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

OBJECTIVE: to adopt an amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation (EC) No 1426/96 amending Regulation (EEC) No 823/87. SUBSTANCE: the amendment adopted by the Council was intended to: - introduce new specific traditional terms that may be used in Germany to designate quality wines produced in specified regions (qwpsr); - allow the name of a new qwpsr to be used for a transitional period to designate table wines which have traditionally been called by that name; - make an exception in the case of the 'Manzanilla' qwpsr to the principle whereby the specified region from which a wine is obtained must be designated by its geographical name and hence permit the use of the above-mentioned traditional term to designate the product in question; - stipulate that geographical designations normally applied to wines may not be used for beverages not falling within the wine sector unless all risk of confusion can be ruled out and the geographical designation in question has been appropriately recognized. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 31/07/1996. �