8. 4. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 93/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 609/97 of 7 April 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 536/97 (3, and in particular Article 72 (5) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1427/96 (), lays down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1056/96 (¢), lays down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts; Whereas certain terms for table wines described by reference to a geographical ascription were authorized in Italy or applied for in the United Kingdom; whereas the terms ‘Indicazione geografica tipica’for Italian wines and ‘regional wine’ for English and Welsh wines were recog- nized for Italy and for the United Kingdom respectively by the aforementioned Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89; whereas, to be used as sales descriptions for table wines described by reference to a geographical ascription in those countries, those terms need be inserted in Articles 1 (2), 2 (2) and 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90; Whereas the traditional specific term ‘Qualitdtswein garantierten Ursprungs was authorized in Germany for certain quality wines produced in a specified region (quality wines psr) recognized for that Member State by Article 15 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions(’), as last amended by () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 83, 25. 3. 1997, p. 5. () O] No L 232, 9. 8. 1989, p. 13. ( 309, 8. 11. 1990, p. 1. 140, 13. 6. 1996, p. 15. L L L 4 OJ No L 184, 24. 7. 1996, p. 3. ’ L L L 84, 22. 3. 1987, p. 59. Regulation (EC) No 1426/96 (*); whereas, to be used as a sales description, this term needs to be inserted in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90; Whereas traditional terms were recognized for certain Spanish and Italian table wines with a geographical ascription and quality wines psr; whereas, to be used as optional terms on labelling for those wines, those terms need to be inserted in Articles 3 (3) and 14 (1), (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90; whereas provision should be made also that certain traditional Italian terms be used only by quality wines psr; Whereas certain traditional terms figure on the labelling of Austrian wines in a manner to which consumers are accustomed; whereas those Austrian terms should there- fore be added to the exceptions provided for in Articles 3 (1) and 14 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90; Whereas information concerning the conditions govern- ing the production of the wine, including, where appro- priate, the vine varieties, is useful and interesting for the consumer; whereas, however, such information must be given elsewhere than on the label bearing the mandatory information and not in the same field of vision; whereas, in order to prevent abuse in the indication of varieties, it should be specified, in particular, that the information must be indicated as part of a text in lettering of the same type and size as the rest of that text; Whereas, in the cases referred to in the second subpara- graph of Article 40 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89, when a new quality wine psr appears the consumer should be prevented from confusing it with certain well- known brand names; whereas the manner in which, in this case, the name of the specified region must appear on the labelling should be laid down; Whereas South Africa, Argentina, Chile, Hungary, New Zealand and Uruguay have requested that Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 be adapted; whereas it seems justified to accede to those requests; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine, () OJ No L 184, 24. 7. 1996, p. 1.