Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán is a spirit drink:
which has a predominant sloe taste and is obtained by the maceration of sloes ( Prunus spinosa ) in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, with the addition of natural extracts of anise and/or distillates of anise;
which has a minimum alcoholic strength by volume of 25 %;
for the production of which a minimum quantity of 125 grams of sloe fruits per litre of final product has been used;
which has sugar content, expressed as invert sugar between 80 and 250 grams per litre of the final product;
the organoleptic characteristics, colour and taste of which are provided exclusively by the fruit used and the anise.
The term ‘ Pacharán ’ may be used as a sales denomination only when the product is manufactured in Spain. When the product is manufactured outside Spain, ‘ Pacharán ’ may only be used to supplement the sales denomination ‘Sloe-aromatised spirit drink’, provided that it is accompanied by the words: ‘produced in …’, followed by the name of the F2... country of the manufacture.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Annex 2 category 37a omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 17(20)(g)(i)
[F3In the second paragraph, in relation to the United Kingdom, ‘country of the manufacture’ means the United Kingdom as a whole and does not mean England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales individually.]
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Annex 2 category 37a inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 17(20)(g)(ii)
Textual Amendments