The Wine Regulations 2011

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

(a) references to EU instruments are references to those instruments as amended from time to time;

(b) terms used in the European Regulations have the same meaning as in those Regulations.

(2) In these Regulations—

“authorised officer” means a person appointed by an enforcement authority for the purposes of these Regulations,

“the European Regulations” means—

(a)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails(1),

(b)

the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)(2) amended or inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 491/2009(3),

(c)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine as regards support programmes, trade with third countries, production potential and on controls in the wine sector(4),

(d)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the vineyard register, compulsory declarations and the gathering of information to monitor the wine market, the documents accompanying consignments of wine products and the wine sector registers to be kept(5),

(e)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the applicable restrictions(6), and

(f)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products(7);

“premises” includes any land or vehicle; and

“wine sector product” means a product mentioned in Annex XIb to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation).

(1)

OJ No L 149, 14.6.1991, p1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 (OJ No L 354, 31.12.2008, p34).

(2)

OJ No L 299, 16.11.2007, p1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 1234/2010 (OJ No L 346, 30.12.2010, p11). The provisions relating to wine were inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 491/2009 (OJ No L 154, 17.6.2009, p1).

(3)

OJ No L 154, 17.6.2009, p1.

(4)

OJ No L 170, 30.6.2008, p1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 772/2010 (OJ No L 232, 2.9.2010, p1).

(5)

OJ No L 128, 27.5.2009, p15, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 173/2011 (OJ No L 49, 24.2.2011, p16).

(6)

OJ No L 193, 24.7.2009, p1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 53/2011 (OJ No L 19, 22.1.2011, p1).

(7)

OJ No L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 60, as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 670/2011 (OJ No L 183, 13.7.2011, p6).