Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 are amended as follows:
in Annex II, after point 37 Sloe gin, the following point 37a is inserted:
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 Member State or third country of the manufacture;’