No L 202/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 14.7. 89 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2044/89. of 19 June 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 on sparkling wines produced in the Community as defined in point 15 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 THE COUNCIL -OF THE EUROPEAN ‘COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic- Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to thé proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the -opinion of the Economic and Social - Committee (2) Whereas the special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions are laid down by ‘Gouncil Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 of 16 March 1987 laying -down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specific regions (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2043/89 (*); whereas that Regulation has been amended by removing therefrom the detailed technical provisions relating - in particular to the production and entry into free circulation of quality sparkling wines -psr in order to transfer those provisions to Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 (¢), as last. amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85 (7), unless they are to be inserted into Council Regulation (EEC) No 3309/85 of 18 November 1985 laying down general rules for the .description :and “presentation of sparkling wines and . .aerated sparkling wines (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2045/89 (), or have been made superfluous by more redent parallel legislation; Whiereas, in view of the fact that rectified concentrated grape ‘must is authorized for use in wine-making by Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 .on thé .common otganization of the market in wine (1°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (1), and in ‘order toencourage the-use of vine:products as raw materials for the manufacture-of sparkling wines, it should:be provided that producers of sparkling ‘wine may. wuse rectified .concentrated grape must; whereas, in order to avoid negative «effects on quality,- Member States should be able to prohibit the .use ‘of .concentrated .grape ‘must in the manufacture -of sparkling wines; (1) O] NoC 14,19. 1. 1988, p. 13. (%) ‘OJ No C 235, 12. 9. 1988, .p. 39. (3) O] No'C 208, 8. 8. 1988, p. 18. (4) O] No'L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59. (%) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (¢) O] No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 130. (7) OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, .p. 39. (3) OJ No L 320, 29. 11. 1985, p. 9. (%) ‘See page 12 of this Official Journal. (19) ‘O] 'No 'L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. (11) ‘O] No'L'128,11. 5. 1989, p. 31. Whereas experience has shown the need for a clearer definition of the composition of the tirage liqueur used for the manufacture of sparkling wine, particularly with regard to quality sparkling wine psr; whereas the wine used to constitute a vinous suspension of yeast should not be of the same origin as the wine to which the suspension is added to induce secondary fermentation; Whereas the location of a vineyard and the annual weather conditions affecting it, and- wine-growing techniques, including in particular the oenological practices and processes used immediately after the grape harvest,. determine to-a large extent the characteristics of a quality sparkling wine produced in a specified region; whereas, for this reason, and to reduce the risk of adulteration when raw materials change hands, it should be laid down that the processing of grapes into must and the processing of the must thus obtained into wine and the manufacture of sparkling wine from these products must take place within or in the immediate vicinity of the specified region where the grapes used were harvested; Whereas, in order to protect the producers of the quality sparkling wines psr concerned from losses resulting from a break with traditional commercial practices, Member States should be- granted the option of authorizing, by way of exception, that a quality wine psr may be adjusted by adding to the cuvée one or more wine sector products which do not originate in the specified region of which the sparkling wine bears the name; whereas Member States should also be granted the option. of ‘authorizing, in certain cases, that a quality sparkling wine psr may be produced outside the specified region of which the sparkling wine bears the name; . Whereas the same methods of analysis should apply for all categories «f 'wine 50 as to make it casier to compare the results of different analyses; whereas it should be specified that the methods of analysis referred to in connection with the application of Article 74.of Regulation (EEC)No 822787 also apply for the analysis of sparkling wines, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 358779 is hereby amended as follows: