S.L. 436.5 Art. 16Harvest declarations.

(1) The claim to the denominations of origin and the geographic indications shall be affected annually by the grape-grower through the harvest declaration, in accordance with the form obtainable from the Unit.

(2) The declaration must be presented by the interested grape-grower to the Unit in two copies, one of which shall be an original. The Unit shall return the copy of the declaration with the necessary stamps and signatures as a receipt to the grape-grower who presents the declaration.

(3) Together with the procedure in subregulation (2), the Unit shall insert in the Vineyard Register the relative information acquired from the harvest declarations and the DOK or I{T certificates issued.

(4) To ensure that the data given by the grape-grower corresponds to the actual production the Unit must annually:

(i) determine the average unit production indicative of the DOK, based on the minimum natural alcoholic content of the grapes and on the climatic progress and of any other cultivation conditions; and

(ii) ascertain that the total production of grapes per hectare of the vineyards for the production of DOK is not more than that foreseen by the relative production protocol, taking into consideration any increases or decreases established on a yearly basis by the Director.

(5) The Unit shall control annually the respective maximum yield limits and the minimum natural alcoholic volume of each DOK and I{T.

(6) In regions where different denominations of origin coexist having the same ampelographic platform and in which the option referred to in regulation 8 may be exercised at harvest, the harvest declaration must be made in conformity with the modalities established by the production protocols.

(7) The surplus of wine produced corresponding to 20% of the maximum yield in wine as established in the production protocol cannot be used for the production of the relative DOK; but may be {T used for the production of I wines where the necessary conditions and requisites of the relative production protocols are respected. When the yield is higher than 20%, all the production loses the right to claim the denomination of origin.

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