
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 423/2008 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. The first subparagraph of Article 44(1) is amended as follows:

((a)) the following sentence is added to point (c):
'However, where the oenological practice or process authorised for experimental purposes is an oenological practice already recommended and published by the OIV, the products obtained may be marketed throughout the Community.';
((b)) the following point (e) is added:
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((e)) the practices or processes concerned shall be entered on the accompanying document referred to in Article 70(1) and in the register referred to in Article 70(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.'
2.. Annexes XIV and XVI are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 7 October 2008.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 423/2008 are amended as follows:

1.. The following seventh indent is added to point (b) of Annex XIV:
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— white quality wines psr entitled to bear the designation of origin “Douro” followed by the term “colheita tardia”;'
2.. Annex XVI is amended as follows:

((a)) Points (i) and (ii) under point (f) are replaced by the following:
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((i)) 25 milliequivalents per litre for:

— quality wines psr meeting the requirements to be described as “vendimia tardía”,
— sweet white or rosé quality wines psr produced from overripe grapes entitled to bear the designation of origin “Rioja”;
((ii)) 35 milliequivalents per litre for:

— the quality wines psr produced from overripe grapes entitled to bear the designation of origin “Ribeiro”,
— the quality liqueur wines psr described by the term “generoso” or “generoso de licor” and entitled to bear the designation of origin “Condado de Huelva”, “Jerez-Xerez-Sherry”, “Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda”, “Málaga” or “Montilla-Moriles”,
— the sweet quality wines psr and quality liqueur wines psr entitled to bear the designation of origin “Málaga”;'
((b)) the following point (p) is added:
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((p)) for Portuguese wines:
30 milliequivalents per litre for white quality wines psr entitled to bear the designation of origin “Douro” followed by the term “colheita tardia”, where the total alcoholic strength by volume is not less than 16 % vol. and the residual sugar content is at least 80 g/l.'
