30. 8. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 246/71 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2707/86 of 28 August 1986 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of sparkling and aerated sparkling wines ' 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85(%), and in particular Article 54 (5) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3309/85(), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1626/86 (*), lays down general rules for the description and presentation of spar- kling wines and aerated sparkling wines; whereas the detailed rules for applying the principles laid down in the abovementioned Regulation must be adopted ; Whereas, since it is compulsory throughout the Commu- nity to show the actual alcoholic strength of sparkling wines and of aerated sparkling wines detailed rules should be enacted that will create uniform conditions of compe- tition and so facilitate consumer choice ; whereas these rules should be made to correspond with the provisions of the Council Directive 76/766/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcohol tables () ; Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 3 (2) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 3309/85 leaves to operators the choice between showing the name or business name of a producer established in the Community or of a vendor established in the Community ; whereas, for the sake of better consumer information and better information of the authorities responsible for supervising the trade in sparkling wines, it should be made compulsory for the name to be preceded by the professional status of the person responsible for labelling ; whereas there is no need to require this-if it is apparent from the business name that the operator is a producer of sparkling wine or if the producer has had the sparkling wine produced on his () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, p. 39. () OJ No L 320, 29. 11. 1985, p. 9. () OJ No L 144, 29. 5. 1986, p. 3. () OJ No L 262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 149. behalf by another undertaking, provided in such cases that this is made clear by an expression such as ‘cuvée spéciale pour ..... " or ‘Hausmarke’ accompanying the name or business name of the producer ; whereas neither is there any need to require it in the case of vendors if the name of ‘the producer is accompanied by an expression indicating his professional status ; Whereas to conform with the second indent of Article § (2) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3309/85, a list of the specific traditional terms that may be used as sales descriptions of quality sparkling wines psr should be drawn up; Whereas under the third subparagraph of Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3309/85, in the case of quality spar- kling wines of aromatic type and of quality sparkling wines of aromatic type produced in specified regions, indication of the product type may be replaced by indica- tion of the residual sugar content determined by analysis ; whereas, in view of the inevitable variations between indi- vidual vats when the said sparkling wines are produced, some tolerance should be allowed but of limited extent so that consumers are not misled as to product characteris- tics ; Whereas rules on specific descriptions, conforming with Articles 5 (2) (f) and 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3309/85, should be laid down in order to prevent any risk of confusion between sparkling wines on the one hand and the aerated sparkling wines and sparkling drinks obtained by alcoholic fermentation of a fruit or another agricultural raw material on the other ; whereas it should be required that the sales description of drinks other than sparkling wines be shown particularly clearly on the label- ling ; Whereas the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3309/85 makes provision for the names of geographical units to be assigned to quality sparkling wines ; whereas a restricted list of these geographical units should be established ; Whereas certain provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3309/85 are and certain provisions of the present Regula- tion will be applicable to sparkling wines originating in third countries the rules covering the production of which