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Law No. 67 Of 25 April 1997 On Vine And Wine

Original Language Title:  LEGEA nr. 67 din 25 aprilie 1997 viei şi vinului

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LAW no. 67 67 of 25 April 1997 Wine and wine
ISSUER PARLIAMENT
Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 81 81 of 5 May 1997



The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Chapter 1 Wine production + Section 1 The culture areas of the vine + Article 1 In Romania, the vine is cultivated, especially, in the areas traditionally devoted to this activity, located especially in the food area, on the sands, as well as on other lands with favorable conditions. The areas for vine culture, referred to as wine-growing areas, are subject to territorial delimitation. + Article 2 (1) The vine plantations shall be grouped, territorially, in wine-growing regions, vineyards, wine-growing centres and plaids. Their definitions are given in Annex no. 1. (2) The vine plantations located outside the delimited perimeter of vineyards and wine centres are considered live scrapers. + Article 3 The national wine-growing heritage includes the following categories of plantations and land: a) fruitful vine plantations, port-graft plantations, plantations-mother supplier of horns or cuttings, for rooting, and cattle schools; b) land in the wine-growing areas resulting from the deforestation of vineyards, during the preparation period for planting; c) other land within the wine-growing areas which, by their location, complements or unites the existing vine massifs and which presents conditions for being cultivated with vines. + Article 4 (1) The Ministry of Agriculture and Food shall ensure that the work on the delimitation of wine-growing areas, including those for the production of wines and other wine products with a designation of origin, is carried out and updated. (2) The wine-growing areas delimited for the production of wines, of products on the basis of must and wine and of table grapes with a designation of origin include land situated in a vineyard or in a wine-growing centre which, due to natural conditions, cultivated vine varieties and applied culture technologies, allow to obtain high quality products, characterized by the originality of quality attributes that recommend them to bear the name of the place in which they were produced. + Article 5 (1) The territorial delimitation works of the vine areas shall be distinguished distinctly in the Agricultural Cadastre as a subsystem of evidence, called the Wine Cadastre, and shall follow: a) the establishment of the perimeters of the wine-growing areas, in which the categories of land referred to in art. 3 3; b) identification and delimitation of the production areas of wines with a designation of origin; c) the bookkeeping of the vineyards and of the land which is able to be cultivated with vines, keepers and plots. (2) The Ministry of Agriculture and Food together with the National Office of Cadastre, Geodesy and Cartography establish rules for the preparation of the wine cadastre, taking into account the general provisions of Law of cadastre and real estate advertising no. 7/1996 . + Section 2 Production of vine propagating material + Article 6 (1) In viticulture, the following categories of propagating material are admitted: a) grafted cattle; b) ungrafted cattle of fruitful varieties; c) portaltoi cattle. (2) Altoite cattle can be planted on any type of soil, and the ungrafted ones, only on the sands. (. The following categories of propagation material shall be permitted for the production of the cattle: a) horns; b) cuttings of fruitful varieties for rooting; c) portaltoi cuttings for grafting or rooting. (4) The propagation material provided in par. ((3) must come from the plantations-the specialised mother or of the wine plantations recognised and authorised for breeding. + Article 7 Production, quality control and marketing of vine propagating material and propagation are done in compliance with the provisions Law no. 75/1995 on the production, quality control, marketing and use of seed and propagating material, and the registration of varieties of agricultural plants. + Section 3 Establishment, maintenance and deforestation of vineyards + Article 8 (1) The vine varieties in culture are classified in the following categories: recommended, authorized, tolerated and prohibited. (2) The Ministry of Agriculture and Food shall ensure the development of the work of zoning of vines recommended and authorized for culture, within each area, and its periodic updating. + Article 9 The establishment of vine plantations is mainly done in the areas of the demarcated wine. On the grounds outside the vineyards can be established plantations intended only to satisfy the local consumption, on surfaces, preferably merged near the localities, located especially on sloping grounds, on the terraces of the rivers or on other land less favourable to other agricultural crops. + Article 10 (1) In the wine-growing areas or in the extravilan of the localities outside the wine-growing areas, the establishment of vine plantations on an area of more than 0,1 ha of economic or family agent and the extension above this limit of the existing ones may be make only on the basis of the planting authorization, issued by the general directions for agriculture and county food, according to the regulation for the application of this law. In order to obtain the planting authorization on areas larger than 3,0 ha it is necessary to present by the applicant a project to establish the vine plantation, approved by the wine research unit in the area. (2) By family, for the purposes of this law, it is understood spouses and unmarried children, if they manage together with their parents. (3) The general departments for agriculture and county food will notify the local public administration authorities in whose territorial area the land for which the planting authorization has been issued is located. + Article 11 (1) The establishment of vine plantations in the area of more than 0,1 ha of economic or family agent, as well as the extension of those existing over this area shall be made only with recommended and authorized varieties. The modification of the assortment of existing plantations, through overgrafts, can be done only by using the varieties in these categories. (2) It is forbidden to plant hybrids directly producers in wine-growing areas and in the extravilan of localities located outside the wine-growing areas, as well as the use of propagating material from cattle of hybrids directly producers, for planting in the gaps in vineyards with noble varieties from the said sites. (3) In the intravilan of the localities outside the vine areas, the planting of hybrids directly producers can be made on the surface of no more than 0,1 ha of economic or family agent, only to ensure family consumption. (4) Failure to comply with par. (2) and (3) has as a consequence, in addition to sanctioning with contravention fine, according to this law, the deforestation of the plantation. If the perpetrator does not comply with the deforestation measure no later than 6 months after the finding of the deed, the general direction for agriculture and county food will proceed to the deforestation of the plantation and force the one in the payment of all related expenses. + Article 12 (1) Wine plantation holders have the obligation to carry out the maintenance works of the vineyards, particularly the treatments for the control of diseases and pests, in appropriate technical conditions and during the optimal time periods, according to the provisions the implementing regulation of this law. ((2) Vies intended for the production of wines with a designation of origin shall be subject to a special control regime with regard to the observance of the crop conditions laid down by the technical rules issued by the National Office of the Designations of Origin for Wine and Other Wine Products (I.N.D.O.V.), based on the order of the Minister of Agriculture and Food, granting the right to produce wine with a designation of origin. (3) Through the works carried out in the plantations will not be destroyed or damaged the pedo-and hydroameliorative facilities. + Article 13 The deforestation of vine plantations in the area of more than 0.1 ha is made only on the basis of the deforestation authorization of the vineyards, released by the general direction for agriculture and county food, according to the norms established by the Ministry Agriculture and Food. + Section 4 Production of grapes + Article 14 (1) Depending on their technological attributes, the grapes may have the following destinations: a) fresh consumption; b) winemaking; c) industrialization: production of raisins, juices, jams, compotes and concentrated musts. (. The mass-layer intended for the fresh marketing must correspond to the quality standards laid down by standards. Grapes of table varieties, unfit for fresh consumption, may be vinified. The wines obtained can only be capitalized as current consumption wines or can be used for distillation and for the production of vinegar. (3) Mass grapes obtained from certain varieties grown in areas with favorable conditions, recognized for their vocation, characterized by special qualitative attributes, established by technical norms developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, can be capitalized with designation of origin. + Chapter 2 Wine production + Section 1 Wines and products based on must and wine + Article 15 The wines, according to their qualitative and composition characteristics, as well as the production technology, can be classified into: current consumption wines, quality wines and special wines, as follows: a) the current consumption wines are obtained from varieties of high production, grown in the wine-growing areas specialized for this purpose. They can also be obtained from varieties for quality wines whose grapes do not meet the conditions laid down for this category. From the category of current consumption wines are also those obtained from the vineyards of scrapers, as well as those resulting from grapes from table varieties, which do not meet the quality norms established by standards for fresh consumption. Current consumption wines shall have an actual alcoholic strength of not less than 8,5% by volume. Under this alcoholic strength the products cannot be put into sale for consumption under the name of wine. The definition of notions of alcoholic strength is set out in Annex no. 2 2; b) quality wines are obtained from varieties with higher technological attributes, cultivated in the wine-growing areas established for this destination, according to their own technology. The actual alcoholic strength of quality wines shall be at least 10% in volumes. Some of these wines, which are distinguished by the originality of their attributes printed by the place of production, by the variety or assortment of varieties, by the way of culture and by the vinification technology used, can fall into the category of wines of high quality with designation of origin. The consumption of high-quality wines with a designation of origin is made under the name of the delimited production area-ordinarily, of the wine centre, possibly of the plaium-and of the variety or assortment of varieties, and of the wines of quality without designation of origin, by indicating the vineyard or the production area, possibly the variety or assortment of varieties; c) special wines are obtained from musts or wines, by applying authorized treatments, and present characteristics determined by the technological attributes of the raw material and the technology used for their production. The category of special wines includes: sparkling wines, sparkling wines, aromatised wines, liqueur wines and other such wines authorized under the law. It is prohibited to use synthetic flavoured substances to obtain special wines. + Article 16 (1) From grape must can be obtained, apart from wine: grape juice, must cut, concentrated grape must, rectified concentrated grape must, tulburel, mistel, as well as other authorized products. (2) The following products may be obtained by processing the wine: alcoholic wine, wine distillate, alcohol of wine origin, vinegar of wine, and wine distillate can be obtained from the wine distillate. (3) The main by-products obtained from the winemaking are grape marc and wine yeast. By processing them you can obtain spirits, alcohol of wine origin, as well as other products. (4) It is prohibited to use any by-product for obtaining wines, regardless of the technologies used. (5) The conditions for obtaining products derived from wine must, wine and by-products shall be established by the implementing regulation of this Law. + Article 17 (1) The hybrid wine, obtained from grapes of hybrids directly producers, is intended for family consumption, to obtain alcohol of wine-growing origin and to vinegar. (. By way of exception, hybrid wine may be marketed as such, provided that it is called hybrids. (3) The wine resulting from a mixture between wine of hybrids and wine originating from noble varieties will be considered wine of hybrids and will be capitalized under the conditions provided in par. ((2). + Section 2 Wines and products based on must and wine with a designation of origin + Article 18 (1) A wine may bear a designation of origin, provided that it is established by tradition and by a renown resulting from the qualitative characteristics of the product, determined by natural and human factors. (2) Wine with designation of origin may be obtained by observing special conditions relating to: the production area, varieties or assortment of varieties, the sugar content of the grapes to the picking, the natural alcoholic strength and the acquired wine, maximum yield per hectare, methods of culture, vinification processes, analytical and organoleptic examination, packaging, labelling and control. ((3) The designations of origin may also be granted to special wines, vinburns, as well as other wine products that meet the conditions laid down in art. 15. + Article 19 (1) The wines with a designation of origin are those obtained from grapes produced within the area delimited for the name approved by order of the Minister of Agriculture and Food, provided that the vinification, storage, conditioning, maturation and their bottling to be done in the same area. (2) In special cases and under strict control, the storage, conditioning, maturation and bottling of wines with a designation of origin can be made in specialized units, located outside the areas where the grapes were produced. In these cases, the label will necessarily mention the unit that executed the bottling. (3) In an exceptional and limited-term manner, it may be authorized that, for the production of such wines, the vinification should be made in specialized units, located in an area joined to the one in which the grapes were produced. + Section 3 Quality and production conditions of wines and products on the basis of must, wine and wine-growing products + Article 20 Wines and other products obtained from wine must, wine and by-products must correspond, at the time of their consumption, to the qualitative and composition characteristics laid down by the Regulation implementing this Law and by standards in force. + Article 21 ((1) The practices and treatments used in obtaining wines and beverages on the basis of must, wine and wine-growing products must ensure a good elaboration, preservation and evolution of the respective products. Their application must not lead to changes in the composition of these drinks outside normal limits, ensuring the preservation of their attributes of naturalness and authenticity. ((2) The authorized practices and treatments to be applied in the production of musts, wines and other products derived from must, wine and wine-growing products shall be established by the implementing regulation of this law, and shall be permanently placed on the market. agree with the progress made in this area. (3) In the years with adverse conditions for the accumulation of sugars in grapes it may be authorized, exceptionally by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, through the National Office of Vine and Wine (O.N.V.V.), the raising of the alcoholic potential of wines in the equivalence of not more than 2% alcohol by volume, provided that the total alcoholic strength of the wines does not exceed that obtained in the normal years, it cannot be more than 12,5% by volume. (4) The falsification of wines or drinks on the basis of must, wine and by-products of wine is prohibited and is punishable according to the law. It is considered to be falsification: dilution of wine with water; masking defects or alterations of wines by additions that cause changes to their taste, aroma and natural composition; preparation of beverages from yeast and weave with added sugar, as well as the use of any practices not permitted by the implementing regulation of this law. + Article 22 ((1) The marketing under the name of wine of products made from raw materials other than grapes is prohibited. ((2) Wine-based drinks which do not meet the conditions laid down in this Law and those laid down in the implementing Regulation shall bear trade names in which the word wine, alone or by association with others, will not be used. terms. + Article 23 Wines and products on the basis of must, wine and by-products of wine, imported or intended for export, must correspond to the qualitative and composition criteria laid down by the internal rules of production and consumption, as well as by the rules international. For products intended exclusively for export, at the request or with the acceptance of the external customer, other technological practices and treatments may be used, as well as other limits of composition authorised in the importing country. + Article 24 (1) Manufacturers, depositaries and wholesalers must make a declaration of stocks, which shall be submitted to the local public administration authorities, within which the products are stored, before the 15th of August of each year. (2) Within 15 days from the end of the fermentation of the must, but no later than December 1 of the harvest year, the wine producers have the obligation to draw up a harvest declaration, which is submitted to the local public administration authorities on the radius of which the wine is stored, as well as those of the place of residence. In the case of a request for the right to use a designation of origin, a copy of the harvest declaration shall also be lodged with the body designated for that purpose. (3) Manufacturers holding a total living area of up to 0,1 ha of family are exempt from making statements of stocks and harvest. + Article 25 ((1) The right of production of wine and other products on the basis of must and wine with a designation of origin, within a certain area, shall be granted by the certificate of attestation drawn up by the authorized bodies for that purpose. ((2) The right of use by producers of designations of origin, for certain consignments of wine produced, shall be granted annually by issuing certificates of attestation of designations of origin, by the authorized bodies for that purpose, on the basis of checks carried out by specialists empowered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, in respect of compliance with the conditions imposed for the vine culture and the production of wines and on the basis of the control carried out by approved laboratories on the chemical and organoleptic characteristics of the wines. (3) The certificate of attestation of the designation of origin shall be compulsorily withdrawn by the competent control bodies for this purpose, whenever it is found, at the manufacturer or at the trader, that the wine in question, regardless of its stage of evolution, no longer corresponds to the quality conditions laid down for that name ((. The records of wine stocks with a designation of origin shall be kept by the producer, who shall be required to enter in a special register all supplies of wine, up to the limit of the quantity certified. + Article 26 The production with a view to the marketing of wines, special wines, wineries, other drinks on the basis of must and wine, as well as the vinegar of wine, can be made only by economic agents and by private producers, authorized by Ministry of Agriculture and Food, with the opinion of the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Industry and Trade + Section 4 Valorisation of wines and other wine products + Article 27 The marketing of wines and products on the basis of must and wine is made by economic agents and private producers, through wholesale trade and retail trade, under the law. + Article 28 Bulk product manufacturers and traders are required to keep track of them, according to the rules established by the present law enforcement regulation; they are exempt from keeping these records to producers who own a living area of up to at 0,1 ha. + Article 29 (1) The import and export of wines and other wine products shall be made in accordance with the regulations in force on foreign trade operations. ((2) The quality of wines and other beverages of imported must, wine and distillates must be proved by declarations of conformity, quality certificates, analysis bulletins issued by laboratories recognised in the country of origin, by which the manufacturer confirms that the product meets the guaranteed quality level. Confirmation of certification from the countries of origin of the products and the content of the labels shall be done through the care of importers Certificates shall contain, insofar as the Convention between States does not provide otherwise, recognising information-identification as: the manufacturer's mark, the name of the product, the main qualitative reference characteristics, the date of manufacture, the term of validity. Verification of compliance with qualitative conditions will be done by testing these products in approved laboratories or on the basis of mutual recognition with similar bodies in other countries, under the conditions provided by the recognized international norms and applied in Romania. (3) Wines and other drinks originating from must and wine, imported in bulk, shall be marketed as imported. (4) The wine products delivered for export will be accompanied by the documents provided in the regulations in force and in the contract of the parties. (5) The State shall ensure the protection of domestic wine production by establishing customs duties on the like products of import, including spirit, spirits and molasses, up to the maximum permitted by the international agreements and conventions to which the Romania is part. + Article 30 Wines and other drinks based on must and wine can be put into consumption in bottled or unbottled form (bulk). Bottling is mandatory in the case of grape juices, wines with a designation of origin, wineries, special wines, except the pelin. + Article 31 (1) Labelling is mandatory for all wines and drinks on the basis of must and wine, put into consumption in bottled form. (2) In the labelling system, mandatory or, as appropriate, optional indications are used, according to the specifications established by the regulations in force. ((3) The entry on labels of indications, marks or illustration, likely to create confusion over the origin, nature or category of the product is prohibited. + Chapter 3 Guidance and coordination of wine production + Article 32 In order to carry out the tasks related to the orientation of activities in the field of viticulture and winemaking, as well as for the guidance and technical technical control in the production of wine production, it is established and operated in The Ministry of Agriculture and Food: a) State Inspection for Vitivinicol Technical Control; b) National Office of Vine and Wine (O.N.V.V.); c) National Office of the Designations of Origin for Wines and Other Wine Products (O.N.D.O.V.). + Article 33 The State Inspection for Wine Technical Control ensures the supervision of the application of the provisions of the law in the production of grapes, wines and other wine products, including those with a designation of origin, following: a) compliance with the legislation on the establishment and deforestation of live plantations; b) compliance with the practices and treatments allowed in the production of wines and other wine products, carrying out analytical control of wines and beverages, in order to market them, through authorized laboratories; c) the exercise of technical control in all phases of the production of wines and other products with a designation of origin, as well as the issue of the documents necessary for the attestation of those products before marketing d) execution of technical expertise and analysis in the field of production of grapes, wines and other wine products. + Article 34 The National Office of Vine and Wine (O.N.V.V.) is a specialized body, with technical-scientific character, subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, having legal personality and the following object of activity: a) the foundation, based on studies and analyses, of the strategy that Romania develops in the field of viticulture and winemaking and participation in the establishment of the methodological framework for the activity in this sector, in accordance with the interests national and producer economy, as well as international regulations; b) the approval of the works of delimitation of wine-growing areas, the zoning of vine varieties, the establishment of wine types and other products on the basis of must and wine, authorized for production, including those with a designation of origin, as well as other works on the development of the wine sector; c) the approval of the technical rules concerning the establishment of the conditions for the cultivation of vines and the production of wines and other wine products with a designation of origin; d) initiating and supporting actions of wine propaganda, national and international profile events, as well as ensuring Romania's link with international specialized bodies. + Article 35 The National Office of Designations of Origin for Wines and Other Wine Products (O.N.D.O.V.) operates as specialized body of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, with legal personality, having the following object of activity: a) issue of the documents necessary for attesting the quality of wine products with the designation of origin and the control of compliance with their provisions, before marketing; b) initiating and carrying out actions for the protection of designations of origin of wine products, nationally and internationally. + Article 36 The tasks and the organization and functioning of the bodies referred to in art. 32-35 are established by the regulation implementing this law, which is approved by Government decision. + Chapter 4 Sanctions + Article 37 Violation of the provisions of this law attracts civil, contravention or criminal liability, as appropriate. + Article 38 The following facts are offences: a) deforestation of vineyards under conditions other than those established in art. 13, as well as the destruction or deterioration of pedo-and hydroameliorative facilities, which are punishable according to art. 217 of the Criminal Code; b) falsification or substitution of wines or drinks on the basis of must, wine and by-products of wine, as well as their sale, knowing that they are falsified or substituted, which are punishable according to art. 297 or, as appropriate, art. 313 of the Criminal Code. + Article 39 It constitutes contraventions the following facts, if not committed under such conditions that, according to the criminal law, to be considered crimes: a) the establishment of plantations of vineyards in the area of more than 0,1 ha of economic or family agent or the extension above this limit of existing ones, without planting authorization issued by the general directions for agriculture and food county, according to art. 10 10; b) the establishment of plantations of more than 0,1 ha or the extension above this limit of those existing with varieties other than those recommended and authorized, according to the provisions of art. 11 11 para. ((1); c) planting of hybrids directly producers in the vine areas or in the extravilan of the localities located outside the wine areas, according to the provisions of art. 11 11 para. ((2); d) the marketing of hybrid wines directly producers, under conditions other than those regulated by art. 17 17; e) the putting into consumption and marketing of wines and other products obtained from must and wine, which do not correspond to the qualitative and composition characteristics, established by the regulation of application of this law and by the standards in force, according to art. 20 20 and 21; f) the use of designations of origin in the marketing of wines and other wine products, without fulfilling the conditions established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food for their granting, according to the provisions of art. 25 25; g) the production, in order to sell, the special wines, the wineries, other drinks on the basis of must and wine, as well as the vinegar in the wine, without authorization issued according to the provisions of art. 26 26; h) non-compliance, by producers and traders of bulk products, of their rules of record, according to the provisions of art. 28 28; i) import and export of wines and other wine products, under conditions other than those provided in art. 29 29; j) the consumption of wines and beverages on the basis of must and wine, in bottled form, without complying with the provisions of art. 31. + Article 40 (1) Contraventions provided in art. 39 of this Law shall be sanctioned as follows: a) with a fine of 500,000 lei to 1,000,000 lei, those from lit. a), b), d), e) and h); b) with a fine from 1,000,000 lei to 2,000,000 lei, those from lit. f), g), i) and j); c) with a fine from 2,000,000 lei to 4,000,000 lei, the one from lit. c). (2) The contravention fines also apply to legal entities. + Article 41 The finding of contraventions and the application of the sanctions provided for in this Law shall be made by minutes concluded by persons specially empowered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health and Office for Consumer Protection, each in relation to their duties by their act of organization and functioning. + Article 42 The contraventions provided for in this Law are applicable to them Law no. 32/1968 establishing and sanctioning contraventions. + Chapter 5 Final provisions + Article 43 The definitions of the main terms used in this Law are contained in Annexes no. 1 1 and 2 which form an integral part of it. + Article 44 The conditions for territorial delimitation of wine-growing areas, those concerning the rules for the establishment, maintenance and deforestation of plantations, the conditions to be fulfilled by wines and products on the basis of must, wine and wine-by-products own direct human consumption, the conditions for the award of the designation of origin and those concerning the obtaining of wines in this category, the authorized technological practices and treatments, the rules for the realization, record and attestation of products wine, those relating to their marketing, and other measures, shall be established by the regulation implementing this law, prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, with the opinion of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Health, the Romanian Institute for Standardization and the Consumer Protection. The regulation is approved by Government decision. + Article 45 In order to know the evolution of the wine heritage and to establish measures for the orientation of viticulture, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food is authorized to organize the wine heritage census at 10-year intervals. + Article 46 It is exempted from the provisions of art. 10 10, 11, 13, 20 and 21 areas of vineyards and lots of grapes, as well as drinks used in experimental or didactic interest by the research, educational, variety test or product test units; will determine by the implementing regulation of this law. + Article 47 Depending on the level of inflation rate, the amount of contravention fines provided for in art. 40 is updated by Government decision. + Article 48 This law shall enter into force within 90 days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette of Romania. The same date shall be repealed: a) Law of the vineyard and wine no. 21/1971 ,, published in the Official Bulletin no. 156 156 of 17 December 1971; b) H.C.M. no. 1.167/1959 on the regime of sale to the state of grapes, wines and natural spirits, as amended, published in the Collection of Decisions and provisions of the Council of Ministers no. 41 41 of 21 October 1959; c) any other provisions contrary to this law. This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in the joint meeting of April 10, 1997, in compliance with the provisions of 74 74 para. ((1) and of art. 76 76 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT ION DIACONESCU SENATE PRESIDENT PETRE ROMAN + Annex 1 DEFINITIONS of the wine-growing and groups of varieties 1. The wine-growing area is the geographical area of the vine culture, including wine-growing regions, vineyards and wine-growing centres. 2. The wine region comprises a wide territory cultivated with vines, characterized by natural climatic and relief conditions relatively similar, as well as through production directions and close assortments. 3. Podgoria is a natural and traditional territorial unit, characterized by specific conditions of climate, soil and relief, by cultivated varieties, by the methods of culture and vinification processes used, which, as a whole, lead to obtaining some grape and wine productions with similar attributes. 4. The wine-growing centre is the territory which comprises the vine plantations of one or more localities, which makes or is not an integral part of a vineyard and which constitutes a territorial unit characterized by specific climate factors, soil and assortment, as well as similar agro-technical and technological conditions. The wine centre comprises a smaller area than the vineyard. 5. The wine-growing plant is the restricted territory within a wine center, which includes the plantations of vineyards located on the same form of relief. The natural factors, as well as the conditions of culture and technology that concern the wine plum are similar throughout the area cultivated with vines, determining the obtaining of products with specific quality attributes. 6. Recommended varieties are those that best capitalize on environmental conditions and highlight, in the highest degree, their qualitative and productive potential in the areas in which they are grown. The recommended varieties are mainly endorsed to the expansion in plantations. 7. Authorized varieties are those which, by their biological and technological attributes, highlight their qualitative and quantitative potential, in the conditions of their culture area. Authorised varieties may be extended in a complementary manner, together with those recommended. 8. Tolerated varieties are those in culture, but which behave less satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily in the conditions of those areas. As a result of this, the tolerated varieties cannot be promoted in the new plantations in the vineyard or the wine centre in which they have a mediocre or poor behaviour. 9. The prohibited varieties are those which, by their biological or technological attributes, adversely affect the quality of the wine products obtained in a vineyard or in a wine-growing centre. This category includes, first of all, hybrids directly manufacturers. + Annex 2 DEFINITIONS of musts, wines and other products derived from must and wine 1. Fresh grapes are the fruits of the vine, used in vinification, matured or in a certain stage of overripe, which can be crushed or pressed with ordinary means and which spontaneously enter into alcoholic fermentation. 2. The grape must is the liquid product obtained, by free leakage or by physical processes, from fresh grapes. The must shall be permitted to have an alcohol content of not more than 1% by volume. 3. The must-cut must be stopped to enter into alcoholic fermentation by applying an authorised process, the content of which in alcohol does not exceed 1% by volume. 4. The concentrated grape must is the uncaramelized product, obtained by partial dehydration of the fresh or cut must, carried out by an authorized method, other than that of heating on direct fire. It shall be obtained from wine grapes with a sugar concentration of at least 145 g/litre, containing at least 650 g/litre sugars and may have an alcohol content of not more than 1% by volume. 5. The rectified concentrated grape must is the product obtained by partial dehydration of the fresh must or of the cut must, carried out by an authorised method, other than that of heating on direct fire, which has undergone treatments authorized deacidification and removal of compounds other than sugar. It shall be obtained from wine grapes with a sugar concentration of at least 145 g/litre, containing at least 740 g/litre sugars and may have an alcohol content of not more than 1% by volume. 6. The grape juice is the non-fermented but fermentable liquid product obtained by the application of authorised treatments, grape must, or reconstitution, concentrated grape must or concentrated grape juice. Grape juice shall be allowed to have an alcohol content of not more than 1% by volume. 7. Mistel is the product obtained by alcoholization of grape must not entered in fermentation. It may have an acquired alcoholic strength of between 12 and 15% in volumes and the must used for obtaining it must have a sugar content of not less than 145 g/litre. Alcoholisation shall be made with ethyl alcohol or alcohol of wine-growing origin, with alcoholic strength of at least 96% by volume or/and wine distillate with an alcoholic strength of between 52 and 86% by volume. The mystery is mainly used as a raw material for the preparation of special wines. 8. Tulburelul is the perfect wine of alcoholic fermentation, unscathed by yeast, with a total alcoholic strength of at least 8.5% in volumes. He can be put into consumption by the end of the harvest year. 9. Wine is the drink obtained exclusively by alcoholic fermentation, complete or partial, of fresh grapes, crushed or unbreakable, or grape must. The actual alcoholic strength of the wine may not be less than 8,5% by volume. 10. The sparkling wine is the product containing exclusively endogenous carbon dioxide content, obtained by the secondary fermentation of the wine fit for consumption or by the natural fermentation of fresh grape must, which develops in the bottles in which is bottled, as a finished product, a pressure of at least 3.5 bar at the temperature of 20 degrees C. 11. The sparkling wine is the product containing carbon dioxide content of total or partially exogenous origin, obtained from wines suitable for consumption, which develop in the bottles in which it is bottled, as a finished product, a pressure of at least 2,5 bar at temperature of 20 degrees C. 12. The aromatised wine is the product obtained from wine or fresh must with the addition of concentrated must, flavoured substances extracted from plants admitted by health legislation, wine distillate, food alcohol, sugar, as well as other special wines. The proportion of the must, of natural or special wine, used in the preparation of wine, must be at least 70% of the finished product. 13. Licorous wine shall be the product which may be obtained from must or wine and its mixture with the addition of concentrated must, rectified concentrated must, wine distillate with an alcoholic strength of between 52 and 86% by volume, alcohol of origin wine-growing or food-grade alcohol rectified, with an alcoholic strength of 96% or more by volume, by weight, used separately or in a mixture. The grapes used as raw material for the production of liqueur wines shall have, when collected, a sugar content of not less than 204 g/litre. The actual alcoholic strength of liqueur wines shall be between 15 and 22% by volume and their content in sugars shall be at least 80 g/litre. Part of the finished alcoholic strength of the finished product, which may not be less than 4% by volume, must come from the partial or total fermentation of the original sugar of the grapes, musts or wines used. 14. Alcoholized wine is the product obtained from dry wine with the addition of wine distillate, which presents an alcoholic strength between 18 and 24% in volumes. 15. Wine is the alcoholic beverage obtained by the ageing of the wine distillate, in contact with oak wood, in the production of which authorized treatments and practices have been used and which has been brought to the alcoholic strength of marketing of at least 36% in volumes, depending on the assortment. 16. Wine vinegar is the product obtained by the acetic fermentation of the wine or the fermentable mixture, in which the wine intervenes at a minimum of 70% in volumes. The total acidity of the wine vinegar shall be at least 60 g/litre, expressed in acetic acid. 17. Alcohol of wine-growing origin is alcohol obtained exclusively by distillation and rectification, starting from wine, grape marc or wine yeast. 18. The grape fabric is the secondary product resulting from the pressing of fresh grapes or bostina, it can be fermented or unfermented (fresh). 19. Wine yeast is the warehouse formed in containers following the fermentation of the must, the storage of wine or the must and the application of authorized treatments on the musts and wines, as well as the separate one by filtering or centrifuging these products. 20. The acquired alcoholic strength (in volumes) represents the number of volumes in pure alcohol contained in 100 volumes of the product considered, at the temperature of 20 degrees C. 21. Potential alcoholic strength (in volumes) represents the number of volumes of pure alcohol that can be achieved by the total fermentation of sugars, contained in 100 volumes of the product considered, determined at the temperature of 20 degrees C. 22. The total alcoholic strength is the sum of the dobindite and potential alcoholic strength. 23. Natural alcoholic strength is the total alcoholic strength of the product considered before any enrichment. ------------