Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   The following paragraph 3 is added to Article 22:

   ‘3.

   The indications in Annex X are the only terms which may be used to describe a wine that has been fermented, matured or aged in an oak container. The Member States may, however, establish other indications equivalent to those laid down in Annex X for such wines, paragraphs 1 and 2 applying mutatis mutandis.

   Use of one of the indications listed in Annex X shall be permitted where the wine has been aged in an oak container in accordance with the national rules in force, even when the aging process continues in another type of container. The Member States shall notify the Commission of the measures they take to implement this paragraph.

   The indications in Annex X may not be used to describe a wine made with the aid of pieces of oak wood, even in association with the use of an oak container or oak containers.’

2. 2..

   Annex II to this Regulation is added as Annex X.