Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 of 17 September 1990 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines
Modified by
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2348/91of 29 July 1991establishing a databank for the results ofisotope analyses of wine products by nuclear magnetic resonance of deuteriumCommission Regulation (EC) No 1932/97of 3 October 1997amending Regulation (EEC) No 2348/91 establishing a databank for the results of analyses of wine products by nuclear magnetic resonance of deuterium, 391R2348397R1932, August 2, 1991
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1932/97of 3 October 1997amending Regulation (EEC) No 2348/91 establishing a databank for the results of analyses of wine products by nuclear magnetic resonance of deuterium, 397R1932, October 4, 1997
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2645/92of 11 September 1992amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines, 392R2645, September 12, 1992
Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/95of 16 January 1995amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines, 395R0060, January 17, 1995
Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/96of 18 January 1996amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines, 396R0069, January 19, 1996
Commission Regulation (EC) No 822/97of 6 May 1997amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines, 397R0822, May 7, 1997
Commission Regulation (EC) No 761/1999of 12 April 1999amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines, 399R0761, April 14, 1999
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000of 24 July 2000laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processesCommission Regulation (EC) No 1609/2001of 6 August 2001amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes, as regards the methods of analysis, 300R1622301R1609, July 31, 2000
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1609/2001of 6 August 2001amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes, as regards the methods of analysis, 301R1609, August 7, 2001
Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2003of 10 March 2003amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines, 303R0440, March 11, 2003
Commission Regulation (EC) No 128/2004of 23 January 2004amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines, 304R0128, January 27, 2004
Commission Regulation (EC) No 355/2005of 28 February 2005amending Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines, 305R0355, March 2, 2005
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 000/90of 17 September 1990determining Community methods for the analysis of winesTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wineOJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1., as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1325/90OJ No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 19., and in particular Article 74 thereof,Whereas Article 74 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 prescribes the adoption of methods of analysis for establishing the composition of the products indicated in Article 1 of that Regulation and of rules for checking whether these products have been subjected to treatments in violation of authorized oenological pratice;Whereas, inasmuch as the Community has not yet laid down maximum levels for substances whose presence indicates that certain oenological practices have been used and has not yet adopted tables enabling analysis data to be compared, there is good reason to authorize Member States to determine such maximum levels;Whereas Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provides for an analytical test, including at the least an assessment of the characteristics, as listed in the Annex to that Regulation, of the quality wine psr in question;Whereas the verification of the particulars on documents concerning the products in question calls for the introduction of uniform methods of analysis to ensure that accurate and comparable information is obtained; whereas, consequently, these methods should be compulsory for all commercial transactions and all verification procedures; whereas, however, in view of the trade's limited facilities, a restricted number of usual procedures should be admitted enabling the requisite factors to be determined rapidly and with reasonable accuracy;Whereas, as far as is possible, generally recognized methods such as those developed under the 1954 International Convention for the Unification of Methods of Analysis and Appraisal of Wines, which are published in the Recueil des méthodes internationales d'analyse des vins (Compendium of international methods for the analysis of wines) by the International Office of Vine and Wine, may usefully be retained;Whereas the Community methods of analysis applicable to wine were laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1108/82OJ No L 133, 14. 5. 1982, p. 1.; whereas scientific progress has made it necessary to replace certain of the methods by some that are more suitable, to modify others, and to introduce new methods, particularly those approved since the aforesaid Regulation by the International Office of Vine and Wine; whereas, because of the profusion and complexity of these changes, all the analyses should be reassembled in a new Regulation, and Regulation (EEC) No 1108/82 should be repealed;Whereas, in order to ensure the comparability of the results obtained by applying the analytical methods referred to in Article 74 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, steps should be taken to refer, in regard to the accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility of these results, to the definitions laid down by the International Office of Vine and Wine;Whereas, in order to recognize the scientific advances on the one hand and the technical equipment of official laboratories on the other, and with the aim of increasing the efficiency and profitability of these laboratories, there is good reason to allow automated analytical methods to be applied under certain conditions; whereas it is important to specify that, where a dispute arises, the automated methods may not replace the reference methods and the usual methods;Whereas the results of a density measurement using the automated method based on the principle of the frequency oscillator are, in respect of their accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility, at least as good as the results obtained by the methods listed in section 1 of the Annex to the present Regulation for measuring the density or specific gravity; whereas it is therefore indicated, by virtue of Article 74 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, that this automated method shall be considered as equivalent to the said methods listed in the Annex to the present Regulation;Whereas the procedure described in Chapter 25 under point 2.2.3.3.2 in the Annex hereto for analysing the total sulphur dioxide content of wines and grape musts of a presumed content of less than 50 mg/l results in better extraction of that substance compared to the methods described in Chapter 13 under point 13.4 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1108/82; whereas the result is higher total sulphur dioxide contents of the products analysed, which may exceed, in particular, in the case of certain grape juices, the maximum limit laid down; whereas, in order to avoid difficulties in the disposal of grape juice already prepared at the time of entry into force of this Regulation and until such time as the production processes are adapted to result in more complete de-sulphiting of grape musts with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol, the procedure described in the abovementioned Regulation should be allowed to be used during a transitional period;Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: