# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1166/2009 of 30 November 2009 amending and correcting Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the applicable restrictions, Article 1: Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 606/2009

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

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 is amended as follows:
1.. in part B, paragraph 4(a), the second sentence is replaced by the following:
‘However, quality aromatic sparkling wine may be produced in the traditional way by using, as constituents of the cuvée, wines obtained from grapes of the “Glera” variety harvested in the regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia;’;
2.. part C is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2.
However, the cuvées intended for the preparation of quality sparkling wines with the protected designations of origin “Prosecco”, “Conegliano Valdobbiadene — Prosecco” and “Colli Asolani — Prosecco” or “Asolo — Prosecco” and prepared from a single vine variety may have a total alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 8,5 % vol.’;
(b) in paragraph 9(a) the second sentence is replaced by the following:
‘By derogation, a quality aromatic sparkling wine with a protected designation of origin may be produced by using, as constituents of the cuvée, wines obtained from grapes of the “Glera” vine variety harvested in the regions of the designations of origin “Prosecco”, “Conegliano-Valdobbiadene — Prosecco”, “Colli Asolani — Prosecco” and “Asolo — Prosecco”;’;
3.. in Appendix 1, the term ‘Glera’ is inserted after the term ‘Girò N’ and the term ‘Prosecco’ is deleted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1166/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1166/article-1
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