Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards authorised oenological practices

The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/489 (21 May 2021) has been revised after the closure of the initial consultation period.The amendments concern the following:- removing the proposal which withdrew the authorisation of DL tartaric acid. This implies reintroducing line item 6.9 into Table 2 of Part A of Annex I to the draft Delegated Regulation, deleting point (c) of paragraph (1) of Annex I to the draft Delegated Regulation initially notified, and deleting the recital which justified withdrawing the authorisation of DL tartaric acid (i.e. Recital (30) of the initially notified draft);- adding the vine varieties Garnacha Roja and Mazuela allowed for the production of liqueur wines with the traditional terms 'vino dulce natural', 'vino dolce naturale', 'vinho doce natural' and 'οινος γλυκυς φυσικος' (appendix 3 to Annex III to the revised draft Delegated Regulation);
- adding the relevant 2021 resolutions of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine into the draft Regulation (line items 6.14 (fumaric acid) and 7.12 (aspergillopepsin I)).