Wine Law

14 European Commission announced that, in line with the practice of previous accesses, this list would be included after accession, so Croatia withdrew its request from its negotiating position 45 . 5.2. Commission delegated regulation After Croatia’s accession to the European Union on 1 July 2013, the European Commission first attempted to reach a negotiated solution between Croatia and Slovenia concerning the use of designation “Teran”. Croatia limited its request to use the name of the “Teran” grape variety to wines covered by the Protected Designation of Origin “Hrvatska Istra” 46 . Nevertheless, a compromise solution between Croatia and Slovenia was not reached 47 . The Commission finally used its powers in 2017 to adopt a solution to enable the PDOs and existing labelling practices to co-exist 48 . Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 49 added the name of the variety “Teran” to the list of grape varieties that contain or consist of a PDO or a PGI but may, by way of derogation, appear on wine labels 50 . The exception to use the designation of the grape variety “Teran” was allowed only for the Croatian PDO “Hrvatska Istra”. However, due to Slovenia's concerns over the alleged risk of consumers being misled and to find a solution that might satisfy all the producers concerned, the Commission specified that the name of the “Teran” variety may appear in the labelling of products covered by the PDO “Hrvatska Istra” on condition that inscriptions “Hrvatska Istra” and “Teran” appear in the same visual field and that the font size of the name “Teran” is smaller than that of the words “Hrvatska Istra” 51 . 45 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353, recital 2. 46 File number PDO-HR-A1652. 47 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353, recital 4. 48 Ibid ., recital 3. 49 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 of 19 May 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 as regards the wine grape varieties and their synonyms that may appear on wine labels, C/2017/3398, OJ L 190, 21.7.2017, pp. 5-6. 50 Annex XV to Commission regulation (EC) No 607/2009 of 14 July 2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products, OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, pp. 60-139. Now replaced by Annex IV to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33. 51 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353, recital 6. Footnote to row 55 of Part A of Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 as amended by the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353.