Quality wines produced in specified regions (amend. regul. 823/87/EEC)

As regards the Commission proposal on quality wines psr (COM(95) 744 final - 96/0007 CNS), the Committee calls upon the EC Commission to not just put forward amendments to provisions concerning matters of detail, but to submit as soon as possible a revised proposal for reforming the organization of the wine market which addresses the real conditions on the European and international markets.The Committee endorses the introduction of the new designations. It is however fundamentally opposed to allowing tables wines and quality wines psr to carry the same geographical designation because of the risk of misleading consumers. A maximum limit of three more wine years must therefore be set in respect of the dual use of designations. With a view to ensuring that consumers are protected, the ESC expects, as a matter of principle, that a quality wine psr and a quality sparkling wine psr should contain only wine sector products originating in the specified region of production.�