Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/2004Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/2004

of 9 August 2004

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

Whereas:

(1) Certain amendments need to be made to Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2002(2) on account of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as the new Member States) to the European Union.

(2) With the Accession, it has become clear that the border of a wine-growing region is not necessarily within the border of one Member State and that traditional expressions can have a trans-border character. It is therefore necessary to modify the provision on traditional expressions in order to allow for the use under specific conditions of certain traditional expressions by two or more Member States.

(3) Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 provides for rules specific to table wines with a geographical indication, and lists the traditional terms used in the different regions of the Member States to describe such wines. This list has to be adapted by the appropriate terms used by the new Member States.

(4) The lists of the traditional specific terms and of the additional traditional terms have to be adapted by the appropriate terms used by the new Member States.

(5) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 lists vine varieties and their synonyms that include a geographical indication and that may appear on the labelling of wines. This Annex has to be adapted by the appropriate terms that have been used by the new Member States at the date of application of this Regulation.

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

(7) For reasons of control and in order to provide for the application of the amendments to Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 as from the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, this Regulation should apply as from 1 May 2004.

(8) In order to facilitate the transition from the wine labelling regime that existed in the new Member States before the accession to the Community rules on wine labelling, it is necessary to allow economic operators to use labels and pre-packaging material printed in conformity with the previous national provisions.

(9) 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 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 is amended as follows:

1.

in paragraph 5 of Article 24, the following subparagraph is added:

‘A traditional term is deemed traditional in the official language of one Member State if it has been used in that official language and in a specified border region of the neighbouring Member State(s) for wines elaborated under the same conditions provided that such a term fulfils the criteria in points (a) to (d) in one of these Member States and both Member States mutually agree to define, use and protect such a term.’;

2.

in the first paragraph of Article 28 the following indents are added after the eighth indent:

• ‘“zemské víno” in the case of table wines originating in the Czech Republic,

• “τοπικός οίνος” in the case of table wines originating in Cyprus,

• “tájbor” in the case of table wines originating in Hungary,

• “Inbid ta’ lokalita tradizzjonali (‘I.L.T.’)” in the case of table wines originating in Malta,

• “deželno vino s priznano geografsko oznako” or “deželno vino PGO” in the case of table wines originating in Slovenia,’;

3.

Article 29 is amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 1, the following points are added to paragraph 1:

‘(k)

Czech Republic:

• “jakostní víno”, “jakostní víno odrůdové”, “jakostní víno známkové”,

• “jakostní víno s přívlastkem” or “víno s přívlastkem”, together with one of the following indications: “kabinetní víno”, “pozdní sběr”, “výběr z hroznů”, “výběr z bobulí”, “výběr z cibéb”, “ledové víno”, “slámové víno”,

• “jakostní likérové víno”,

• “jakostní perlivé víno”,

• “víno originální certifikace”, “V.O.C”, “VOC”;

(l)

Cyprus:

• “ΟΕΟΠ” (Οίνος Ελεγχόμενης Ονομασίας Προέλευσης),

• “οίνος γλυκύς φυσικός”;

(m)

Hungary:

• “minőségi bor”,

• “különleges minőségű bor”,

• “fordítás”,

• “máslás”

• “szamorodni”,

• “aszú … puttonyos”, completed by the numbers 3-6,

• “aszúeszencia”,

• “eszencia”,

• “védett eredetű bor”;

(n)

Malta:

• “Denominazzjoni ta’ Origini Kontrollata (‘D.O.K.’)”;

(o)

Slovenia:

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

• “priznano tradicionalno poimenovanje”, “vino PTP”,

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

(p)

Slovakia:

• names accompanying the indication of origin of the wine:

  • “akostné víno”,

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

• as well as the following expressions:

  • esencia,

  • forditáš,

  • mášláš,

  • samorodné,

  • výberová esencia,

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

(b)

in paragraph 2, the following points are added:

‘(h)

Czech Republic:

• “jakostní šumivé víno stanovené oblasti”,

• “aromatické jakostní šumivé víno stanovené oblasti”/“aromatický sekt s.o.”;

(i)

Malta:

• “Denominazzjoni ta’ Origini Kontrollata (‘D.O.K.’)”;

(j)

Slovenia:

• “kakovostno peneče vino z zaščitenim geografskim poreklom” or “kakovostno peneče vino ZGP”,

• “vrhunsko peneče vino z zaščitenim geografskim poreklom” or “vrhunsko peneče vino ZGP”,

• penina,

• “kakovostno peneče vino.” ’;

4.

in Article 30, the following point (f) is added:

‘(f)

Cyprus

• “Κουμανδαρία” (Commandaria).’;

5.

Annex II is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation;

6.

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

Article 2 U.K.

In the case of Slovenia, products covered by this Regulation, the description and presentation in Slovenian of which conformed to the provisions applicable in Slovenia before its accession to the Community on 1 May 2004 and were put into circulation before the accession but do not conform to this Regulation, may be held for sale and exported until stocks are exhausted, however, by the latest on 30 April 2006 and in case of the vintage year 2003, on 30 April 2007.

Article 3 U.K.

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

It shall apply from 1 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 August 2004.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I U.K.

‘ANNEX II

List of vine varieties and their synonyms that include a geographical indication^a and that may appear on the labelling of wines in accordance with Article 19(2)^b

a These variety names and their synonyms correspond, in full or in part, either in translation or in the form of an adjective, to geographical indications used to describe a wine.
b Legend: — terms or figures in brackets : reference to the synonym for the variety — “o” : no synonym — terms or figures in bold : column 2: name of vine variety column 3: country where the name corresponds to a variety and reference to the variety. — terms or figures not in bold : column 2: name of the synonym of a vine variety column 3: name of country using the synonym of a vine variety.
c For the states concerned, the derogations provided for in this Annex are authorised only in the case of wines bearing a geographical indication produced in the administrative units in which the production of the varieties concerned is authorised at the time this Regulation enters into force and in accordance with the conditions laid down by the states concerned for the production and presentation of those wines.’
	Variety name or its synonyms	Countries that may use the variety name or one of its synonymsc
1	Agiorgitiko	Greece o
2	Aglianico	Italy o, Greece o, Malta o
3	Aglianicone	Italy o
4	Alicante Bouschet	Greece o, Italy o, Portugal o, Algeria o, Tunisia o, United States o, Cyprus o NB: The name “Alicante” may not be used on its own to designate wine (except for Italy)
5	Alicante Branco	Portugal o
6	Alicante Henri Bouschet	France o, Serbia and Montenegro (8)
7	Alicante	Italy o
8	Alikant Buse	Serbia and Montenegro (6)
9	Auxerrois	South Africa o, Australia o, Canada o, Switzerland o, Belgium o, Germany o, France o, Luxembourg o, Netherlands o, United Kingdom o
11	Barbera Bianca	Italy o
12	Barbera	South Africa o, Argentina o, Australia o, Croatia o, Mexico o, Slovenia o, Uruguay o, United States o, Greece o, Italy o, Malta o
13	Barbera Sarda	Italy o
14	Blauburgunder	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (18-28-97), Austria (15-18), Canada (18-97), Chile (18-97), Italy
15	Blauer Burgunder	Austria (14-18), Serbia and Montenegro (25-97), Switzerland
16	Blauer Frühburgunder	Germany (51)
18	Blauer Spätburgunder	Germany (97), The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (14-28-97), Austria (14-15), Bulgaria (96), Canada (14-97), Chile (14-97), Romania (97), Italy (14-97)
19	Blaufränkisch	Czech Republic (50), Austriao, Germany, Slovenia (Modra frankinja, Frankinja)
20	Borba	Spain o
21	Bosco	Italy o
22	Bragão	Portugal o
22a	Budai	Hungary o
23	Burgundac beli	Serbia and Montenegro (121)
24	Burgundac Crni	Croatiao
25	Burgundac crni	Serbia and Montenegro (15-99)
26	Burgundac sivi	Croatiao, Serbia and Montenegro o
27	Burgundec bel	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia o
28	Burgundec crn	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (14-18-97)
29	Burgundec siv	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia o
29a	Cabernet Moravia	Czech Republic o
30	Calabrese	Italy (75)
31	Campanário	Portugal o
32	Canari	Argentina o
33	Carignan Blanc	France o
34	Carignan	South Africa o, Argentina o, Australia (36), Chile (36), Croatia o, Israel o, Morocco o, New Zealand o, Tunisia o, Greece o, France o, Portugal o, Malta o
35	Carignan Noir	Cyprus o
36	Carignane	Australia (34), Chile (34), Mexico, Turkey, United States
37	Carignano	Italy o
38	Chardonnay	South Africa o, Argentina (79), Australia (79), Bulgaria o, Canada (79), Switzerland o, Chile (79), Czech Republic o, Croatia o, Hungary (39), India, Israel o, Moldavia o, Mexico (79), New Zealand (79), Romania o, Russia o, San Marino o, Slovakia o, Slovenia o, Tunisia o, United States (79), Uruguay o, Serbia and Montenegro (Sardone), Zimbabwe o, Germany o, France, Greece (79), Italy (79), Luxembourg o (79), Netherlands (79), United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Austria o, Belgium (79), Cyprus o, Malta o
39	Chardonnay Blanc	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Sardone), Hungary (38)
40	Chardonnay Musqué	Canada o
41	Chelva	Spaino
42	Corinto Nero	Italy o
43	Cserszegi fűszeres	Hungary o
44	Děvín	Czech Republic o
45	Devín	Slovakia
45a	Duna gyöngye	Hungary o
45b	Dunaj	Slovakia
46	Durasa	Italy o
47	Early Burgundy	United States o
48	Fehér Burgundi	Hungary (118)
49	Findling	Germany o, United Kingdomo
50	Frankovka	Czech Republic (19), Slovakia (50a)
50a	Frankovka modrá	Slovakia (50)
51	Frühburgunder	Germany (16), Netherlands o
51a	Girgenti	Malta (51c)
51b	Ghirgentina	Malta (51c)
51c	Girgentina	Malta (51a, b)
52	Graciosa	Portugal o
53	Grauburgunder	Germany, Bulgaria, Hungaryo, Romania (54)
54	Grauer Burgunder	Canada, Romania (53), Germany, Austria
55	Grossburgunder	Romania (17) (63) (Kekfrankos)
56	Iona	United States o
57	Kanzler	United Kingdom o, Germanyo
58	Kardinal	Germany o, Bulgaria o
59	Kékfrankos	Hungary (74)
60	Kisburgundi kék	Hungary (97)
61	Korinthiaki	Greece o
62	Leira	Portugal o
64	Limnio	Greece o
65	Maceratino	Italy o
65a	Malvasía Riojana	Spain (99)
65b	Maratheftiko (Μαραθεύτικο)	Cyprus
65c	Mátrai muskotály	Hungary o
65d	Medina	Hungary o
66	Monemvasia	Greece (Monovasia)
67	Montepulciano	Italy o
67a	Moravia	Spain o
68	Moslavac	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (70), Serbia and Montenegro o
70	Mozler	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (68) (Sipon)
71	Mouratón	Spain o
72	Müller-Thurgau	South Africa o, Austria o, Germany, Canada, Croatiao, Hungary o, Serbia and Montenegroo, Czech Republic o, Slovakia o, Sloveniao, Switzerland o, Luxembourg, Netherlands o, Italy o, Belgium o, Franceo, United Kingdom, Australia o, Bulgaria o, United States o, New Zealand o, Portugal
73	Muškát moravský	Czech Republic o, Slovakia
74	Nagyburgundi	Hungary (59)
75	Nero d’Avola	Italy (30)
76	Olivella nera	Italy o
77	Orange Muscat	Australia o, United States o
77a	Pálava	Czech Republic, Slovakia
78	Pau Ferro	Portugal o
79	Pinot Chardonnay	Argentina (38), Australia (38), Canada (38), Chile (38), Mexico (38), New Zealand (38), United States (38), Turkey o, Belgium (38), Greece (38), Netherlands, Italy (38)
79a	Pölöskei muskotály	Hungary o
80	Portoghese	Italy o
81	Pozsonyi	Hungary (82)
82	Pozsonyi Fehér	Hungary (81)
82a	Radgonska ranina	Slovenia o
83	Rajnai rizling	Hungary (86)
84	Rajnski rizling	Serbia and Montenegro (85-88-91)
85	Renski rizling	Serbia and Montenegro (84-89-92), Slovenia (86)
86	Rheinriesling	Bulgariao, Austria, Germany (88), Hungary (83), Czech Republic (94), Italy (88), Greece, Portugal, Slovenia (85)
87	Rhine Riesling	South Africao, Australiao, Chile (89), Moldaviao, New Zealando, Cyprus
88	Riesling renano	Germany (86), Serbia and Montenegro (84-86-91), Italy (86)
89	Riesling Renano	Chile (87), Malta o
90	Riminèse	France o
91	Rizling rajnski	Serbia and Montenegro (84-85-88)
92	Rizling Rajnski	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia o, Croatia o
93	Rizling rýnsky	Slovakia o
94	Ryzlink rýnský	Czech Republic (86)
95	Santareno	Portugal o
96	Sciaccarello	France o
97	Spätburgunder	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (14-18-28), Serbia and Montenegro (16-25), Bulgaria (19), Canada (14-18), Chile, Hungary (60), Moldaviao, Romania (18), Italy, United Kingdom, Germany (18)
98	Štajerska Belina	Croatiao, Sloveniao
99	Subirat	Spain (65a)
100	Terrantez do Pico	Portugalo
101	Tintilla de Rota	Spaino
102	Tinto de Pegões	Portugalo
103	Tocai friulano	Italy (104) NB: The name “Tocai friulano” may be used exclusively for quality wines psr originating in the regions of Veneto and Friuli during a transitional period until 31 March 2007.
104	Tocai Italico	Italy (103) NB: The synonym “Tocai italico” may be used exclusively for quality wines psr originating in the regions of Veneto and Friuli during a transitional period until 31 March 2007.
105	Tokay Pinot gris	France NB: The synonym “Tokay Pinot gris” may be used exclusively for quality wines psr originating in the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin during a transitional period until 31 March 2007.
106	Torrontés riojano	Argentina o
107	Trebbiano	South Africao, Argentinao, Australia o, Canada o, Cypruso, Croatia o, Uruguay o, United States, Israel, Italy, Malta
108	Trebbiano Giallo	Italy o
109	Trigueira	Portugal
110	Verdea	Italy o
111	Verdeca	Italy
112	Verdelho	South Africa o, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Portugal
113	Verdelho Roxo	Portugal o
114	Verdelho Tinto	Portugal o
115	Verdello	Italy o
116	Verdese	Italy o
117	Verdejo	Spain
118	Weißburgunder	South Africa (120)o, Canada, Chile (119), Hungary (48), Germany (119, 120), Austria (119), United Kingdomo, Italy
119	Weißer Burgunder	Germany (118, 120), Austria (118), Chile (118), Switzerland, Italy
120	Weissburgunder	South Africa (118), Germany (118, 119), United Kingdom, Italy
121	Weisser Burgunder	Serbia and Montenegro (23)
122	Zalagyöngye	Hungary o

ANNEX II U.K.

In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 753/2002, the following text is added:

‘Traditional term	Wines concerned	Product categories	Language	Date added to Annex III	Third country concerned
CZECH REPUBLIC
Traditional specific terms referred to in Article 29
pozdní sběr	All	Quality wine psr	Czech
Additional traditional terms
archivní víno	All	Quality wine psr	Czech
panenské víno	All	Quality wine psr	Czech
CYPRUS
Traditional specific terms referred to in Article 29
Οίνος Ελεγχόμενης Ονομασίας Προέλευσης	All	Quality wine psr	Greek
Terms referred to in Article 28
Τοπικός Οίνος	All	Table wine with GI	Greek
Additional traditional terms
Μοναστήρι (Monastiri)	All	Quality wine psr and table wine with GI	Greek
Κτήμα (Ktima)	All	Quality wine psr and table wine with GI	Greek
HUNGARY
Traditional specific terms referred to in Article 29
minőségi bor	All	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
különleges minőségű bor	All	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
fordítás	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
máslás	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
szamorodni	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
“aszú … puttonyos”, completed by the numbers 3-6	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
aszúeszencia	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
eszencia	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
Terms referred to in Article 28
tájbor	All	Table wine with GI	Hungarian
Additional traditional terms
bikavér	Eger, Szekszárd	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
késői szüretelésű bor	All	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
válogatott szüretelésű bor	All	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
muzeális bor	All	Quality wine psr	Hungarian
siller	All	Table wine with GI, and quality wine psr	Hungarian
SLOVAKIA
Traditional specific terms referred to in Article 29
forditáš	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Slovak
mášláš	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Slovak
samorodné	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Slovak
“výber … putňový”, completed by the numbers 3-6	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Slovak
výberová esencia	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Slovak
esencia	Tokaj	Quality wine psr	Slovak
SLOVENIA
Traditional specific terms referred to in Article 29
Penina	All	Quality sparkling wine psr	Slovenian
Additional traditional terms
pozna trgatev	All	Quality wine psr	Slovenian
izbor	All	Quality wine psr	Slovenian
jagodni izbor	All	Quality wine psr	Slovenian
suhi jagodni izbor	All	Quality wine psr	Slovenian
ledeno vino	All	Quality wine psr	Slovenian
arhivsko vino	All	Quality wine psr	Slovenian
mlado vino	All	Quality wine psr	Slovenian
Cviček	Dolenjska	Quality wine psr	Slovenian
Teran	Kras	Quality wine psr	Slovenian’

(1)

OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the Act of Accession of 2003.

(2)

OJ L 118, 4.5.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 908/2004 (OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 56).