31.7.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 194/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 16222000 of 24 July 2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(!), and in particular Articles 42, 44, 45, 46 and 80 thereof, Whereas: (1) Chapter I of Title V of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and several of the Annexes thereto lay down general rules on oenological practices and processes and refer for the rest to detailed implementing rules to be adopted by the Commission. Until Regulation (EC) No 14931999 was adopted, those rules were scattered throughout a large number of Community regulations. In the interests of both econ- omic operators in the Community and the authorities responsible for applying Community rules, all those provisions should be collated in a Community code of oenological practices and processes and the Regulations on the subject, ie. Commission Regulations (EEC) No 1618/70(%), No 1972/78(3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 45/80 (%), No 2394/84(°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2751/86(°), No 305/86(),  No 1888/86(),  No 2202/89 (%), No 2240/89(19), No 3220/90('1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1477/1999('?), and (EC) No 586/93(13), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 693/96 (14, No 3111/93(!°), as last amended by Regulation  (EC)  No 693/98(1%), and (EC) No 112896 (17), should be repealed. This Community code must include the current rules and adapt them to the new requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. However, they must also be simpli- fied and made more coherent and certain gaps must be filled in to ensure that the Community rules in this area are comprehensive. In addition, some rules should be made more specific to ensure greater legal certainty when they are applied. Furthermore, in order to simplify the rules, only the detailed implementing rules explicitly referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 should be included. For the rest, the rules under Articles 28 et seq. of the Treaty should suffice to ensure free movement of wine-sector products where oenological processes and practices are concerned. It should also be specified that the code is to apply without prejudice to specific provisions in other fields, in particular, rules already existing or to be adopted in tuture for foodstuffs. 1) OJL179,14.7.1999, p. 1. 2) OJL 175, 8.8.1970, p. 17. 3) OJ L 226,17.8.1978, p. 11. 4 OJL7,11.1.1980, p. 19. % OJL253,5.9.1986, p. 11. 7) OJ L 38,13.2.1986, p. 13. 8) OJL163,13.6.1986, p. 19. () ) i () OJ L 224,21.8.1984,p. 19. (©) () () (%) OJL209,21.7.1989, p. 31. 10 11 12 13 (19 OJ L 215, 26.7.1989, p. 16. ( ( ( (14 ( ( ( OJ L 308, 8.11.1990, p. 22. OJL171,7.7.1999, p. 6. OJL61,13.3.1993, p. 39. OJL97,18.4.1996,p. 17. OJL278,611.11.1993, p. 48. OJ L 96, 28.3.1998, p. 17. OJ L 150, 25.6.1996, p. 13. 15 16 17 oL o=