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Decree of March 18, 1998 relating to the controlled labels of origin “Crépy” and “Seyssel” - J.O n° 67 of March 20, 1998
Art 1st. -
Only will be entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Crépy” the white wines which, answering the conditions hereafter, were collected on the territory of the following communes of the department of Haute-Savoie: Ballaison, Douvaine, Loisin, except for the pieces which, by their exposure, their altitude or the nature of the ground, would not be ready to produce wines of quality. The experts appointed by the management committee of the national Institute of the labels of origin will delimit the surface of production thus defined and the plans establish by their care, after approval by the national Institute, will be deposited in the town halls of the common interested parties.
Art 2. -
The wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Crépy” will have to come from following type of vines: Russet-red and green chasselas.
Art 3. -
(Replaced, D. October 1, 1985) - to be entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Crépy”, the wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 9%. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 136 grams per liter of must. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment by dry sugaring is granted, the wines should not exceed a total voluminal alcoholometric title of 12%, under penalty of losing the right to name considered. However, the benefit of name referred to above can be granted to the wines of a total voluminal title alcoholometric higher than the limit referred to above and worked out without any enrichment, if the informant justifies of a certificate issued by the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies after investigation carried out into his request presented before the vintage of the vines concerned. The notifications of the exemptions aimed to the preceding subparagraph must be addressed to the local services of the Directorate-General of the taxes and the Management of the consumption and the repression of the frauds. The limits aimed to the subparagraphs above can be modified when the climatic conditions justify it by joint decree of the Minister for agriculture and the minister in charge with the budget and consumption, on proposal of the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies, after opinion of the interested producers' associations.
Art 4. -
(Modified, D. August 26, 1982, Replaced, D. March 18, 1998) - with the controlled label of origin “Crépy” only the wines can claim answering the conditions of the decree n° 93-1067 of September 10, 1993 relating to the producing output of the vineyards of the wines with controlled label of origin. The basic output aimed to the article 1st of this decree is fixed at 62 hectolitres at the hectare. The output stop aimed to article 4 of this decree is fixed at 72 hectolitres at the hectare. The benefit of the controlled label of origin, can be granted to the wines coming from the young vines only as from the third year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.
Art 5. -
(Modified, D. August 27, 1986) - to be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Crépy”, the wines must come from vines having a minimal density of 8.000 feet at the hectare and be led in the short face, either out of goblet, or in range, or in cord of royat, carrying four coursons to the maximum, cut in two eyes in addition to the bourillon.
Art 6. -
The wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Crépy” will have to come from grapes collected with good maturity and vinified in accordance with the local practice. They will profit from all the oenological processes currently authorized by the laws and payments in force other than the concentration which is prohibited.
Art 7. -
The wines for which, under the present decree, the appellation contrôlée will be asserted “Crépy” could not be declared after harvest, be offered to the public, be dispatched, put on sale or be 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.
Art 8. -
The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Crépy”, 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 art, labels of origin (L. August 1, 1905 1st and 2; L. May 6, 1919, art 8; D. August 19, 1921, art 13), without damage of the sanctions of a tax nature, if it is necessary. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19480429_20102/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Crepy_-_1998.doc