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Art 1st -
Only are entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Pale of Languedoc”, followed or not name of the commune of origin, the white wines and liqueur wines which, answering the conditions hereafter, were collected on the territories of the following communes of the department of Herault. Adissan, Aspiran, Bosc, Cabrières, Ceyras, Fontès, Lieuran-Cabrières, Nizas, Paulhan, Péret, Saint-Andre-of-Sangonis, except for the grounds which, by the nature of their ground, are unsuitable producing the wine of name. The limits of the surface of production thus defined will be deferred on the cadrastal maps of these communes by the experts appointed by the management committee of the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies and the plans establish by their care will be, after approval of the national Institute of the labels of origin, deposited in the town halls of the common interested parties.
Art 2. The wines and liqueur wines being entitled to Pale name the “of Languedoc”, followed or not name of the commune of origin, will have to come from type of vine pale other than all others.
Art 3. -
(Modified, D. August 30, 1972). - The wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Pale of Languedoc” followed or not name of the commune of origin, will have to come from musts at least containing 204 grams of natural sugar per liter and to present, after fermentation, a minimum alcoholic strength of actual alcoholic strength 12°. The qualifier “rancio” could be assistant in the name of the label of origin for the wines at least titrating 14° actual alcoholic strength, subject to the other conditions envisaged in article 6. The liqueur wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Pale of Languedoc”, followed or not name of the commune of origin, will have to come from musts at least containing 221 grams of natural sugar per liter. The liqueur wines will be obtained by a contribution in the course of fermentation of 5% at least and 8% to the maximum of alcohol titrating at least 90° and giving to the made wines a richness minimum of actual alcoholic strength 17°, the sugar content residual not having to be lower than 9 grams per liter nor to exceed 40 grams per liter.
Art 4. -
(Modified, D. November 15, 1983). - The appellation contrôlée “Pale of Languedoc”, followed or not name of the commune of origin, will be granted only within the limit of 50 hl per hectare of vine in production. (Al 2, 3, 4 repealed D. n° 74.872 of October 19.) [These provisions were supplemented by decree 93-1067 of September 10, 1993] (D. 87/854 of October 22, 1987) - the benefit of name can be granted to the wines coming from young vines only as from the second year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.]
Art 5. -
The vines producing the wine being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Pale of Languedoc” followed or not name of the commune of origin, will have to be led out of goblets or range and to be cut in two eyes to the maximum in addition to the bourillon.
Art 6. -
The wines and liqueur wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Pale of Languedoc”, followed or not name of the commune of origin, will have to come from collected grapes with good maturity. They could be either dry, or slightly marrowy; their color will have yellow clearly to be gilded or slightly greenish, but nonbrown. The wines for which the denomination “rancio” will be associated with the label of origin will have to come from collected grapes with surmaturity. They will have to be very clearly madérisés following a natural ageing and could be delivered to consumption only after one minimum time three years of conservation. The conditions of color previously quoted could not apply to these last wines. All operations of enrichment or concentration, others that the mutage for the liqueur wines under the conditions noted above, even practised within the limit of the legal regulations, are prohibited.
Art 7. -
The wines and liqueur wines for which, under the present decree, will be asserted the appellation contrôlée “Pale of Languedoc”, followed or not name of the commune of origin, could not be declared after harvest, be offered to the consumers, be dispatched, put on sale or sold, without in the declaration of harvest, the advertisements, on the leaflets, labels, invoices, containers unspecified, the label of origin referred to above being accompanied by the mention “Appellation contrôlée” in very apparent characters. The wines and liqueur wines could not be put in circulation with the appellation contrôlée “Pale of Languedoc” without a certificate issued by an inspection board indicated by the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies after opinion of the trade union of defense most representative of name. This commission will examine whether the wine or the liqueur wine answers the conditions fixed by the regulation in force and in particular by this decree. Its reasoned opinion will be transmitted to interested and the indirect tax authorities. Rules of procedure, approved by the national Institute of the labels of origin will determine the procedure to be followed for the delivery of the certificate. [These provisions were supplemented by the decree n° 74.871 of October 19.]
Art 8. The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine or a liqueur wine is entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Pale of Languedoc”, followed or not name of the commune of origin, whereas it does not answer all the conditions fixed by this decree, will be continued in accordance with the general legislation on the frauds and the protection of the labels of origin (art 1 and 2 of the law of August 1, 1905, art 8 of the law of May 6, 1919, art 13 of the decree of August 19, 1921 supplemented by the decree of September 30, 1949), without damage of the sanctions of a tax nature if it is necessary.
Art 9. -
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