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ANNEX IX WINE-GROWING ZONES(referred to in Annexes IV and V)

The wine-growing zones shall be the following:

1. Wine-growing zone A comprises:

(a)

in Germany: the areas planted with vines other than those included in wine-growing zone B;

(b)

in Luxembourg: the Luxembourg wine-growing region;

(c)

in Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom: the wine-growing areas of these countries;

(d)

in the Czech Republic: the wine growing region of Čechy.

2. Wine-growing zone B comprises:

(a)

in Germany, the areas planted with vines in the specified region Baden;

(b)

in France, the areas planted with vines in the departments not mentioned in this Annex and in the following departments:

• in Alsace: Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin,

• in Lorraine: Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Vosges,

• in Champagne: Aisne, Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne, Seine-et-Marne,

• in the Jura: Ain, Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône,

• in Savoie: Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Isère (commune de Chapareillan),

• in the Val de Loire: Cher, Deux-Sèvres, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Maine-et-Loire, Sarthe, Vendée, Vienne, and the areas planted with vines in the arrondissement of Cosne-sur-Loire in the department of Nièvre;

(c)

in Austria, the Austrian wine-growing area;

(d)

in the Czech Republic, the wine-growing region of Morava and the areas planted with vines not included in paragraph 1(d);

(e)

in Slovakia, the areas planted with vines in the following regions: Malokarpatská vinohradnícka oblast', Južnoslovenská vinohradnícka oblast', Nitrianska vinohradnícka oblast', Stredoslovenská vinohradnícka oblast', Východoslovenská vinohradnícka oblast' and the wine growing areas not included in paragraph 3(f);

(f)

in Slovenia, the areas planted with vines in the following regions:

• in the Podravje region: Štajerska Slovenija, Prekmurje,

• in the Posavje region: Bizeljsko Sremič, Dolenjska and Bela krajina, and the areas planted with vines in the regions not included in paragraph 4(d);

(g)

in Romania, in the area of Podișul Transilvaniei.

3. Wine-growing zone C I comprises:

(a)

in France, areas planted with vines:

• in the following departments: Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Ariège, Aveyron, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Corrèze, Côte-d'Or, Dordogne, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Gironde, Isère (with the exception of the commune of Chapareillan), Landes, Loire, Haute-Loire, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Lozère, Nièvre (except for the arrondissement of Cosne-sur-Loire), Puy-de-Dôme, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Rhône, Saône-et-Loire, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Haute-Vienne, Yonne,

• in the arrondissements of Valence and Die in the department of Drôme (except for the cantons of Dieulefit, Loriol, Marsanne and Montélimar),

• in the arrondissement of Tournon, in the cantons of Antraigues, Burzet, Coucouron, Montpezat-sous-Bauzon, Privas, Saint-Etienne de Lugdarès, Saint-Pierreville, Valgorge and la Voulte-sur-Rhône of the department of Ardèche;

(b)

in Italy, areas planted with vines in the Valle d'Aosta region and in the provinces of Sondrio, Bolzano, Trento and Belluno;

(c)

in Spain, areas planted with vines in the provinces of A Coruña, Asturias, Cantabria, Guipúzcoa and Vizcaya;

(d)

in Portugal, areas planted with vines in that part of the region of Norte which corresponds to the designated wine area of ‘Vinho Verde’ as well as the ‘Concelhos de Bombarral, Lourinhã, Mafra e Torres Vedras’ (with the exception of ‘Freguesias da Carvoeira e Dois Portos’), belonging to the ‘Região viticola da Extremadura’;

(e)

in Hungary, all areas planted with vines;

(f)

in Slovakia, areas planted with vines in the Tokajská vinohradnícka oblast';

(g)

in Romania, areas planted with vines not included in paragraphs 2(g) or 4(f).

4. Wine-growing zone C II comprises:

(a)

in France, areas planted with vines:

• in the following departments: Aude, Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard, Hérault, Pyrénées-Orientales (except for the cantons of Olette and Arles-sur-Tech), Vaucluse,

• in the part of the department of Var bounded in the south by the northern limit of the communes of Evenos, Le Beausset, Solliès-Toucas, Cuers, Puget-Ville, Collobrières, La Garde-Freinet, Plan-de-la-Tour and Sainte-Maxime,

• in the arrondissement of Nyons and the cantons of Dieulefit, Loriol, Marsanne and Montélimar in the department of Drôme,

• in those parts of the department of Ardèche not listed in paragraph 3(a);

(b)

in Italy, areas planted with vines in the following regions: Abruzzo, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy except for the province of Sondrio, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria, Veneto except for the province of Belluno, including the islands belonging to those regions, such as Elba and the other islands of the Tuscan archipelago, the Ponziane islands, Capri and Ischia;

(c)

in Spain, areas planted with vines in the following provinces:

• Lugo, Orense, Pontevedra,

• Ávila (except for the communes which correspond to the designated wine ‘comarca’ of Cebreros), Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid, Zamora,

• La Rioja,

• Álava,

• Navarra,

• Huesca,

• Barcelona, Girona, Lleida,

• in that part of the province of Zaragoza which lies to the north of the river Ebro,

• in those communes of the province of Tarragona included in the Penedés designation of origin,

• in that part of the province of Tarragona which corresponds to the designated wine ‘comarca’ of Conca de Barberá;

(d)

in Slovenia, areas planted with vines in the following regions: Brda or Goriška Brda, Vipavska dolina or Vipava, Kras and Slovenska Istra;

(e)

in Bulgaria, areas planted with vines in the following regions: Dunavska Ravnina (Дунавска равнина), Chernomorski Rayon (Черноморски район), Rozova Dolina (Розова долина);

(f)

in Romania, areas planted with vines in the following regions: Dealurile Buzăului, Dealu Mare, Severinului and Plaiurile Drâncei, Colinele Dobrogei, Terasele Dunării, the South wine region including sands and other favourable regions.

5. Wine-growing zone C III (a) comprises:

(a)

in Greece, areas planted with vines in the following nomoi: Florina, Imathia, Kilkis, Grevena, Larisa, Ioannina, Levkas, Akhaia, Messinia, Arkadia, Korinthia, Iraklio, Khania, Rethimni, Samos, Lasithi and the island of Thira (Santorini);

(b)

in Cyprus, areas planted with vines located at altitudes exceeding 600 metres;

(c)

in Bulgaria, areas planted with vines not included in paragraph 4(e).

6. Wine-growing zone C III (b) comprises:

(a)

in France, areas planted with vines:

• in the departments of Corsica,

• in that part of the department of Var situated between the sea and a line bounded by the communes (which are themselves included) of Evenos, Le Beausset, Solliès-Toucas, Cuers, Puget-Ville, Collobrières, La Garde-Freinet, Plan-de-la-Tour and Sainte-Maxime,

• in the cantons of Olette and Arles-sur-Tech in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales;

(b)

in Italy, areas planted with vines in the following regions: Calabria, Basilicata, Apulia, Sardinia and Sicily, including the islands belonging to those regions, such as Pantelleria and the Lipari, Egadi and Pelagian islands;

(c)

in Greece, areas planted with vines not listed in paragraph 5(a);

(d)

in Spain: areas planted with vines not included in paragraphs 3(c) or 4(c);

(e)

in Portugal, areas planted with vines in the regions not included in paragraph 3(d);

(f)

in Cyprus, areas planted with vines located at altitudes not exceeding 600 metres;

(g)

in Malta, areas planted with vines.

7. The demarcation of the territories covered by the administrative units referred to in this Annex is that resulting from the national provisions in force on 15 December 1981 and, for Spain, from the national provisions in force on 1 March 1986 and, for Portugal, from the national provisions in force on 1 March 1998.