28.10.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 279/25

(1)

In accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 (2), authorised oenological practices are laid down in Annex I A to that Regulation. The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) has adopted 12 oenology resolutions that were included in the Council Decision of 7 October 2016 among which two new oenological practices, concerning the use of filter plates containing zeolites y-faujasite to adsorb haloanisoles and the treatment of wine with potassium polyaspartate. In order to take account of technical progress and to provide Union producers with the same possibilities as those available to third-country producers, those new oenological practices should be authorised in the Union under the conditions of use defined by the OIV.

(2)

In accordance with Article 80(3)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, when authorising oenological practices for wine, the Commission has to take into account the protection of human health. The use of food additives should comply with Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). Potassium polyaspartate was not included in the Union list of food additives approved for use in foods set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. However, Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 has recently been amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1399 (4) to include it in that Union list of food additives. Therefore, the treatment of wine with potassium polyaspartate can now be authorised in the Union.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,