27.1.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L19/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 128/2004 of 23 January 2004 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 (), and in particular Article 46(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  The method for measuring the alcoholic strength of wine by hydrostatic balance has been updated and vali- dated in accordance with internationally recognised criteria. The International Vine and Wine Office adopted the new description of this method at its General Assembly in 2003. (2)  Use of this measurement method can constitute a simpler and more accurate means of checking the alco- holic strength by volume of wines and thereby avoid the disputes arising from the use of less accurate methods. (3)  The updated description of this method, together with the experimental values for the validation parameters of the method, should be included in Chapter 3 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 (3. (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: Atrticle 1 Chapter 3 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90 ‘Alco- holic strength by volume’ is hereby amended as follows: 1. in paragraph 2, point 2.3.2 is deleted; 2. the text in the Annex to this Regulation is inserted as para- graph 4a after paragraph 4, 3. in paragraph 5, point 5.2 ‘Densimetry using a hydrostatic balance’ is deleted. Atticle 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, 23 January 2004. () OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1795/2003 (O] L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13). () OJ L 272, 3.10.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 440/2003 (O] L 66, 11.3.2003, p. 15). For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission