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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2016/2006 of 19 December 2006 adapting several regulations concerning the common organisation of the market in wine by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
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Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 is amended as follows:
Article 16(1) is replaced by the following:
‘1.For the purposes of the second indent of Annex VII(B)(1)(a) to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the following terms may only be used on the labels of table wines, table wines with a geographical indication and quality wines psr, with the exception of the quality liqueur wines psr and quality semi-sparkling wines psr covered by Article 39(1)(b):
(a)“сухо”, “seco”, “suché”, “tør”, “trocken”, “kuiv”, “ξηρός”, “dry”, “sec”, “secco”, “asciuttto”, “sausais”, “sausas”, “száraz”, “droog”, “wytrawne”, “seco”, “sec”, “suho”, “kuiva” or “torrt”, on condition that the wine concerned has a residual sugar content not exceeding:
4 grams per litre; or
9 grams per litre, provided that the total acidity expressed as grams of tartaric acid per litre is not more than 2 grams below the residual sugar content;
(b)“полусухо”, “semiseco”, “polosuché”, “halvtør”, “halbtrocken”, “poolkuiv”, “ημίξηρος”, “medium dry”, “demi-sec”, “abboccato”, “pussausais”, “pusiau sausas”, “félszáraz”, “halfdroog”, “półwytrawne”, “meio seco”, “adamado”, “demisec”, “polsuho”, “puolikuiva” or “halvtorrt”, on condition that the wine concerned has a residual sugar content in excess of the maximum set at (a) but not exceeding:
12 grams per litre; or
18 grams per litre, where the minimum total acidity has been set by the Member State under paragraph 2;
(c)“полусладко”, “semidulce”, “polosladké”, “halvsød”, “lieblich”, “poolmagus”, “ημίγλυκος”, “medium”, “medium sweet”, “moelleux”, “amabile”, “pussaldais”, “pusiau saldus”, “félédes”, “halfzoet”, “półsłodkie”, “meio doce”, “demidulce”, “polsladko”, “puolimakea” or “halvsött”, on condition that the wine concerned has a residual sugar content higher than the maximum set at (b) but not more than 45 grams per litre;
(d)“сладко”, “dulce”, “sladké”, “sød”, “süss”, “magus”, “γλυκός”, “sweet”, “doux”, “dolce”, “saldais”, “saldus”, “édes”, “ħelu”, “zoet”, “słodkie”, “doce”, “dulce”, “sladko”, “makea” or “sött”, on condition that the wine concerned has a residual sugar content of at least 45 grams per litre.’
In Annex VIII, points 1 and 6 are deleted.
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