The special provisions relating to the quality wines produced in specified regions, hereinafter called 'quality wines psr', were laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 823/87(4). Those provisions have been amended so as to establish precise rules
for the use of names of specified regions in the description of quality wines psr, including quality sparkling wines psr. In accordance with those rules, only the geographical name of a wine-growing area which produces wine possessing
special quality characteristics may be used to designate a quality sparkling wine psr.
