Quality wines from production areas : special disposals

OBJECTIVE: to amend Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 to allow Member States to make bottling in the specified region of production compulsory for certain quality wines psr (produced in specified regions). SUBSTANCE: the purpose of the proposal for a Regulation is to allow Member States to make bottling in the specified region of production compulsory for certain quality wines psr under certain objective conditions: - where bottling within the region of production gives the wine special characteristics or constitutes an important factor in preserving the special characteristics acquired; - where the overwhelming majority of the operators in the sector are in favour of such an obligation regarding bottling. This measure is based on considerations of a legal nature; the introduction of the obligation regarding bottling should form part of the requirements governing the designation of origin concerned while the reputation of the wine and the guarantee regarding origin could be protected on the grounds of industrial and commercial property rights. The measure is also based on arguments relating to the quality of the wine. �