http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/274/chapter/IIICommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations and notifications, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks, and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/561Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations and notifications, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks, and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/561King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02018R0274-20201115texttext/xmlen2025-03-12Expert Participation2025-02-27 CHAPTER III<Strong><Repeal ChangeId="key-5c19fa95ffa810e3d38869262e883625-1738844639000" CommentaryRef="key-5c19fa95ffa810e3d38869262e883625" Extent="E" RetainText="true">CERTIFICATION OF WINE PRODUCTS</Repeal></Strong><Repeal ChangeId="key-5c19fa95ffa810e3d38869262e883625-1738844639000" CommentaryRef="key-5c19fa95ffa810e3d38869262e883625" Extent="E" RetainText="true">Procedure and technical criteria applicable to certification</Repeal>Article 121The procedure for the certification, approval and verification of wine without a PDO or PGI pursuant to Article 120(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall require administrative evidence to support the veracity of the wine grape variety(-ies) or the vintage year shown on the label or conveyed in the presentation of the wines concerned....In relation to wine produced in Great Britain, the procedure shall be carried out in Great Britain. In case of mixtures of wines from Great Britain and Northern Ireland, certification may be carried out in either Great Britain or Northern Ireland.2The certification shall be carried out through random and risk based checks, in accordance with Articles 36 and 37 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 ....The costs of the certification shall be borne by the operators subject to it ....3The operators involved in the marketing of wine products produced, processed or bottled by them shall be recognised and receive a permit from the competent authorities ... to certify the origin or provenance, the characteristics, the vintage or the wine grape variety(-ies) in accordance with Articles 11 and 12 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273, under supervision of the competent authorities designated in accordance with Article 146 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.Words in Art. 12(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), 25(5)(a)(i)Words in Art. 12(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), 25(5)(a)(ii)(aa)Words in Art. 12(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), 25(5)(a)(ii)(bb)Words in Art. 12(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), 25(5)(a)(ii)(cc)Words in Art. 12(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), 25(5)(a)(ii)(dd)Words in Art. 12(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), 25(5)(b)(i)Words in Art. 12(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), 25(5)(b)(ii)Words in Art. 12(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), 25(5)(c)Ch. 3 omitted (E.) (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Wine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1362), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 4(4)