Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/405 of 13 December 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards oenological practices

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Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Part VI of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 is amended as follows:

(1)

Section 1.2 is replaced by the following:

‘1.2.

Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2019/934* and (EU) 2019/33** shall apply, save as explicitly provided otherwise in this Part.

*

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 of 12 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards wine-growing areas where the alcoholic strength may be increased, authorised oenological practices and restrictions applicable to the production and conservation of grapevine products, the minimum percentage of alcohol for by-products and their disposal, and publication of OIV files ( OJ L 149, 7.6.2019, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/934/oj ).

**

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 of 17 October 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector, the objection procedure, restrictions of use, amendments to product specifications, cancellation of protection, and labelling and presentation ( OJ L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 2 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/33/oj ).’;

(2)

Section 2.2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.2.

Only products and substances authorised in accordance with Article 24 for use in organic production may be used for the making of products of the wine sector, including during the oenological practices, processes and treatments, subject to the conditions and restrictions laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934, and in particular in Part A of Annex I to the latter Regulation.’;

(3)

Section 3.1 is replaced by the following:

‘3.1.

Without prejudice to Sections 1 and 2 of this Part and to specific prohibitions and restrictions provided for in Sections 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4, only oenological practices, processes and treatments, including the restrictions provided for in Article 80 and Article 83(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, in Article 3, Articles 5 to 9 and Articles 11 to 13 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934, and in the Annexes to those Regulations used before 1 August 2010 shall be permitted.’;

(4)

in Section 3.2, points (b), (c), (d) and (e) are replaced by the following:

‘(b)

elimination of sulphur dioxide by physical processes as referred to in entry 5 of Table 1 of Part A of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934;

(c)

electrodialysis treatment to ensure the tartaric stabilisation of the wine as referred to in entry 10 of Table 1 of Part A of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934;

(d)

correction of the alcohol content of wine as referred to in entry 12 of Table 1 of Part A of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934;

(e)

treatment with cation exchangers for tartaric stabilisation of the wine as referred to in entry 13 of Table 1 of Part A of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934.’;

(5)

Section 3.3. is replaced by the following:

‘3.3.

The use of the following oenological practices, processes and treatments is permitted under the following conditions:

(a)

heat treatments as referred to in entry 2 of Table 1 of Part A of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934, provided that the temperature does not exceed 75 °C;

(b)

centrifugation and filtration with or without an inert filtering agent as referred to in entry 3 of Table 1 of Part A of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934, provided that the size of the pores is not smaller than 0,2 micrometres;

(c)

partial vacuum evaporation as referred to in point (a) of Section E of Part I of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, whether used on its own or in combination with distillation as referred in point (d) of this Section, provided that partial vacuum evaporation is used only for the production of de-alcoholised wine with an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 % vol. and that the temperature used does not exceed 75 °C and that the size of the pores for the filtration is not smaller than 0,2 micrometres;

(d)

distillation as referred to in point (c) of Section E of Part I of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, whether used on its own or in combination with partial vacuum evaporation as referred in point (c) of this Section, provided that distillation is used only for the production of de-alcoholised wine with an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 % vol. and that it is used under vacuum and that the temperature used does not exceed 75 °C and that the size of the pores for the filtration is not smaller than 0,2 micrometres.’;

(6)

Section 3.4. is replaced by the following:

‘3.4.

Any amendment introduced after 1 August 2010 concerning the oenological practices, processes and treatments provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 may apply to the organic production of wine only after those measures have been included as permitted in this Section and, if required, after an evaluation in accordance with Article 24 of this Regulation.’