L171/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.7.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1477/1999 of 6 July 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3220/90 laying down conditions for the use of certain oenological practices provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1627/98 (3), and in particular Article 15(6) thereof, (1) ~ Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3220/90 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2053/97 (%), lays down conditions for the use of certain oenological prac- tices provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; whereas that Regulation should be supplemented to include conditions for the use of urease as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; whereas such treatment should be restricted to wines whose urea content could lead to an excessive ethyl carbamate content during ageing; (2)  Whereas the Scientific Committee for Food has been consulted as regards the provisions liable to have an effect on public health; are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for wine, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3220/90 is hereby amended as follows: 1. the following paragraph 5 is added to Article 1: ‘5. A urease, the use of which to reduce the urea content of wine is provided for in point 4(c) of Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, may only be used if it meets the requirements set out in Annex V to this Regulation.; 2. the Annex hereto is added after Annex IV. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 July 1999. () O] L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. () O] L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 8. () O] L 308, 8.11.1990, p. 22. (% O] L 287, 21.10.1997, p. 15. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission