# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1087/2008

of 5 November 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 423/2008 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes, as regards Annex XVII

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine [^1] , and in particular Article 46 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Annex V(C)(4) to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provides that the limits on increases in the alcoholic strength of wine by volume may be raised by up to 1 % in years when weather conditions have been exceptionally unfavourable.

**(2)** Article 27 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 423/2008 [^2] specifies that these unfavourable years and the wine-growing zones, geographical regions and varieties concerned are to be as set out in Annex XVII to that Regulation.

**(3)** Because of the exceptionally adverse weather during 2008, the limits on increases in natural alcoholic strength laid down in Annex V(C)(3) to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 do not permit the production of wine in the wine-growing regions of the United Kingdom for which there would normally be market demand. The United Kingdom should therefore be authorised to augment natural alcoholic strength by up to 4,5 % vol.

**(4)** Regulation (EC) No 423/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(5)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

In the table in Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 423/2008, the following row is added:

| ‘2. | 2008 | A | England, Wales | Authorised wine grape varieties’ |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

## **Article 2**

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

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 5 November 2008. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_179_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 127, 15.5.2008, p. 13](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2008_127_R_TOC) .

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