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The Wine Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
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SCHEDULE 1Relevant Community provisions
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PART 1Documents and Records
| Relevant Community provision | Subject matter |
|---|---|
(a) For the purposes of Article 11 of Regulation 1282/2001 the declaration must take into account the quantities held at 1st December in that year. | |
| Regulation 884/2001 | |
| Preparation of accompanying documents |
| Additional information following requirements of the enforcing authority |
| Requirement that the document may only be used for a single transport operation |
| Indication of the date on which transport commenced |
| Forwarding the consignment document to the competent authority |
| Records generally |
| Details of records |
| Time that records must be made |
| Time that accompanying documents and records must be kept |
Regulation 1493/99: Article 18 as read with | |
| Harvest declaration(a) |
| Production, etc. declaration(a) |
PART 2Description and Presentation
| Relevant Community provision | Subject matter |
|---|---|
(a) For the purposes of Article 16(1)(b)(ii) (use of the term “medium dry”) the figure of 18 grams per litre applies where the total acidity of the wine expressed as grams of tartaric acid per litre is not more than 10 grams per litre below its residual sugar content. | |
| Regulation 1493/99: | |
| Description and presentation of products |
| Sale, placing on the market and export of products |
| Use of a designation for wines with a geographical indication |
| Use of a protected designation |
| Compulsory particulars in labelling and sales descriptions |
| Optional particulars |
| Use of the term “wine” and “table wine” |
| Designations |
| Languages on the labelling |
| Codes (codes may not be used in accordance with the last paragraph) |
| Brand names |
| Placing on the market |
| Compulsory particulars for sparkling wine |
| Optional particulars for sparkling wine |
| Detailed rules relating to compulsory particulars for sparkling wine |
| Use of certain specific terms for sparkling wine |
| Languages that may be used for labelling sparkling wine |
| Presentation of sparkling wine |
| Contents of sparkling wine type bottles |
| More than one item of information for sparkling wine |
| Labelling a package for sparkling wine |
| Brand names for sparkling wine |
| Description of sparkling wine |
| Sales description of sparkling wine |
| Composite names of sparking wine |
| Marking the cork of sparkling wine |
| Regulation 753/2002: | |
| Presentation of compulsory particulars |
| Optional particulars must not be misleading or cause confusion |
| Prohibition on lead-based capsules or foil |
| Reservation of certain types of bottle |
| Particulars required for registers, accompanying documents and other documents |
| Labelling of Title II products |
| Compulsory particulars for Title II products |
| Optional particulars for Title II products |
| Labelling with a geographic indication |
| Use of name, address and occupation of those marketing the product |
| Definitions for residual sugar expressions |
| Indication of a vintage year |
| Indication of vine variety |
| Awards and medals |
| Protection of traditional terms |
| Criteria for use of name of enterprise |
| Criteria for use of geographical unit smaller than specified region |
| Indication of the region of bottling |
| General rules for labelling imported wine |
| Names of third countries |
| Imported wine with a geographical indication |
| Other particulars that may be included on the labelling of imported wine with a geographical indication |
| Particulars for imported liqueur wine, semi-sparkling wine, aerated semi-sparkling wine and sparkling wine |
| Compulsory particulars for liqueur wine, semi-sparkling wine and aerated semi-sparkling wine |
| Optional particulars for liqueur wines, semi-sparkling wines and aerated semi-sparkling wine |
| Rules for aerated sparkling wine |
| Indication of a geographical unit other than a specified region |
| Protection of traditional terms for sparkling wine; Criteria for use of geographical unit smaller than specified region for quality sparkling wine psr |
PART 3Production and Control of Planting
| Relevant Community provision | Subject matter |
|---|---|
(a) In accordance with Article 24(2) of Regulation 479/2008, the United Kingdom produces less than 50,000 hectolitres per wine year, and there is no classification under Article 24(1). Consequently, any variety (other than those specified in Article 24(1)(b)) that belongs to the species Vitis vinifera or comes from a cross between the species Vitis vinifera and other species of the genus Vitis is permitted. | |
| Regulation 423/2008: | |
| Prohibition on the use of table-grape varieties |
| Regulation 479/2008: | |
| Restrictions on the planting, re-planting and grafting of certain vine varieties |
| Requirement to grub-up vine varieties specified in Article 24(1)(b) |
| Restriction on production to specified varieties |
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| Use of the term “wine” |
| Use of the term “new wine still in fermentation” |
| Use of the term “liqueur wine” |
| Use of the term “sparkling wine” |
| Use of the term “quality sparkling wine” |
| Use of the term “quality aromatic sparkling wine” |
| Use of the term “aerated sparkling wine” |
| Use of the term “semi-sparkling wine” |
| Use of the term “aerated semi-sparkling wine” |
| Use of the term “grape must” |
| Use of the term “partially fermented grape must” |
| Use of the term “partially fermented grape must extracted from raisined grapes” |
| Use of the term “concentrated grape must” |
| Use of the term “rectified concentrated grape must” |
| Use of the term “wine from raisined grapes” |
| Use of the term “wine from overripe grapes” |
| Use of the term “wine vinegar” |
| Prohibition on marketing |
| Import requirements |
PART 4
Oenological Processes and Procedures, and Conditions for Release to the Market in Regulation 1493/99
| Relevant Community provision | Subject matter | |
|---|---|---|
| Regulation 1493/99 (each provision must be read in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 423/2008 in the second column): | Provision of Regulation 423/2008 relating to the provisions of Regulation 1493/99: | |
| Article 42 | Oenological practices and processes |
| Details of oenological practices and processes | |
| Article 5 and Annex IV Article 8 Article 9 Article 10 and Annex VI Article 11 and Annex VII Article 12 and Annex VIII | Permitted oenological practices for fresh grapes, etc. |
| Article 13 and Annex IX | Permitted oenological practices for grape must for the manufacture of rectified concentrated grape must |
| Article 7 and Annex V Article 8 Article 10 and Annex VI Article 11 and Annex VII Article 12 and Annex VIII Article 14 Article 15 Article 16 Article 17 and Annexes IV and X | Permitted oenological practices for grape must intended for wine production |
| Article 18 and Annex XI Article 19 and XII Article 20 Article 21 Article 22 and Annex XIII | Oenological practices for certain products |
| Article 23 and Annex XIV and XV | Sulphur dioxide content |
| Article 24 and Annex XVI | Volatile acid content in wine |
| Article 27 and Annex XVII | Enrichment limit (note: wine-growing zones are specified in Annex III of Regulation 1493/1999) |
| Article 26 | Permitted enrichment processes |
| Article 31 and Annex XVIII | Limits on acidification and deacidification |
| Article 35 Article 36 | Permitted sweetening methods and limits |
| Article 29 Article 30 Article 32 Article 33 and Annex XIX Article 35 | Permitted times for enrichment processes, acidification and deacidification |
| Article 28 | Production of sparkling wine (no rules have been established in England under paragraph H(4)) |
| Article 4 and Annex III Article 28 | Production of quality sparkling wine |
| Article 25 Article 37 Article 40 and Annex XX Article 41 and Annex XXI and XXI(B) Article 43 | Production of liqueur wine |
| Production of quality wine in a processing area | |
| Article 35 | Acidification, de-acidification and sweetening |
| Enrichment, acidification and deacidificaction | |
| Article 4 and Annex III Article 28 | Quality sparkling wine psr |
| Further provisions for liqueur wine | |
| Wine that may be offered or delivered for direct human consumption | |
| Restriction on the use of specified wine | |
| Use of grape must with fermentation arrested | |
| Use of grape juice | |
| Wine with low alcohol | |
| Use of wine lees or grape marc | |
| Use of piquette | |
| Wine fortified for distillation | |
| Grape must, etc., in fermentation | |
| Restriction on the use of products originating in third countries | |
| Article 46 | General rules relating to offer or disposal of certain products for direct human consumption |
Oenological Processes and Procedures, and Conditions for Release to the Market in Regulation 423/2008
| Relevant Community provision | Subject matter |
|---|---|
| Regulation 423/2008: | |
| Purity and identification of substances |
| Method of coupage |
| Wine produced before 1 August 2000 |
| Holding and movement of controlled wine sector products |
PART 5Vineyard Register
| Relevant Community provision | Subject matter |
|---|---|
| Regulation 2392/86: | |
| Information concerning the vineyard register |
PART 6Aromatized Wine
| Relevant Community provisions | Subject matter |
|---|---|
| Regulation 1601/91: | |
| Permitted oenological practices and processes |
| Restrictions on the use of descriptions |
| Restrictions on the description and sale of aromatized drinks |
| General rules relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of aromatized wine, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails |
| Export of aromatized wine, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails |
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