Point A(2) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provides for derogations to the maximum total sulphur dioxide content for certain categories of wine with a residual sugar content of not less than five grams per litre.

Point B(3) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provides for the possibility of derogating from the maximum total volatile acid content for certain categories of wine.

Certain white Portuguese quality wines psr ‘Douro’ accompanied by the term ‘colheita tardia’ have a residual sugar content of not less than 80 g/l and, for their preservation in good quality conditions, require a sulphur dioxide content above the general limit of 260 mg/l but less than 400 mg/l. Those wines should therefore be added to the list in point (b) of the first paragraph of Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 423/2008.

Certain Spanish quality wines psr with the designation of origin ‘Rioja’ or the designation of origin ‘Málaga’ and certain white Portuguese quality wines psr ‘Douro’, which are made using special methods and have a total alcoholic strength by volume greater than 13 % vol., normally have a volatile acid content above the limits laid down in point B(1) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 but less than 25, 35 or 40 milliequivalents per litre depending on the wine in question. Those wines should therefore be added to the list in Annex XVI to Regulation (EC) No 423/2008.

Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 423/2008 lays down general rules for the experimental use of new oenological practices by Member States. The condition laid down in point (c) of paragraph 1 of that Article, which bans wine that has undergone experimental oenological practices authorised by a Member State from being sent outside that Member State, is causing difficulties for operators, in particular in evaluating the economic impact of the experimental practices. This restrictive condition should be abolished where the practice concerned has already been recommended and published by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).

The possibility for wine that has undergone experimental oenological practices to move within the Community must be effectively controlled and requires the experimental practices used for it to be indicated on the accompanying document referred to in Article 70(1) and in the register referred to in Article 70(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

Regulation (EC) No 423/2008 should be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,