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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2094/86

of 3 July 1986

laying down detailed rules for the use of tartaric acid for the de-acidification of specified wine products in certain regions of Zone A

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85 (2), and in particular Article 46 (6) thereof,

Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 46 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 provides for the possibility of adding, until 31 August 1990 at the latest, and for the purposes of de-acidification, tartaric acid to wine products made from vine varieties which yield relatively acidic grapes and which are made from grapes harvested in certain wine-growing regions in the northern part of wine-growing zone A; whereas it is necessary, therefore, to specify the vine varieties as well as the regions concerned;

Whereas 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

1. The vine varieties referred to in the first indent of the first subparagraph of Article 46 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 are 'Riesling' and 'Elbling'.

2. The wine-growing regions referred to in the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 46 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 are the following:

- Ahr,

- Mittelrhein,

- Mosel-Saar-Ruwer,

- Nahe,

- Rheinhessen,

- Rheinpfalz,

- Moselle luxembourgeoise.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1985.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 July 1986.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 367, 20. 12. 1985, p. 39.