Subsection 5: Alcoholic beverages

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R412-21

Article R412-21

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Updated 7 Nov 2023

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 :

1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7,9 to 18,21,22,29,36,38,45 and 48 of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications relating to spirit drinks, and the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages ;

2° The provisions of Articles 1, 2,8 to 11,15,18,28 to 35,38,47 and 48 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the vineyard planting authorisation scheme, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the entry/exit register, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication of notified information ;

3° The provisions of Articles 1, 13 to 25 and 35 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the vineyard planting authorisation scheme, certification, the entry and exit register, compulsory declarations and notifications, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards related controls;

4° a) The provisions of Articles 1, 40 to 58 and Annexes I to VII of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 of 17 October 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards applications for the protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional expressions in the wine sector, the objection procedure, restrictions on use, amendments to the product specification, cancellation of protection, labelling and presentation ;

b) The provisions of Article 14 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 of 17 October 2018 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards applications for the protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional expressions in the wine sector, the objection procedure, amendments to the product specification, the register of protected names, the cancellation of protection and the use of symbols, and Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an appropriate control system ;

5° The provisions of Articles 1 to 14 and Annexes I to III of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 of 12 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards wine-growing zones where the alcoholic strength may be increased, authorised oenological practices and restrictions applicable to the production and conservation of vine products, the minimum percentage of alcohol for by-products and their disposal, and the publication of OIV sheets ;

6° The provisions of Articles 78,80,81,82,90,92,93,103,112,113,117 to 121,147,223 and Annexes VII and VIII of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013, as amended, on the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products for the products defined in Part XII of Annex I to that Regulation;

7° The provisions of Articles 1 to 8 and Article 20 of 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 aromatized wine products and its annexes.

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