Legal provisions of COM(2001)138 - Authorisation of the offer and delivery for direct human consumption of certain imported wines which may have undergone oenological processes not provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

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dossier COM(2001)138 - Authorisation of the offer and delivery for direct human consumption of certain imported wines which may have undergone ...
document COM(2001)138 EN
date May 22, 2001


Contents

Article 1

1. Notwithstanding Article 45(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1493/1999, it shall be permitted to offer or deliver for direct human consumption in the Community products falling within CN codes 2204 10, 2204 21, 2204 29 and 2204 30 10 and derived from grapes harvested and vinified on the territory of the United States of America for which, in accordance with United States provisions, one or more of the oenological processes listed in 1(a) and (b) of the Annex to this Regulation may have been used during manufacturing or storage operations.

However, this authorisation shall be valid, as regards use of the oenological processes listed in 1(b) of the Annex, only until the entry into force of the agreement resulting from the negotiations with the United States of America with a view to concluding an agreement on trade in wine concerning, in particular, oenological processes and the protection of geographical indications, but not later than 31 December 2003.

2. Member States may not prohibit the offer or delivery for direct human consumption of wine derived from grapes harvested and vinified on the territory of the United States of America in accordance with the provisions in force in that country on the grounds that one or more of the oenological processes listed in 2(a) and (b) of the Annex may have been used.

3. Wines derived from grapes harvested and vinified on the territory of the United States of America which have been the subject of the addition of sugar in aqueous solution may not be offered or delivered for direct human consumption in the Community.

Article 2

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


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