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Amendment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934

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10.—(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934(1) supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards wine-growing areas where the alcoholic strength may be increased, authorised oenological practices and restrictions applicable to the production and conservation of grapevine products, the minimum percentage of alcohol for by-products and their disposal, and publication of OIV files is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 3, in paragraph 2—

(a)for “Commission” substitute “appropriate authority”;

(b)for “in the Official Journal of the European Union, C series” substitute “on the gov.uk website”.

(3) In Article 8, omit paragraph 2.

(4) Annex 1 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (5) to (8).

(5) In Part A—

(a)in Table 1, in row 9, in column 2 (conditions and limits of use), omit the sentence beginning “In Italy”;

(b)in Table 2—

(i)omit row 1.8;

(ii)in row 6.11, in column 8 (categories of wine products), for “Vins blancs” substitute “White wines”;

(iii)omit row 11.1;

(iv)in footnote (1), for “Union” substitute “European Union or, after IP completion day, legislation in force in Great Britain”;

(c)in Appendix 1, omit point 1;

(d)omit Appendix 2;

(e)in Appendix 3—

(i)in the first subparagraph, omit “and Union and national provisions adopted in implementation thereof”;

(ii)in the second subparagraph, for the words from “authorities of the Member States” to the end substitute “appropriate authority. Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from using any power it has to specify the duties and responsibilities of approved oenologists and technicians.”;

(f)in Appendix 4—

(i)in the first subparagraph—

(aa)for “authorities of the Member State in whose territory” substitute “appropriate authority of the constituent nation in which”;

(bb)for “Member State”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “appropriate authority”;

(ii)omit the final subparagraph;

(g)in Appendix 8, for point (7) substitute—

(7) The oenologist or qualified technician must notify the appropriate authority prior to any treatment..

(6) In Part B—

(a)in section A (the sulphur dioxide content of wines)—

(i)in point 2, for points (c) to (e) substitute—

(c)300 milligrams per litre for wine with a sugar content of more than 45 g/l.;

(ii)omit point 3;

(iii)in point 4—

(aa)in the first sentence, for “Member States” substitute “the appropriate authority”;

(bb)in the second sentence, for the words from “Member States” to “the Commission” substitute “The appropriate authority shall, within one month of the grant of a derogation, notify the other appropriate authorities of the derogation granted”;

(cc)for the final sentence, substitute “The appropriate authority concerned must then publish the derogation on the gov.uk website.”;

(iv)in point 5—

(aa)for “Member States may” substitute “Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from using any power it has to”;

(bb)for “their” substitute “its”;

(b)in section C (the sulphur dioxide content of sparkling wines), in point 2—

(i)for “certain wine-growing areas of the Union, the Member States” substitute “a constituent nation, the appropriate authority”;

(ii)for “the Member State in question” substitute “Great Britain”.

(7) In Part C—

(a)in point 2—

(i)in point (a), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii)in point (b), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b)in point 3—

(i)in the words before point (a), for “Member States may” substitute “Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from using any power it has to”;

(ii)omit the final subparagraph (following point (b)).

(8) In Part D—

(a)in point 2, in both places, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b)in point 3, for “be authorised by a Member State only” substitute “only take place”.

(9) Annex 2 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (10) to (12).

(10) In Section A, in point 4—

(a)in the words before point (a)—

(i)for “each Member State may” substitute “nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from using any power it has”;

(ii)before “authorise” insert “to”;

(b)for point (d) substitute—

(d)the enrichment does not exceed 3 % vol. for a cuvée; and.

(11) In Section B—

(a)in point 2—

(i)for “Producer Member States may” substitute “Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from using any power it has to”;

(ii)for “their” substitute “its”;

(b)in point 4(a), omit the final sentence.

(12) In Section C—

(a)in point 1—

(i)omit the first indent;

(ii)in the second indent, omit “in other wine-growing zones”;

(b)omit point 2;

(c)in point 9(a), omit the final sentence.

(13) Annex 3 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (14) and (15).

(14) In Section A—

(a)in point 2(a), omit the “and” at the end;

(b)omit point 2(b);

(c)in point 3, for “which the Member States may adopt” substitute “adopted by the constituent nations”;

(d)in point 4—

(i)in point (a), omit the second and third indents;

(ii)omit point (c).

(15) Omit Section B and Appendices 1 to 3.

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EUR 2019/934, as amended by S.I. 2020/1637.

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