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

• Published date: 07 June 2019
• Subject Matter: vino,organizzazione comune dei mercati agricoli,vino,organización común de mercados agrícolas,vin,organisation commune des marchés agricoles
• Official Gazette Publication: Gazzetta ufficiale dell'Unione europea, L 149, 7 giugno 2019,Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea, L 149, 7 de junio de 2019,Journal officiel de l'Union européenne, L 149, 7 juin 2019

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►B 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 (OJ L 149 7.6.2019, p. 1)

Amended by:

		Official Journal
		No	page	date
►M1	COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/565 of 13 February 2020	L 129	1	24.4.2020
M2	COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2022/16 of 22 October 2021	L 5	1	10.1.2022

Corrected by:

►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 289, 8.11.2019, p. 59 (2019/934)

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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

Article 1

Scope

This Regulation lays down rules supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 concerning 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.

Article 2

Wine-growing areas where wines may have a maximum total alcoholic strength of 20 % vol.

The wine-growing areas referred to in the first indent of point (c) of the second paragraph of point (1) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be zones C I, C II and C III referred to in Appendix 1 to that Annex and the areas of zone B in which white wines with the following protected geographical indications may be produced: ‘Vin de pays de Franche-Comté’ and ‘Vin de pays du Val de Loire’.

Article 3

Authorised oenological practices

1.

The authorised oenological practices and restrictions applicable to the production and conservation of grapevine products falling within the scope of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, referred to in Article 80(1) of that Regulation, are laid down in Annex I to this Regulation.

Table 1 of Part A of Annex I lays down the authorised oenological processes and the conditions and limits of their use.

Table 2 of Part A of Annex I lays down the authorised oenological compounds and the conditions and limits of their use.

2.

The Commission shall publish the files of the OIV Code of Oenological Practices referred to in column 2 of Table 1 and in column 3 of Table 2 of Part A of Annex I to this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union, C series.

3.

Part B of Annex I lays down the maximum sulphur dioxide contents of wines.

4.

Part C of Annex I lays down the maximum volatile acid contents of wines.

5.

Part D of Annex I lays down the rules on sweetening.

Article 4

Experimental use of new oenological practices

1.

For experimental purposes, referred to in Article 83(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, each Member State may authorise 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) and Article 80(3)(b) to (e) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(b)

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

(c)

the Member State concerned informs the Commission and the other Member States 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 Member State other than the Member State concerned provided the Member State authorising the experiment gives prior notification to the competent authorities of the Member State 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 Member State concerned shall forward to the Commission a report on the authorised experiment and the results thereof. The Commission shall notify the other Member States of those results.

4.

Depending on these results, the Member State concerned may apply to the Commission 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. The Member State concerned shall submit an appropriate file in support of its application. The Commission shall adopt a decision on the application in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 229(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

5.

The notification of information or documents to the Commission provided for in point (c) of paragraph 1 and in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be made in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 ( 1 ).

Article 5

Oenological practices applicable to categories of sparkling wines

In addition to the oenological practices and restrictions of general application laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and in Annex I to this Regulation, the authorised specific oenological practices and restrictions, including enrichment, acidification and de-acidification, concerning sparkling wines, quality sparkling wines and quality aromatic sparkling wines, referred to in points (4), (5) and (6) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 are listed in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 6

Oenological practices applicable to liqueur wines

In addition to the oenological practices and restrictions of general application laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and in Annex I to this Regulation, the authorised specific oenological practices and restrictions concerning liqueur wines referred to in point (3) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 are listed in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 7

Definition of coupage

1.

‘Coupage’ referred to in point (h) of Article 75(3) and Section C of Part II of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 means the mixing of wines or musts of different origins, different vine varieties, different harvest years or different categories of wine or of must.

2.

The following shall be regarded as different categories of wine or must:

(a)

red wine, white wine and the musts or wines suitable for yielding one of these categories of wine;

(b)

wines without a protected designation of origin and wines without protected geographical indication, wines with a protected designation of origin (PDO) and wines with a protected geographical indication (PGI) as well as musts or wines suitable for yielding one of these categories of wine.

For the purposes of this paragraph, rosé wine shall be regarded as red wine.

3.

The following processes shall not be regarded as coupage:

(a)

enrichment by the addition of concentrated grape must or rectified concentrated grape must;

(b)

sweetening.

Article 8

General rules on blending and coupage

1.

A wine may be obtained by blending or coupage only where the constituents of that blending or coupage possess the required characteristics for obtaining wine and comply with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and this Regulation.

Coupage of a non-PDO/PGI white wine with a non-PDO/PGI red wine cannot produce a rosé wine.

However, the second subparagraph does not exclude coupage of the type referred to therein where the final product is intended for the preparation of a cuvée as defined in point 12 of Part IV of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or intended for the production of semi-sparkling wines.

2.

Coupage of a grape must or a wine which has undergone the oenological practice referred to in point 11.1 of Table 2 of Part A of Annex I to this Regulation with a grape must or a wine which has not undergone that practice shall be prohibited.

Article 9

The purity and identification specifications of substances used in oenological practices

1.

Where they are not laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 ( 2 ), the purity and identification specifications of substances used in the oenological practices referred to in Article 75(3)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be those referred to in column 4 of Table 2 of Part A of Annex I to this Regulation.

2.

The enzymes and enzymatic preparations used in the authorised oenological...