Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91
Modified by
- Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 2 December 2021amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union, 32021R2117, December 6, 2021
Corrected by
- Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, 32014R0251R(01), April 8, 2014
(1) "sales denomination" means the name of any of the aromatised wine products laid down in this Regulation; (2) "description" means the list of the specific characteristics of an aromatised wine product. (3) "geographical indication" means an indication which identifies an aromatised wine product as originating in a region, a specific place, or a country, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristics of that product is essentially attributable to its geographical origin.
(a) aromatised wines; (b) aromatised wine-based drinks; (c) aromatised wine-product cocktails.
(a) obtained from one or more of the grapevine products defined in point 5 of Part IV of Annex II and in points 1 and 3 to 9 of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, with the exception of "Retsina" wine; (b) in which the grapevine products referred to in point (a) represent at least 75 % of the total volume; (c) to which alcohol may have been added; (d) to which colours may have been added; (e) to which grape must, partially fermented grape must or both may have been added; (f) which may have been sweetened; (g) which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 14,5 % vol. and less than 22 % vol. and a total alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 17,5 % vol.
(a) obtained from one or more of the grapevine products defined in points 1, 2 and 4 to 9 of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, with the exception of wines produced with the addition of alcohol and "Retsina" wine; (b) in which the grapevine products referred to in point (a) represent at least 50 % of the total volume; (c) to which no alcohol has been added, except where Annex II provides otherwise; (d) to which colours may have been added; (e) to which grape must, partially fermented grape must or both may have been added; (f) which may have been sweetened; (g) which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 4,5 % vol. and less than 14,5 % vol.
(a) obtained from one or more of the grapevine products defined in points 1, 2 and 4 to 11 of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, with the exception of wines produced with the addition of alcohol and "Retsina" wine; (b) in which the grapevine products referred to in point (a) represent at least 50 % of the total volume; (c) to which no alcohol has been added; (d) to which colours may have been added; (e) which may have been sweetened; (f) which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of more than 1,2 % vol. and less than 10 % vol.
(a) the nutrition declaration pursuant to Article 9(1), point (l), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011; and (b) the list of ingredients pursuant to Article 9(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
(a) no user data shall be collected or tracked; (b) the list of ingredients shall not be displayed with other information intended for sales or marketing purposes; and (c) the indication of the particulars referred to in Article 9(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 shall appear directly on the package or on a label attached thereto.
(a) the name to be protected; (b) the name and address of the applicant; (c) a product specification as referred to in paragraph 2; and (d) a single document summarising the product specification referred to in paragraph 2.
(a) the name to be protected; (b) a description of the product, in particular its principal analytical characteristics as well as an indication of its organoleptic characteristics; (c) where applicable, the particular production processes and specifications as well as the relevant restrictions on making the product; (d) the demarcation of the geographical area concerned; (e) the details bearing out the link referred to in point (3) of Article 2; (f) the applicable requirements laid down in Union or national law or, where provided for by Member States, by an organisation which manages the protected geographical indication, having regard to the fact that such requirements shall be objective, and non-discriminatory and compatible with Union law; (g) an indication of the main raw material from which the aromatised wine product is obtained; (h) the name and address of the authorities or bodies verifying compliance with the provisions of the product specification and their specific tasks.
(a) publish the single document and the product specification at least on the internet; and (b) forward to the Commission an application for protection containing the following information: (i) the name and address of the applicant; (ii) the product specification referred in Article 10(2); (iii) the single document referred to in Article 10(1)(d); (iv) a declaration by the Member State that it considers that the application lodged by the applicant meets the conditions required; and (v) the reference to the publication, as referred to in point (a).
(a) the existing situation in the Union, notably in areas of consumption; (b) the relevant Union or national law.
(a) any direct or indirect commercial use of a protected name: (i) by comparable products not complying with the product specification of the protected name; or (ii) in so far as such use exploits the reputation of a geographical indication;
(b) any misuse, imitation or evocation, even if the true origin of the product or service is indicated or if the protected name is translated, transcribed or transliterated or accompanied by an expression such as "style", "type", "method", "as produced in", "imitation", "flavour", "like" or similar; (c) any other false or misleading indication as to the provenance, origin, nature or essential qualities of the product, on the inner or outer packaging, advertising material or documents relating to the wine product concerned, and the packing of the product in a container liable to convey a false impression as to its origin; (d) any other practice liable to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product.
(a) the competent authority or authorities referred to in Article 22; or (b) one or more control bodies responsible for the verification within the meaning of point 5 of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 operating as a product certification body in accordance with the requirements laid down in Article 5 of that Regulation.
(a) one or more public authorities designated by the third country; or (b) one or more certification bodies.
(a) the technical files as provided for in Article 10(1); (b) the national decisions of approval.
(a) criteria for the demarcation of the geographical area; and (b) rules, restrictions and derogations related to the production in the demarcated geographical area.
(a) determine the cases in which a single producer may apply for the protection of a geographical indication; (b) determine the restrictions governing the type of applicant that may apply for the protection of a geographical indication; (c) establish the conditions to be followed in respect of an application for the protection of a geographical indication, scrutiny by the Commission, the objection procedure, and procedures for amendment and cancellation of geographical indications; (d) establish the conditions applicable to transborder applications; (e) set the date of submission of an application or a request; (f) set the date from which protection shall run; (g) establish the conditions under which an amendment is to be considered as minor as referred to in Article 24(2); (h) set the date on which an amendment shall enter into force; (i) establish the conditions relating to the applications for, and approval of, amendments to the product specification of a geographical indication protected under this Regulation, where such amendments do not involve any change to the single document referred to in point (d) of Article 10(1).
(a) the information to be provided in the product specification with regard to the link referred to in point (3) of Article 2 between the geographical area and the final product; (b) the means of making the decisions on protection or rejection referred to in Article 16 available to the public; (c) the submission of trans-border applications; (d) checks and verification to be carried out by the Member States, including testing.
(a) models for documents and the transmission format; (b) time limits; (c) the details of the facts, evidence and supporting documents to be submitted in support of the application or request.
(a) the nature and type of the information to be notified; (b) the methods of notification; (c) the rules related to the access rights to the information or information systems made available; (d) the conditions and means of publication of the information.
(a) rules on providing the information necessary for the application of this Article; (b) arrangements for the management of the information to be notified, as well as rules on content, form, timing, frequency and deadlines of the notifications; (c) arrangements for transmitting or making information and documents available to the Member States, the competent authorities in third countries, or the public.
(a) The following products are authorised for the flavouring of aromatised wines: (i) natural flavouring substances and/or flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008; (ii) flavourings as defined in Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008, which: are identical to vanillin, smell and/or taste of almonds, smell and/or taste of apricots, smell and/or taste of eggs; and
(iii) aromatic herbs and/or spices and/or flavouring foodstuffs; and (iv) spirit drinks in a quantity not exceeding 1 % of the overall volume.
(b) The following products are authorised for the flavouring of aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails: (i) flavouring substances and/or flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(b) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008; and (ii) aromatic herbs and/or spices and/or flavouring foodstuffs.
(a) semi-white sugar, white sugar, extra-white sugar, dextrose, fructose, glucose syrup, sugar solution, invert sugar solution, invert sugar syrup, as defined in Council Directive 2001/111/EC Council Directive 2001/111/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption (OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 53 ).(b) grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must, as defined in points 10, 13 and 14 of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; (c) burned sugar, which is the product obtained exclusively from the controlled heating of sucrose without bases, mineral acids or other chemical additives; (d) honey as defined in Council Directive 2001/110/EC Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey (OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 47 ).(e) carob syrup; (f) any other natural carbohydrate substances having a similar effect to those products.
(a) ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, as defined in Annex I, point 1, to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, including viticultural origin; (b) wine alcohol or dried grape alcohol; (c) wine distillate or dried grape distillate; (d) distillate of agricultural origin, as defined in Annex I, point 2, to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008; (e) wine spirit, as defined in Annex II, point 4, to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008; (f) grape-marc spirit, as defined in Annex II, point 6, to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008; (g) spirit drinks distilled from fermented dried grapes.
to prepare flavouring essence, to dissolve colorants and sweeteners, to adjust the final composition of the product.
to which alcohol may have been added; and whose characteristic taste has been obtained by the use of appropriate substances of Artemisia species.
"Quinquina wine", whose main flavouring is natural quinine flavouring, " Bitter vino ", whose main flavouring is natural gentian flavouring and which has been coloured with authorised yellow and/or red colour; the use of the word "bitter" in this connection is without prejudice to its use to define products which do not fall within the scope of this Regulation," Americano ", where the flavouring is due to the presence of natural flavouring substances derived from wormwood and gentian and which has been coloured with authorised yellow and/or red colours.
to which alcohol has been added, to which good-quality egg yolk or extracts thereof have been added, which has a sugar content expressed in terms of invert sugar of more than 200 grams, and in the preparation of which the minimum quantity of egg yolk used in the mixture is 10 grams per litre.
to which alcohol has been added, and whose characteristic taste has been obtained by the use of cloves and/or cinnamon.
to which alcohol has been added, which has actual alcoholic strength by volume not less than 7 % vol., which has been sweetened, which is obtained from white wine, to which dried grape distillate has been added, and which has been flavoured exclusively by cardamom extract;
to which alcohol has been added, which has actual alcoholic strength by volume not less than 7 % vol., which has been sweetened, which is obtained from red wine, and to which flavouring preparations obtained exclusively from spices, ginseng, nuts, citrus fruit essences and aromatic herbs, have been added.
which is obtained from wine, which is aromatised with the addition of natural citrus-fruit extracts or essences, with or without the juice of such fruit, to which spices may have been added, to which carbon dioxide may have been added, which has not been coloured, which have an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 4,5 % vol., and less than 12 % vol., and which may contain solid particles of citrus-fruit pulp or peel and its colour must come exclusively from the raw materials used.
which is obtained from " bitter vino " the content of which in the finished product must not be less than 50 % by volume,to which carbon dioxide or carbonated water has been added, and which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 8 % vol., and less than 10,5 % vol..
which is obtained by mixing wine, semi-sparkling wine or aerated semi-sparkling wine with sparkling wine or aerated sparkling wine, to which natural lemon substances or extracts thereof have been added, and which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 7 % vol..
which is obtained exclusively from red or white wine or both, which is flavoured mainly with cinnamon and/or cloves, and which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 7 % vol..
which is obtained exclusively from red or white wine, which is flavoured mainly with cinnamon and/or cloves, and which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 7 % vol..
which is obtained from wine in which Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. (Asperula odorata L.), plants or extracts thereof has been added so as to ensure a predominant taste ofGalium odoratum (L.) Scop. (Asperula odorata L.), andwhich has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 7 % vol..
which is obtained from white wine in which Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. (Asperula odorata L.) plants have been macerated or to which extracts thereof have been added with the addition of oranges and/or other fruits, possibly in the form of juice, concentrated or extracts, and with maximum 5 % sugar sweetening, andwhich has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 7 % vol..
which is obtained from red or white wine and specific mixture of herbs, which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 8,5 % vol., and which has a sugar content expressed as invert sugar of 45-50 grams per litre, and a total acidity of not less than 3 grams per litre expressed as tartaric acid.
which is obtained from white or red wine, sugar and dessert spices mixture, which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 9 % vol. and less than 12 % vol., and which has a sugar content expressed as invert sugar of 90-130 grams per litre and a total acidity of at least 2,5 grams per litre expressed as tartaric acid.
(a) which is obtained from wine and in which grapevine products represent at least 85 % of the total volume, (b) which has been flavoured exclusively with flavouring preparations obtained from herbs or spices or both, (c) which has not been coloured, (d) which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 7 %
in which the proportion of concentrated grape must does not exceed 10 % of the total volume of the finished product, which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume less than 7 % vol., and in which the sugar content, expressed as invert sugar, is less than 80 grams per litre.
which is obtained exclusively from grape must, which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume less than 4 % vol., and which contains carbon dioxide obtained exclusively from fermentation of the products used.
| Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 1 |
| Article 2(1) to (4) | Article 3 and Annex II |
| Article 2(5) | Article 6(1) |
| Article 2(6) | Article 6(2) |
| Article 2(7) | — |
| Article 3 | Article 4(1) and Annex I |
| Article 4(1) to (3) | Article 4(1) and Annex I |
| Article 4(4) | Article 4(3) |
| Article 5 | Article 4(2) |
| Article 6(1) | Article 5(1) and (2) |
| Article 6(2)(a) | Article 5(4) |
| Article 6(2)(b) | Article 20(1) |
| Article 6(3) | Article 5(5) |
| Article 6(4) | Article 9 |
| Article 7(1) and (3) | — |
| Article 7(2) | Article 5(3) |
| Article 8(1) | — |
| Article 8(2) | Article 5(1) and (2) |
| Article 8(3) | Article 6(3) |
| — | Article 7 |
| Article 8(4), first and second paragraphs | — |
| Article 8(4) third paragraph | Annex I, point 3, second paragraph |
| Article 8(4a) | — |
| Article 8(5) to (8) | Article 8 |
| Article 8(9) | — |
| Article 9(1) to (3) | Article 31 |
| Article 9(4) | Article 32 |
| Article 10 | Article 11 |
| Article 10a | Article 2, point 3, and Articles 10 to 30 |
| Article 11 | Article 1(3) |
| Articles 12 to 15 | Articles 33 and 34 |
| — | Article 35 |
| Article 16 | Article 36 |
| Article 17 | Article 37 |
| Annex I | Annex I(3)(a) |
| Annex II | — |