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Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs, Minister Delegate to Budget and Budget Reform and Secretary of State for Small Business Business, Commerce, Handicrafts, Professions, and Consumption,
Due to the General Tax Code;
Due to the Customs Code;
Due to the Rural Code;
Due to the Consumer Code;
Due to Order in Council No. 60-1284 of 30 November 1960, as amended, relating to high-quality wines of high quality;
In the light of the order of 4 October 1979 concerning the fixing of the date of commencement of the grape harvest of vines producing high quality, amended wines, as amended In particular by the decree of 10 September 1993;
In view of the proposal of the National Wine and Life Committee of the National Institute of Appellations of Origin at its sittings of 4 and 5 September, and 7 and 8 November 2002,
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To be entitled to appellations of origin " High quality demarcated wines " In column I of the Table annexed to this Order, the wines of the 2002 harvest, for which the enrichment has been granted, must in particular meet the conditions of production indicated in the table annexed to this Order.
The grapes must have been harvested at good maturity. It shall not be considered to be at good maturity any unit lot of grapes with a wealth of sugar below the figure expressed in grams per litre of must set out in column II of the table in the annex, next to the name of each Appellations.
Wines shall show the minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume set out in column III of the table In the Annex, next to the name of each of the designations.
Wine shall not exceed the maximum alcoholic strength In column IV of the table in the Appendix, next to the name of each of the appellations.
The Director of Policy The Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs, the Director General of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Enforcement, and the Director General of Customs and Excise The Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry is responsible for the execution of this Order, each of which shall be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
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You can view the table in OJ
No. 14, 17/01/2003, page 1014 to 1015
Done at Paris, December 31, 2002.
Minister of Agriculture, Food,
Fisheries and Rural Affairs,
For the Minister and delegation:
By preventing the
Director from economic and international policies:
The engineer in chief of rural engineering,
of waters and forests,
M.-F. Cazalère
The Budget Minister,
, and the Budget reform,
For the Minister and delegation:
The
Director General of Customs and Indirect Rights,
F.
Mongin The
Secretary of State for Small and Medium Enterprises,
au Commerce, crafts,
to the liberal professions
and consumption,
For the Secretary of State and by delegation:
By preventing the Director General
from competition, consumption
and fraud enforcement:
The service manager,
L.
Valade