Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 of 12 March 2019 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

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Article 4U.K.Experimental use of new oenological practices

1.For experimental purposes, referred to in Article 83(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, [F1the appropriate authority may, on application, authorise, in particular cases, by administrative decision] the use of certain oenological practices or processes not provided for in that Regulation or in this Regulation, for a maximum of five years, on condition that:

(a)the practices and processes concerned meet the requirements of the third subparagraph of Article 80(1) F2... of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 [F3and in regulations made under section 9 of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020];

(b)such practices and processes are applied to quantities not exceeding 50 000 hectolitres per year for any one experiment;

(c)the [F4appropriate authority] concerned informs the [F5other appropriate authorities] at the beginning of the experiment of the terms of each authorisation;

(d)the processes shall be entered on the accompanying document referred to in Article 147(1) and in the register referred to in Article 147(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

‘Experiment’ means an operation or operations carried out in the context of a well-defined research project with a single experimental protocol.

2.The products obtained by the experimental use of such oenological practices and processes may be placed on the market of a [F6constituent nation other than the constituent nation concerned provided the appropriate authority authorising the experiment gives prior notification to the appropriate authority of the constituent nation] of destination of the terms of the authorisation and the quantities involved.

3.Within a period of three months following the end of the period referred to in paragraph 1, the [F7appropriate authority] concerned shall forward to the [F8other appropriate authorities] a report on the authorised experiment and the results thereof. F9...

4.Depending on these results, the [F10appropriate authority that authorised the experiment] may apply to the [F11other appropriate authorities] for authorisation to continue the experiment, possibly with a larger quantity of products than in the original experiment, for a further maximum period of three years. [F12The applicant must submit appropriate supporting information with the application.][F13An application for authorisation to continue an experiment must be approved by the other appropriate authorities.]