31.12.91 Official Journal of the European Communmes No L 368/3 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3896/91 of 16 December 1991 -amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European ) Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 Article 1 thereof, : Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 is hereby amended as i o follows: Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), ‘ 1. In Article 6: Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), (a) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following: 2. Notwithstanding the first indent of Having regard to the opuuon of the Economic and Social paragraph 1, in the case of a traditional practice ‘Committee {3), . governed by special provisions of the Member State of production, that Member State may permit, until 31 December 1995 at the latest, by means of express authorizations and subject to appropriate control, that a quality wine psr be obtained by adjusting the basic product of that wine by adding one or more wine-sector products which do not originate in the specified region whose name is borne by the wine, provided that: Whereas the first indent of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (%), defines the principle that quality wines produced in a specified region, hereinafter called ‘quality wines. psr’, may be made only from grapes harvested within the specified region whose name they bear; whereas in order better to harmonize the conditions of competition between the specified regions in the production of quality wines, — this type of added wine-sector product is not derogations from the above principle should be permitted produced in that specified region with the same only during a trarsitional period expiring on 31 December characteristics as products not originating 1995, even in the case of authorizations granted pursuant to therein, current rules; — this adjustment is consistent with the oenological practices and definitions referred to Whereas certain regions of the territory of the former : in Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, German Democratic Republic and of the United Kingdom have recently been defined for the production of quality wines; whereas the minimum natural alcoholic strength should be established for quality wines psr coming from those regions; — the total volume of added wine-sector products which do not originate in the specified region does not exceed 10% of the total volume of products used which originate in the specified region. However, the Commission may, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Whereas, taking into account the repute of certain sparkling Article 83 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, quality wines psr or quality liqueur wines psr and the fact that authorize the Member States to allow in the names of the regions in which those wines originate are exceptional cases a percentage of added sufficiently distinctive, it is not necessary to supplement their products higher than 10 but not more than sales description with a specific term traditionally used; 15%’; (b) the second subparagraph of paragraph 5 shall be Whereas in order to allow the producers of certain table replaced by the following: wines who describe their wines by the name of a specific region to adapt to the rules of this Regulation, the date . ‘They shall include in particular the definition of appearing in Article 15 (4) third subparagraph of Regulation areas in the immediate proximity of a specified (EEC) No 823/87 should be extended until 31 August region, account being taken in particular of the 1993, geographical  situation and  administrative structures.’; (*) OJNoC 84,28. 3.1991, p. 9 and amendment forwarded on 13 December 1991. 2. Inthe first subparagraph of Article 7 (2), the first indent (3) O] No C 305, 25. 11. 1991, shall be replaced by the following: (*) O No C 191, 22. 7. 1991, p. 45. v (*) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59. ' ‘— 6,5% vol in zone A with the exception of the (%) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. specified regions Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, . Ahr,