International Code of Oenological Practices
ANNEX
MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE LIMITS
Product Amount used in Residue in the wine Source (*)
the treatment
Acidity Lactic acids, L(-) Code
or DL malic acid
and L(+) tartaric
and citric acids
can be only be
added to musts
under condition
that the initial
acidity content
is not raised by
more than 54
meq/l (i.e. 4 g/l
expressed in
tartaric acid),
Ammonium 0.3 g/l Code
Sulphate
Arsenic 0.2 mg/l Compendium
Ascorbic acid 250 mg/l 300 mg/l Code
Boron 80 mg/l (expressed Compendium
as boric acid)
Bromide 1 mg/l (limit Compendium
exceeded
exceptionally in
wines coming from
certain vineyards
with brackish
subsoil)
Cadmium 0.01 mg/l Compendium
Calcium tartrate 200 g/l Code
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Product Amount used in Residue in the wine Source (*)
the treatment
Carbon 100 g/hl Code
Citric acid 1 g/l Compendium
Copper 1 mg/l Compendium
(Oeno 434-
2011) 2 mg/l for liqueur
wines produced from
unfermented or
slightly fermented
grape must
Copper 1 g/hl Code
sulphate
Diammonium 0.3 g/l Code
phosphate
Diethylene 10 mg/l, to the Compendium
glycol quantification limit.
Ethanediol/ 10 mg/l Compendium
Ethylene glycol
Fluoride 1 mg/l except for Compendium
vineyards treated
with cryolite in
accordance with the
national law; in this
case the fluoride
content shall not
exceed 3 mg/l
Gum arabic 0.3 g/l Code
Lysozyme 500 mg/l Code
Malvidin 15 mg/l (determined Compendium
diglucoside by the quantitative
method described in
the Collection)
Lead 0.15 mg/l (starting Compendium
from the 2007
harvest year)
Metatartaric 10 g/hl Code
acid
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Product Amount used in Residue in the wine Source (*)
the treatment
Methanol 400 mg/l for wines Compendium
Oeno 19/04 rouges
250 mg/l for white Recueil
wines and rosés
Natamycine 5 µg/L1 Compendium
Oeno 461-
2012)
Copolymer < 500 g/hl Vinylpyrrolidone < 10 µg/l Code
PVI/PVP Vinylimidazole < 10 µg/l
Pyrrolidone < 25 µg/l
Imidazole < 150 µg/l
Polyvinylpoly- 80 g/hl Code
pyrrolidone
Propane-1,2- Still wines: 150 mg/l Compendium
diol Sparkling wines: 300
Propylene mg/l
glycol
Silver 1 g/HL <0.1 mg/L (silver) Code
Chloride
(Oeno 145-
2009)
Sodium in 80 mg/l Compendium
excess
Sorbic acid 200 mg/l Code
Sulphates 1 g/l (expressed as Compendium
potassium sulphate)
1.5 g/l for wines aged Compendium
in casks for at least 2
years, for sweetened
wines, for wines
obtained by addition of
alcohol or spirit to
musts or to wines.
2 g/l for wines with Compendium
added concentrated
musts, for naturally
sweet wines
2.5 g/l for film or flor Compendium
wines
Product Amount used in Residue in the wine Source (*)
the treatment
19 As there is lack of a reliable interlaboratory estimate of the critical level, a
decision limit of 5 µg/l is temporarily adopted until a reliable interlaboratory
estimate or other robust indicators of the critical level can be obtained
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2 g/l for wines with Compendium
added concentrated
musts, for naturally
sweet wines
2.5 g/l for film or flor Compendium
wines
Product Amount used in Residue in the wine Source (*)
the treatment
Sulphur 150 mg/l for red wines Compendium
dioxide (total) containing at the most
4 g/l of reducing
substances
Sulphur 200 mg/l for white Compendium
dioxide (total) wines and rosés
containing at the most
4 g/l reducing
substances
300 mg/l: red wines, Compendium
rosés and whites
containing more than 4
g/l of reducing
substances
400 mg/l: exceptionally Compendium
in certain sweet white
wines
Volatile 20 milliequivalents/l i.e. Compendium
acidity 1.2 g/l (expressed as
acetic acid). The
volatile acidity of some
old wines of particular
elaboration (wines
subject to a particular
legislation and
monitored by the
government) can
exceed this limit.
Yeast ghosts 40 g/hl Code
Zinc 5 mg/l Compendium
(*) These limits are fixed in the International Code of
Oenological Practices (Code) or in the Recueil of International
Methods of Analysis for Wines and Musts (Recueil).
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