EU: Updates to wine labelling regulations

 

Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 amended certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, in relation to the presentation and labelling of grapevine products.  The Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts to lay down rules for the indication and designation of ingredients for grapevine products, on the presentation and use of labelling particulars and on the conditions to be followed in respect of an application for the protection of a designation of origin or geographical indication.

One of such delegated acts, the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 as regards applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector, the objection procedure, restrictions of use, amendments to product specifications, cancellation of protection, and labelling and presentation is now being amended.

The amendments concern issues such as:

• the derogation for the date of minimum durability to appear in the same field of vision on the container of grapevines products;
• the rules on the indication of the list of ingredients for grapevine products;
• the conditions of use of certain terms;
• provision on the presentation of sparkling wines.

Moreover, it provides for an amendment to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273, concerning the content of the single accompanying document for the import of wine products (the ‘VI-1 document’), as referred to in Article 20, and the content of the extract (the ‘VI-2 extract’), to fulfil the obligation of bearing the list of ingredients.

The full text of the amendments is available HERE.

To find out more about the EU wine regulations, please contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.