Article 1

Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 are amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    in Annex II, after point 37 Sloe gin, the following point 37a is inserted:

    ‘37a“Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán”

    Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán is a spirit drink:

    1. (a)

      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;

    2. (b)

      which has a minimum alcoholic strength by volume of 25 %;

    3. (c)

      for the production of which a minimum quantity of 125 grams of sloe fruits per litre of final product has been used;

    4. (d)

      which has sugar content, expressed as invert sugar between 80 and 250 grams per litre of the final product;

    5. (e)

      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 Member State or third country of the manufacture;’

  2. (2)

    Annex III is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      in the product category ‘Other spirit drinks’, the following entries are deleted:

      ‘Pacharán navarro

      Spain

      Pacharán

      Spain’

    2. (b)

      after the product category 34, the following entry is inserted:

      ‘37a.

      Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán

      Pacharán navarro

      Spain’