Article 1

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

1. 1..

   In Article 22, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

   ‘3.

   The indications listed in Annex X are the only terms which may be used to describe a wine that has been fermented, matured or aged in a wood 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 the first subparagraph shall be permitted where the wine has been aged in a wood container in accordance with the national rules in force, even when the ageing process continues in another type of container. The Member States shall communicate to the Commission the measures they take to implement this Regulation.

   The indications listed in the first subparagraph may not be used to describe a wine that has been produced with the aid of oak chips, even in association with the use of a wood container or wood containers.’

2. 2..

   Annex X is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.