sélection de grains nobles’, Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire, Chaume-Premier cru des Coteaux du Layon, Coteaux du Layon followed by the name of the commune of origin, Coteaux du Layon followed by the name ‘Chaume’, Coteaux de Saumur, Pacherenc du Vic Bilh and Saussignac,

• sweet wines produced from overripe grapes and sweet wines produced from raisined grapes originating in Greece, with a residual sugar content, expressed as invert sugar, of not less than 45 g/l and entitled to one of the following designations of origin: Samos (Σάμος), Rhodes (Ρόδος), Patras (Πάτρα), Rio Patron (Ρίο Πατρών), Kephallonia (Κεφαλλονιά), Limnos (Λήμνος), Sitia (Σητεία), Santorini (Σαντορίνη), Nemea (Νεμέα), Daphnes (Δαφνές),

• the quality wines psr described by the terms ‘výběr z bobulí’, ‘výběr z cibéb’, ‘ledové víno’ and ‘slámové víno’,

• the quality wine psr described by the terms ‘bobuľový výber’, ‘hrozienkový výber’ and ‘ľadový výber’,

• the quality wines psr entitled to bear the designation of origin: ‘Albana di Romagna’ described as ‘passito’,

• the Luxembourg quality wines psr described by the words ‘vendanges tardives’, ‘vin de glace’ or ‘vin de paille’;

(c)

350 mg/l for:

• the quality wines psr described by the term ‘výběr z hroznů’,

• the quality wines psr described by the term ‘výber z hrozna’.

In addition to point A of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the maximum sulphur dioxide content for white wine originating in Canada and with the right to the designation ‘Icewine’, with a residual sugar content, expressed as invert sugar, of not less than five g/l, shall be increased to 400 mg/l.