Commission Regulation (EC) No 128/2004 of 23 January 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines

• Published date: 27 January 2004
• Subject Matter: Wine
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 19, 27 January 2004

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 128/2004 of 23 January 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines

Official Journal L 019 , 27/01/2004 P. 0003 - 0011

Commission Regulation (EC) No 128/2004

of 23 January 2004

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), and in particular Article 46(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The method for measuring the alcoholic strength of wine by hydrostatic balance has been updated and validated in accordance with internationally recognised criteria. The International Vine and Wine Office adopted the new description of this method at its General Assembly in 2003.

(2) Use of this measurement method can constitute a simpler and more accurate means of checking the alcoholic strength by volume of wines and thereby avoid the disputes arising from the use of less accurate methods.

(3) The updated description of this method, together with the experimental values for the validation parameters of the method, should be included in Chapter 3 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90(2).

(4) Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Chapter 3 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 "Alcoholic strength by volume" is hereby amended as follows:

1. in paragraph 2, point 2.3.2 is deleted;

2. the text in the Annex to this Regulation is inserted as paragraph 4a after paragraph 4,

3. in paragraph 5, point 5.2 "Densimetry using a hydrostatic balance" is deleted.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 23 January 2004.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1795/2003 (OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13).

(2) OJ L 272, 3.10.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 440/2003 (OJ L 66, 11.3.2003, p. 15).

ANNEX

"4a. VALIDATED METHOD

Determination of the alcoholic strength of wines using a hydrostatic balance

1. METHOD OF MEASUREMENT

1.1. Introduction

Alcoholic strength by volume must be measured before marketing, principally to comply with labelling rules.

Alcoholic strength by volume is equal to the number of litres of ethanol contained in 100 litres of wine measured at 20 °C. Referred to as ' % vol.'.

1.2. Object and field of application

The method of measurement described is densimetry...