Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2013 of 25 July 2013 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks
Modified by
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1239/2014of 19 November 2014amending Regulation (EU) No 716/2013 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks, 32014R1239, November 20, 2014
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1235of 12 May 2021supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council with rules concerning applications for registration of geographical indications of spirit drinks, amendments to product specifications, cancellation of the registration and the register, 32021R1235, July 29, 2021
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2013of 25 July 2013laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks CHAPTER ISUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1Subject matterThis Regulation lays down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards in particular:(a)the use of compound terms and allusions as referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 in the description, presentation and labelling of a foodstuff;(b)the geographical indications of the spirit drinks referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 and the use of a Union symbol for the geographical indications of spirit drinks.
Article 2DefinitionsFor the purpose of this Regulation:(a)"spirit drink category" means one of the categories 1 to 46 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008;(b)"geographical indication" means one of the geographical indications registered in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008;(c)"compound term" means the combination of a term listed in categories 1 to 46 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 or a geographical indication of a spirit drink, from which all the alcohol of the final product originates, with:(i)the name of one or more foodstuffs other than those used for the production of that spirit drink in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, or adjectives deriving from those names; and/or(ii)the term "liqueur";(d)"allusion" means the direct or indirect reference to one or more spirit drink categories or geographical indications, other than the reference in a compound term or list of ingredients referred to in Article 9(9) of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008.
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