- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As adopted by EU)
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 aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91
When the UK left the EU, legislation.gov.uk published EU legislation that had been published by the EU up to IP completion day (31 December 2020 11.00 p.m.). On legislation.gov.uk, these items of legislation are kept up-to-date with any amendments made by the UK since then.
Legislation.gov.uk publishes the UK version. EUR-Lex publishes the EU version. The EU Exit Web Archive holds a snapshot of EUR-Lex’s version from IP completion day (31 December 2020 11.00 p.m.).
There are currently no known outstanding effects by UK legislation for Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council, CHAPTER IV.![]()
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.
F11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.The [F2Secretary of State may make regulations] concerning administrative and physical checks to be conducted F3... with regard to the respect of obligations resulting from the application of [F4Chapter 2 of] this Regulation.
F5...
[F6The Secretary of State may make regulations concerning the administrative and physical checks to be conducted with regard to the respect of obligations resulting from the application of Chapter 3 of this Regulation.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 31(1) 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), 21(31)(a)
F2Words in Art. 31(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(31)(b)(i)(aa)
F3Words in Art. 31(2) 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), 21(31)(b)(i)(bb)
F4Words in Art. 31(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(31)(b)(i)(cc)
F5Words in Art. 31(2) 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), 21(31)(b)(ii)
F6Words in Art. 31(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(31)(b)(iii)
1.[F7The specified authorities in Great Britain] shall notify each other of any information necessary for the application of this Regulation and for complying with the international obligations concerning the aromatised wine products. That information may, where appropriate, be transmitted or made available to the competent authorities of [F8Northern Ireland and] third countries and may be made public.
2.In order to make the notifications referred to in paragraph 1 fast, efficient, accurate, and cost effective, the [F9Secretary of State may make regulations laying] down:
(a)the nature and type of the information to be notified;
(b)the methods of notification;
(c)the rules related to the access rights to the information or information systems made available;
(d)the conditions and means of publication of the information.
3.[F10The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make]:
(a)rules on providing the information necessary for the application of this Article;
(b)arrangements for the management of the information to be notified, as well as rules on content, form, timing, frequency and deadlines of the notifications;
(c)arrangements for transmitting or making information and documents available to the [F11specified authorities in Great Britain, authorities in Northern Ireland and] in third countries, or the public.
F12...
[F134.The specified authorities in Great Britain for the purpose of this article are:
(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(b)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(c)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.]
Textual Amendments
F7Words in Art. 32(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(32)(a)(i)
F8Words in Art. 32(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(32)(a)(ii)
F9Words in Art. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(32)(b)
F10Words in Art. 32(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(32)(c)(i)(aa)
F11Words in Art. 32(3)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(32)(c)(i)(bb)
F12Words in Art. 32(3) 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), 21(32)(c)(ii)
1.Any power to make regulations conferred on the Secretary of State by this Regulation is exercisable by statutory instrument.
2.Such regulations may:
(a)contain supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision (including provision amending, repealing or revoking an enactment);
(b)make different provision for different purposes.
3.Except as specified in paragraph 4, a statutory instrument containing regulations under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
4.A statutory instrument containing regulations under Article 4(2), 19d(4), 28 or 32(2) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
5.The Secretary of State may not make regulations under Article 4(2) or (3), the first subparagraph of Article 31(2) or Article 32(2) or (3) (‘the relevant powers’) without the consent of:
(a)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.
6.Where either of the parties mentioned in point (a) or (b) of paragraph 5 requests the Secretary of State to make regulations under any of the relevant powers, the Secretary of State must have regard to that request.
7.In this Article, ‘enactment’ means the following legislation whenever passed or made:
(a)an enactment contained in any Order in Council, order, rules, regulations or other instrument made under an Act, except to the extent that it extends to Northern Ireland;
(b)regulations made under [F15assimilated direct principal] legislation, except to the extent that they extend to Northern Ireland;
(c)[F16assimilated direct minor] legislation, except to the extent that it extends to Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F14Art. 33 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), reg. 1(7), Sch. 4 Pt. 6 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1661, regs. 1(2)(b), 16(9)(c))
F15Words in Art. 33(7)(b) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 108(4)
F16Words in Art. 33(7)(c) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 108(5)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F17Art. 34 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), 21(34)
Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 is hereby repealed as from 28 March 2015.
References made to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
F181.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.Aromatised wine products not meeting the requirements of this Regulation but which [F19were] produced in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 [F20as it had effect in Great Britain immediately] prior to [X128 March 2015] may be placed on the market until stocks are exhausted.
3.Aromatised wine products which comply with Articles 1 to 6 F21... of this Regulation and which [F22were] produced prior to [X128 March 2015] may be placed on the market until stocks are exhausted, provided that such products comply with Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 [F23, as that Regulation had effect in Great Britain immediately before it was repealed,] in respect of all aspects not regulated by Articles 1 to 6 F21... of this Regulation.
Editorial Information
X1Substituted by Corrigendum to 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 aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 (Official Journal of the European Union L 84 of 20 March 2014).
Textual Amendments
F18Art. 36(1) 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), 21(35)(a)
F19Word in Art. 36(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(35)(b)(i)
F20Words in Art. 36(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(35)(b)(ii)
F21Words in Art. 36(3) 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), 21(35)(c)(i)
F22Word in Art. 36(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(35)(c)(ii)
F23Words in Art. 36(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21(35)(c)(iii)
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
F24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F24Words in Art. 37 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), 21(36)
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As adopted by EU): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was first adopted in the EU. No changes have been applied to the text.
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
This timeline shows the different versions taken from EUR-Lex before exit day and during the implementation period as well as any subsequent versions created after the implementation period as a result of changes made by UK legislation.
The dates for the EU versions are taken from the document dates on EUR-Lex and may not always coincide with when the changes came into force for the document.
For any versions created after the implementation period as a result of changes made by UK legislation the date will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. For further information see our guide to revised legislation on Understanding Legislation.
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including: