S.L. 436.7 Art. 4Certification of wines.

(1) Certification shall be awarded by the Unit following an official request, made in writing, from the wine producer concerned as prescribed in article 17(8) of the Denomination Regulations and after the Unit has carried out the necessary technical and administrative checks to verify that the wines produced conform to the relevant protocol.

(2) An ad hoc board will be set up by the Unit to process the results of the chemical-physical and organoleptic analysis prescribed by regulations 13 and 17 of the Denomination Regulations and to certify that the characteristics correspond to those described in the respective production protocols. In the case of appeals as prescribed by regulation 17(6) of the Denomination Regulations the board shall include a representative of the appealing party.

(3) Wines shall only be certified as "MALTA" D.O.K. wines if the protocol in Schedule I is fully respected.

(4) Wines shall only be certified as "GOZO" D.O.K. wines if the protocol in Schedule II is fully respected.