# Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products (repealed) EU Regulation No 753/2002 · adopted 29 April 2002 Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products (repealed) ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: COMMON RULES ## 1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Labelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Presentation of compulsory particulars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Use of codes on labelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Derogations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Rules common to all particulars on labelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Definition of ‘bottler’, ‘bottling’ and ‘importer’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Prohibition of lead-based capsules or foil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Reservation of certain types of bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Registers, accompanying documents, and other documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: RULES ON GRAPE MUST, GRAPE MUST IN FERMENTATION, CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST, NEW WINE STILL IN FERMENTATION AND WINE OF OVERRIPE GRAPES ## 11 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Compulsory particulars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Optional particulars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Labelling with a geographical indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: RULES FOR TABLE WINES, TABLE WINES WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION AND QUALITY WINES PSR ## 15 Indication of the name, address and occupation of one or more of the persons involved in marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Indication of product type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Indications concerning colour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: RULES FOR TABLE WINES WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION AND QUALITY WINES PSR ### Chapter I: COMMON RULES ## 18 Indication of vintage year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Indication of vine variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 The 85 % rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Awards and medals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Indications concerning the production method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Definition of ‘other traditional terms’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Protection of traditional terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Name of enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Indications concerning bottling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Additional provisions laid down by the producer Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: RULES SPECIFIC TO TABLE WINES WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION ## 28 Use of geographical indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: SPECIAL RULES APPLICABLE TO QUALITY WINES PSR ## 29 Traditional specific terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Derogation from the obligation to use a traditional specific term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Geographical unit smaller than the specified region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Geographical unit larger than the specified region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Bottling in the specified region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: RULES APPLICABLE TO IMPORTED PRODUCTS ## 34 General rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Names of third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Imported wines with a geographical indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Other particulars which may be included on the labelling of imported wines with a geographical indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37b Liqueur wine, semi-sparkling wine, aerated semi-sparkling wine, sparkling wine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: RULES FOR LIQUEUR WINES, SEMI-SPARKLING WINES AND AERATED SEMI-SPARKLING WINES ## 38 Compulsory particulars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Optional particulars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Conditions for use of the terms ‘liqueur wine’, ‘semi-sparkling wine’ and ‘aerated semi-sparkling wine’ for wines from third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VII: RULES FOR SPARKLING WINES AND AERATED SPARKLING WINES ## 41 Aerated sparkling wines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Definition of ‘vendor’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Indication of a geographical unit other than a specified region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Sparkling wines originating in a third country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Additional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 ‘Pinot’ vine varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VIII: TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 47 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: Reservation of certain types of bottle as referred to in Article 9(1) ## 1 ‘Flûte d'Alsace’: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 ‘Bocksbeutel’ or ‘Cantil’: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 ‘Clavelin’: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II List of vine varieties and their synonyms that include a geographical indication and that may appear on the labelling of wines in accordance with Article 19(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV Indications which exceptionally identify a wine as originating in a third country as a whole as referred to in Article 36(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V List of third countries not belonging to the World Trade Organisation as referred to in Article 36(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI List of homonymous geographical indications and the practical conditions for their use as referred to in Article 36(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII List referred to in Article 43 of geographical unit names that may be used on the labelling of quality sparkling wines originating in the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII List referred to in Article 44 of sparkling wines originating in a third country the conditions for whose production are recognised as equivalent to those laid down for a quality sparkling wine bearing the name of a geographical unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/753 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-753 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.