# Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2006 of 27 April 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes, and Regulation (EC) No 884/2001 laying down detailed rules of application concerning the documents accompanying the carriage of wine products and the records to be kept in the wine sector, Annex II

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

ANNEX IXa
Requirements for dimethyldicarbonate
(Article 15a of this Regulation)
AREA OF APPLICATION
Dimethyldicarbonate may be added to wine for the following purpose: microbiological stabilisation of bottled wine containing fermentable sugar.
REQUIREMENTS
Addition must be carried out only a short time prior to bottling.
The treatment may only be applied to wine with a sugar content of not less than 5 g/l.
The maximum dose is fixed in Annex IV to this Regulation and the product may not be detectable in the wine placed on the market.
The product used must comply with the purity criteria laid down in Directive 96/77/EC.
This treatment is to be recorded in the register referred to in Article 70(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/643/annex/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-643/annex-II
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