2.3.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 56/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 355/2005 of 28 February 2005 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 electronic densimetry has been validated in accordance with internationally recognised criteria. The International Vine and Wine Office (OIV) adopted the new description of this method at its General Assembly in 2000. (2)  Use of this measurement method can constitute a simpler and more accurate means of checking the alcoholic strength by volume of wines. (3)  There is no longer any need to recognise the equivalence of this method with the methods described in Chapter 3 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 (%), and Article 3(2) of that Regulation should therefore be deleted. The updated description of this method and the experimental values for the vali- dation parameters for the method should also be included in Chapter 3 of the Annex to that Regulation. (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 Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 3(2) is deleted. 2. The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex hereto. 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, 28 February 2005. (') OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession. (®» OJ L 272, 3.10.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 128/2004 (O] L 19, 27.1.2004, p. 3). For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission