S.L. 436.6 ст. 4Certification of wines. Article 1 - 1.1 The the wines that 1.2 The "OF THE Article 2 - 2.1 The typologies of (a) (b) (c) (d) 2.2 The "Novello", "Liqueur applicable, as Article 3 - 3. The ISLANDS" harbour area The harbour Article 4 - 4.1 The harvested in Red, White and varieties listed Regulations, 4

(1) Certification shall be awarded by the Unit following an official request, made in writing, from the wine producer concerned 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) Wines shall only be certified as "MALTESE ISLANDS" I.{.T. wines if the protocol in Schedule I is fully respected. Schedule I

Production Protocol of the "Maltese Islands" I.{.T. Wines Geographical Indication. geographic indication (GI) "MALTESE ISLANDS" shall be reserved to satisfy all the conditions specified in this protocol. geographic indication "MALTESE ISLANDS" may be substituted by MALTESE ISLANDS". Oenological Typologies.

geographical indication shall be reserved only for the following wine:

Red; White; Rosé; Varietal: with a specification of a variety listed in article 4. typologies of article 2.1 may be complemented with the specification: "Frizzante", "Semi-Sparkling" or "Aerated Semi-Sparkling", and Wine", under the conditions established in this protocol and, where defined in Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) 1493/99. Demarcation of the region of grape production.

delimitation of the production region of grapes for I.{.T. "MALTESE shall be the whole region of the Maltese Islands with the exclusion of the in the Island of Malta as detailed in the scaled map attached as Annex I. area is defined in Annex III. Ampelographic scope. "MALTESE ISLANDS" I.{.T. wines shall be produced from grapes the region described in article 3. The "MALTESE ISLANDS" I.{.T. Rosé wine typologies may be obtained from one or more of the grape in the Classification of Vine Varieties (Production of Wine Grapes) 2006 - Legal Notice 188 of 2006. mono-varietal mention may be used if the said wine contains a minimum grape variety to be mentioned. The remaining 15% may be derived from grapes having the same I.{.T. typology. Method of cultivation. environmental and cultivation methods in vineyards used for the wines listed in article 2 must be according to the traditional practices demarcated region described in article 3. Yield limits of finished wine ready for consumption. maximum production of wine per hectare allowed for the production of ISLANDS" I.{.T. wines in hl/ha of selected vineyards is as follows: 125 hl/ha for all varieties used in the White and Rosé typologies with or without a mono-varietal mention; 120 hl/ha for all varieties used in the Red typologies with or without a mono-varietal mention. Director may establish a maximum limit of production which may be superior or inferior to that fixed in this production protocol, on the Wine Regulation Board and the interested producers’ organisations, year, before the harvest, taking into account the climatic conditions. Article 7 - Vinification Protocols. Region of vinification

7.1 Vinification operations, ageing, and bottling and ageing in bottles carried out within the territory of the region of production referred to

7.2 For the production of "MALTESE ISLANDS" I.{.T. wines in the above operations may also be carried out in the following regions proximity: