(a) rules for certifying the origin of quality wines produced in specified regions and the provenance of table wines entitled to a geographical indication in the documents accompanying the carriage of these wines, which are also issued under Community rules based on Directive 92/12/EEC; (b) rules for issuing documents accompanying the carriage of the wine products listed in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999: inside a Member State, where such consignments are not accompanied by a document required under Community rules based on Directive 92/12/EEC, on exportation to a third country, in intra-Community trade when: transport is carried out by a small producer not required to draw up a simplified accompanying document by the Member State where transport begins, or when the wine product being transported is not subject to excise duty;
(c) additional provisions for drawing up: the accompanying administrative document or the commercial document used in its place, the simplified accompanying document or the commercial document used in its place
intended to accompany the carriage of the wine products listed in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2001 of 24 April 2001 laying down detailed rules of application concerning the documents accompanying the carriage of wine products and the records to be kept in the wine sector
Modified by
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1782/2002of 7 October 2002amending Regulation (EC) No 884/2001 laying down detailed rules of application concerning the documents accompanying the carriage of wine products and the records to be kept in the wine sector, 302R1782, October 8, 2002
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 908/2004of 29 April 2004adapting several regulations concerning the common organisation of the market in wine by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union, 304R0908, April 30, 2004
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2006of 27 April 2006amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying 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 processes, and Regulation (EC) No 884/2001 laying down detailed rules of application concerning the documents accompanying the carriage of wine products and the records to be kept in the wine sector, 306R0643, April 28, 2006
(a) name and address of consignor; (b) name and address of consignee; (c) a reference number for the purpose of identifying the accompanying document; (d) the date the document was drawn up and the date of dispatch where this differs from the former; (e) the trade description of the product being carried in accordance with Community and national rules; (f) the quantity of product being transported;
(g) in the case of: wine: the actual alcoholic strength, non-fermented products: the refractive index or the density, new wine still in fermentation and grape must in fermentation: the total alcoholic strength;
(h) in the case of wines and grape must: the wine-growing zone in accordance with the demarcation shown in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 from which the transported product originates, using the following abbreviations: A, B, CI(a), CI(b), CII, CIII(a) and CIII(b), the operations referred to in Annex II which the products transported have undergone.
(a) for products subject to the formalities regarding movement laid down by Directive 92/12/EEC: in the case of release into circulation with the suspension of excise duty, an administrative or commercial document drawn up in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2719/92, in the case of intra-Community movement and release for consumption in the Member State of dispatch, a simplified accompanying document or a commercial document completed in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3649/92;
(b) for products not subject to the formalities regarding movement laid down by Directive 92/12/EEC, each document containing as a minimum the information referred to in paragraph 1, as well as any additional information required by the Member States and drawn up in accordance with this Title.
by means of the stamp of the competent authority of the Member State in which transport begins, or by the consignor by means of the prescribed stamp or the mark of a stamping machine approved by the competent authority.
1. in the case of wine products in containers of a nominal volume of more than 60 litres, consignments of: (a) grapes, whether or not pressed, or grape must, transported by the grape producers themselves on their behalf from their own vineyards or another establishment belonging to them, where the total road distance does not exceed 40 km and such transport is: in the case of individual producers: to their wine-making establishments, in the case of producers belonging to groups: to the group's wine-making establishment.
In exceptional cases, the 40 km maximum distance may be increased to 70 km by the competent authorities; (b) grapes, whether or not pressed, transported by the producers themselves or on their behalf by third parties other than the consignees, from their own vineyards: where such transport is to the wine-making establishment of the consignee located within the same wine-growing zone, and where the total road distance does not exceed 40 km. In exceptional cases the competent authorities may extend this maximum distance to 70 km;
(c) wine vinegar; (d) any product, where the competent authority has authorised such transport, within the same local administrative unit or to a local administrative unit in the immediate vicinity or, if an individual authorisation has been given, transport within the same regional administrative unit, where the product: is transported between two establishments of the same undertaking, subject to the application of Article 12(2)(a), or does not change owner and where the transport is effected for the purpose of wine-making, processing, storage or bottling;
(e) grape marc and wine lees: to a distillery, where the product is accompanied by a delivery note laid down by the competent authorities of the Member State where transport begins, or where transport is effected for the purpose of withdrawing the product from the wine-making process under Article 27(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999;
2. in the case of products in containers of a nominal volume of 60 litres or less, and subject to Directive 92/12/EEC, consignments of: (a) products in labelled containers fitted with a recognised non-reusable closing device bearing an indication enabling the bottler to be identified and of a nominal volume of five litres or less, where the total quantity does not exceed: five litres in the case of concentrated grape must, whether or not rectified, 100 litres for all other products;
(b) wine or grape juice intended for diplomatic representations, consulates and similar establishments, within the limits of the allowances granted them; (c) wine or grape juice: contained in private household removals, and not intended for sale, on board ships, aircraft or trains to be consumed there;
(d) wine and grape must in fermentation transported by private individuals and intended for the personal consumption of the consignee or the consignee's family, other than consignments as referred to in (a), where the quantity transported does not exceed 30 litres; (e) any product intended for scientific or technical experiments, where the total quantity transported does not exceed one hectolitre; (f) commercial samples; (g) samples for an official agency or laboratory.
In the case of exemption from the requirement to provide any accompanying document referred to in (a) to (e), the consignors, other than retailers or private individuals disposing from time to time of the product to other private individuals, must be able at any time to prove the accuracy of all the entries laid down for the records provided for in Title II or other records required by the Member State concerned.
The consignor shall complete the accompanying document and request validation by the competent authority. Validation, when granted, may be linked to conditions on the future use of the product. It shall comprise the stamp, the signature of the official of the competent authority and the date. The above procedure shall also apply for the transport of products the production conditions or composition of which do not conform to Community or national rules.
the number of the VI 1 document, completed in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 883/2001 ,See page 1 of this Official Journal. the date on which the document was completed, the name and address of the authority of the third country having completed the document or authorised its completion by a producer.
two or more batches of the same category of product, or two or more batches of different categories of product provided they are put up in labelled containers of a nominal volume of 60 litres or less and fitted with a recognised non-reusable closing device bearing an indication enabling the bottler to be identified.
to regularise such transport, either by correcting any material errors or by completing a new document, where appropriate, to penalise any irregularities in proportion to their seriousness, in particular by applying Article 5(1).
by consignors who are themselves the producer of the wine transported and who neither acquire nor sell wine products obtained from grapes harvested in wine-growing areas other than those whose names they use to designate wine obtained from their own production, by consignors not covered by the first indent, provided that the accuracy of the particulars has been certified on the accompanying document by the competent authority on the basis of the information contained in the documents accompanying previous consignments of the products in question, under Article 5(1), provided the following requirements are met: (a) (i) the accompanying document is completed in accordance with the model laid down for: the accompanying administrative document given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2719/92, or the simplified accompanying document given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3649/92, or the accompanying document set out in Annex III to this Regulation; or
(ii) where transport does not cross the territory of another Member State, one of the documents referred to in Article 3(2)(b);
(b) the following is entered in the appropriate place on the accompanying document: for quality wines psr: "This document certifies the origin of the quality wines psr set out herein", for table wines entitled to a geographical indication: "This document certifies the provenance of the table wines set out herein";
(c) the entries referred to in (b) are validated by the competent authority by means of its stamp, the date and the signature of the person responsible, as applicable: on copies 1 and 2 where the model referred to in the first and second indents of (a)(i) is used, or on the original of the accompanying document and on a copy where the model set out in Annex III or another document as referred to in Article 3(2)(b) is used;
(d) the reference number of the accompanying document has been assigned by the competent authority; (e) in the case of consignments from a Member State which is not the producer Member State, the accompanying document under cover of which the product is consigned shall certify the designation of origin or the geographical indication where it indicates: the reference number, the date on which it was completed, the name and address of the authority referred to on the documents under cover of which the product was transported before being redispatched and in which the designation of origin or the geographical indication has been certified.
Member States may make the certification of the designation of origin of quality wines psr and the provenance of table wines produced on their territory compulsory.
(a) is validated in advance by the stamp of the competent authority, the signature of the person responsible and the date, or (b) is validated by the consignors themselves by means of a special stamp authorised by the competent authority and conforming to the model set out in Annex IV; the stamp may be pre-printed on the forms provided they are printed by a print-shop approved for that purpose.
who regularly dispatch quality wines psr and/or table wines entitled to a geographical indication, and after it is ascertained, following an initial request, that the inward and outward registers are kept in accordance with Title II and thus enable the accuracy of the particulars in the documents to be checked.
for quality wines psr, that the designation of origin of the product complies with the relevant Community and national provisions, for table wines designated under Article 51(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, that the geographical indication of the product complies with the relevant Community and national provisions.
the reference number, the date on which it was completed, and the name and address of the authority referred to in paragraph 1 indicated on the documents under cover of which the product was transported before being exported and on which the designation of origin or the geographical indication has been certified.
(a) where the product transported is exempt from excise duty (point 1.5, general remarks, of the explanatory notes annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2719/92); (b) where a product transported within the Community is subject to excise duty and has already been released for consumption in the Member State of departure (point 1.5, general remarks, of the explanatory notes annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 3649/92); (c) in cases not covered by (a) or (b): (i) where an accompanying document as required for transport as referred to under (a) and (b) is used: copy No 1 shall be kept by the consignor, copy No 2 shall accompany the product from the place of loading to the place of unloading and be handed to the consignee or his representative;
(ii) where another accompanying document is used: the original of the accompanying document shall accompany the product from the place of loading and be handed to the consignee or his representative, a copy shall be kept by the consignor.
(a) products of Community origin: wine suitable for yielding table wine, wine intended to be processed into quality wine psr, grape must in fermentation, concentrated grape must, whether or not rectified, fresh grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol, grape juice, concentrated grape juice, table grapes intended for processing into products other than those referred to in Article 42(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999;
(b) products not originating in the Community: fresh grapes, excluding table grapes, grape must, concentrated grape must, grape must in fermentation, concentrated grape must, whether or not rectified, fresh grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol, grape juice, concentrated grape juice, liqueur wine for the preparation of products not falling within CN code 2204 .
The same shall apply to the following products, irrespective of their origin and the quantity transported, without prejudice to the exceptions referred to in Article 4: wine lees, grape marc intended for distillation or another form of industrial processing, piquette, wine fortified for distillation, wine from grapes of varieties not listed as wine grape varieties in the classification drawn up by the Member States under Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the administrative unit in which they were harvested, products which may not be offered or delivered for direct human consumption.
(a) records need not be kept by: retailers, those selling drinks for consumption only on the premises;
(b) records shall not be required for wine vinegar.
(a) traders who do not hold stocks shall be required to keep records in accordance with the rules and procedures they shall specify; (b) natural and legal persons and groups of persons who hold stocks of or offer for sale solely wine products in small containers meeting the presentation requirements referred to in Article 4(2)(a) shall not be required to keep records, provided that the entries, withdrawals and stocks may be checked at any time on the basis of other supporting documents, in particular commercial documents used for financial accounts.
either of fixed leaves numbered consecutively, or of a suitable modern accounting system, approved by the competent authorities, provided that the particulars which should be entered in the records appear therein.
(a) the records kept by traders not carrying out any of the operations specified in Article 14(1) nor performing any oenological practices may take the form of all the documents accompanying the transport of the wine products; (b) the records kept by producers may take the form of annotations on the reverse side of the harvest, production or stock declarations provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1294/96 of 4 July 1996 .OJ L 166, 5.7.1996, p. 14 .
(a) where products are held in various stores belonging to the same undertaking in the same local administrative unit or in such a unit in the immediate vicinity, for the records to be held at the registered place of business of the undertaking; (b) for the records to be kept by a specialist firm,
each of the categories set out either in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 or in Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, each quality wine psr and products for processing into quality wines psr made from grapes harvested in the same specified region, each table wine designated by the name of a geographical area and products for processing into such table wine made from grapes harvested in the same wine-growing area.
during transport, the tolerances referred to in Annex II.B.1.2, and in the cases referred to in the first subparagraph, the maximum percentages fixed by the Member State,
the personal consumption of the producer and his family, any accidental changes in the volume of products.
the control number of the product where such a number is required under Community or national provisions, the date of the operation, the actual quantity entered or withdrawn, the product concerned, described in accordance with the relevant Community and national provisions, a reference to the document which accompany or accompanied the consignment in question.
increasing the alcoholic strength, acidification, de-acidification, sweetening, blending, bottling, distillation, the production of sparkling wine, aerated sparkling wine, semi-sparkling wine and aerated semi-sparkling wine, the production of liqueur wine, the production of concentrated grape must, whether or not rectified, treatment with oenological carbon, treatment with potassium ferrocyanide, fortifying wine for distillation, other processes involving the addition of alcohol, processing into a product of any other category, in particular into aromatised wine. treatment by electrodialysis, addition of dimethyldicarbonate (DMDC) to wine.
the operation carried out and the date, the nature and the quantities of the products used, the quantity of product obtained by means of the operation, the quantity of product used in increasing the alcoholic strength, acidification and de-acidification, sweetening and fortifying for distillation, the description of the products before and after the operation, in accordance with the relevant Community or national rules, the markings on the containers in which the products entered in the records were contained before the operation and are contained after the operation, in the case of bottling, the number of bottles filled and their content, in the case of contract bottling, the name and address of the bottler.
the date of preparation, the date of bottling for quality sparkling wines and quality sparkling wines psr, the volume of the cuvée and the description, volume and actual and potential alcoholic strength of each of its constituents, each of the practices listed in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000, the amount of tirage liqueur used, the amount of expedition liqueur, the number of bottles obtained, specifying where appropriate the type of sparkling wine, using a term relating to its residual sugar content provided the term appears on the label.
the date of addition of any of the products listed in point 14 of Annex I.B.b to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the nature and the volume of the product added.
sucrose, concentrated grape must, rectified concentrated grape must, products used for acidification, products used for de-acidification, spirits distilled from wine.
(a) in the case of entries: the name or business name and address of the supplier, referring where appropriate to the document which accompanied transport of the product, the quantity concerned, the date of entry;
(b) in the case of withdrawals: the quantity concerned, the date of use or withdrawal, where appropriate, the name or business name and address of the consignee.
as referred to in Articles 11, 12 and 13, shall be made, in the case of entries, not later than the working day following reception and, in the case of withdrawals, not later than the third working day following dispatch, as referred to in Article 14, shall be made not later than the first working day following the operation and, in the case of enrichment, on the day itself, as referred to in Article 15, shall be made, in the case of entries and withdrawals, not later than the working day following reception or dispatch and, in the case of use, on the day of use.
(a) provide for stock records to be kept of closing devices used for putting up products in containers of a nominal volume of five litres or less as referred to in Article 4(2)(a) be released to the market on their territory, and for indicating special particulars thereon; (b) require additional information on documents accompanying consignments of wine products produced on their territory where such information is necessary for checks; (c) lay down, where required by the application of a computerised stock records system, the place where certain obligatory information is to be entered on documents accompanying consignments of wine products where transport commences on their territory, provided that the layout of the models referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 7(1) is not altered; (d) allow, for transport beginning and ending in their territory without passing through the territory of another Member State or of a third country and for a transitional period expiring on 31 July 2010 , the details of the density of the grape to be replaced by the density expressed in degrees Oechsle;(e) lay down that documents accompanying transport completed on their territory shall indicate not only the date but also the time on which transport started; (f) lay down, further to Article 4(1), that no document is required where grapes, whether or not pressed, or grape must are transported by producers who belong to a producer group and have produced the grapes or grape must themselves or by a producer group having the product in question in its possession, or where such products are transported on behalf of such producers or producer groups to a collection point or to the wine-making establishments of that group, provided such transport begins and ends within the same wine-growing zone and, where the product in question is intended for processing into quality wine psr, within the specified region concerned, including an immediately adjacent area; (g) lay down: that the consignor is to complete one or more copies of documents accompanying transport operations starting on their territory, that the consignee is to complete one or more copies of documents accompanying transport operations which began in another Member State or in a third country and which end in their territory.
In such cases, they shall determine the use of such copies; (h) lay down that the derogation referred to in Article 4(1)(b) regarding exemption from the use of the accompanying document for certain consignments of grapes may not be applied to transport beginning and ending on their territory; (i) lay down that, in the case of the transport referred to in Article 10 beginning on their territory and ending on that of another Member State, the consignor must send the name and address of the competent authority of the place of unloading along with the copies made under that Article.
the name and address of the authority or authorities responsible for implementing this Regulation, where appropriate, the name and address of any bodies empowered by a competent authority for the purposes of implementing this Regulation.
any subsequent changes concerning the competent authorities and bodies referred to in paragraph 1, the measures they have taken to implement this Regulation, where those measures are of specific value for the purposes of cooperation between Member States as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000.
1. Cylindrical stoppers made of cork or another inert substance, covered or not with a technological structure that can take the form of a cap or disc in particular. This technological structure must be rendered unusable again once opened and may be made of: aluminium, metal alloy, shrink plastic, PVC with aluminium top. food-grade wax, whether or not covered with other inert substances.
2. Flanged stoppers made of cork or another inert substance fully inserted into the neck of the bottle, filled with a metal or plastic capsule covering both the neck and the stopper and destroyed on opening. 3. Mushroom-shaped stoppers made of cork or other inert substance, secured by ties or fastenings which must be broken on opening, the whole being sometimes covered with metal or plastic foil. 4. Aluminium or tin screw tops, filled on the inside with a disc in cork or inert material and a safety seal which is torn off or destroyed on opening (pilfer-proof seals). 5. Plastic screw-top capsules. 6. Tear-off caps made of: aluminium, plastic, a combination of the above.
7. Metal crown stoppers fitted on the inside with a disc in cork or inert material. 8. Closing devices which form part of packaging which cannot be reused after being opened, such as: tin cans, aluminium cans, cardboard containers, plastic containers, containers made of a combination of the above materials, flexible plastic bags, flexible bags in a combination of aluminium and plastic, tetrahedrons in aluminium foil.
table wine, quality wine psr, grape must, grape must for quality wine psr, imported wine.
(a) the actual alcoholic strength of the wine, excluding new wines still in fermentation, or the total alcoholic strength of new wine still in fermentation and part-fermented grape must must be expressed in % vol. and tenths of % vol.; (b) the refractive index of grape must must be obtained by the measuring method recognised by the Community. It must be expressed by the potential alcoholic strength in % vol. This may be replaced by the density expressed in grams per cm 3 ;(c) the density of fresh grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol must be expressed in grams per cm 3 and the actual alcoholic strength of that product must be expressed in % vol. and tenths of % vol.;(d) the sugar content of concentrate grape must, rectified concentrated grape must and concentrated grape juice must be expressed by the content in grams, per litre and per kilogram, of total sugars; (e) the actual alcoholic strength of grape marc and of wine lees may also be indicated (optional) and expressed in litres of pure alcohol per decitonne.
as regards total or actual alcoholic strength, a tolerance of ± 0,2 % vol., as regards density, a tolerance of six units more or less to the fourth decimal place (± 0,0006), as regards the sugar content, ± 3 %.
of grapes, concentrated grape must, rectified concentrated grape must, concentrated grape juice, grape marc and wine lees in tonnes or kilograms must be expressed by the symbols "t" or "kg", of other products in hectolitres or litres must be expressed by the symbols "hl" or "l".
for a wine originating in zone B which has been enriched, indicate B(1), for a grape must originating in zone CIII(b) which has been acidified, indicate CIII(b)(2).
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Consignor: full name and address including postal code | |
Reference number: a reference number which identifies the consignment in the records of the consignor (for example, the invoice number) | |
Consignee: full name and address including postal code | |
Competent authority at place of dispatch: the name and address of the competent authority responsible for checking the commercial document at the place of dispatch. This is only required in the case of carriage to another Member State or for export outside the Community. | |
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Place of delivery: the actual place of delivery if the goods have not been delivered to the address given for the consignee. For goods to be exported, one of the wordings given in Article 8(2) must be entered | |
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Additional information laid down by the Member State of dispatch: where such information is laid down, the instructions of the Member State concerned must be complied with; if not, enter a diagonal line in this box | |
Certificate of designated origin or of provenance: see Article |