CHAPTER IVU.K. LABELLING AND PRESENTATION

SECTION 3 U.K. Rules on certain specific bottle shapes and closures

[F1Article 56U.K.Conditions of use of certain specific bottle shapes

To qualify for inclusion in the list of specific types of bottle set out in Annex VII, a bottle type shall meet the following requirements:

(a)

it shall have been exclusively, genuinely and traditionally used for the last 25 years for a grapevine product bearing a particular protected designation of origin or geographical indication; and

(b)

its use shall evoke for consumers a grapevine product bearing a particular protected designation of origin or geographical indication.

Annex VII sets out the conditions governing the use of the recognised specific types of bottles.]

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Article 57W+S+N.I.Rules on presentation for certain grapevine products

1.Sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine and quality aromatic sparkling wine produced within [F2Great Britain] shall be marketed or exported in ‘sparkling wine’ type glass bottles closed with:

(a)for bottles with a nominal volume more than 0,20 litres: a mushroom-shaped stopper made of cork or other material permitted to come into contact with foodstuffs, held in place by a fastening, covered, if necessary, by a cap and sheathed in foil completely covering the stopper and all or part of the neck of the bottle;

(b)for bottles with a nominal volume content not exceeding 0,20 litres: any other suitable closure.

Other beverages produced in [F3Great Britain] shall not be marketed or exported in either ‘sparkling wine’ type glass bottles or with a closure as described in point (a) of the first subparagraph.

2.By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, [F4regulations may be made under the 1990 Act to provide] that other beverages may be marketed or exported in ‘sparkling wine’ type glass bottles or with a closure as described in point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, or both, provided that they are traditionally bottled in such bottles and they do not mislead consumers with regard to the real nature of the beverage.

Extent Information

E1This version of this provision applies to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England only

Textual Amendments

Article 57ERules on presentation for certain grapevine products

1.Sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine and quality aromatic sparkling wine produced within [F12Great Britain] shall be marketed or exported in ‘sparkling wine’ type glass bottles F13...:

F14(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F15(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other beverages produced in [F16Great Britain] shall not be marketed or exported in F13... ‘sparkling wine’ type glass bottles F13....

2.By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, [F17regulations may be made under the 1990 Act to provide] that other beverages may be marketed or exported in ‘sparkling wine’ type glass bottles F18... provided that they are traditionally bottled in such bottles and they do not mislead consumers with regard to the real nature of the beverage.

Extent Information

E2This version of this provision applies to England only; a separate version has been created for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland only

Textual Amendments

[F6Article 58U.K.Additional provisions F5... relating to labelling and presentation

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2.[F8Nothing in this Regulation prevents regulations from being made under the 1990 Act to] render it compulsory to use the particulars referred to in Articles 52 and 53 of this Regulation for grapevine products produced on their territory where those grapevine products do not bear a protected designation of origin or geographical indication.

3.For control purposes, [F9nothing in this Regulation prevents regulations from being made under the 1990 Act] to define and regulate particulars other than those listed in Articles 119(1) and 120(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for grapevine products produced in their territories [F10where those grapevine products do not bear a protected designation of origin or geographical indication].

[F114.Nothing in this Regulation prevents regulations from being made for control purposes under the 1990 Act to apply Articles 118, 119(1) (other than point (b)) and 120(1) (other than point (d)) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 to a grapevine product that:

(a)has been bottled on their territory,

(b)does not bear a protected designation of origin or geographical indication, and

(c)has not been placed on the market.]]

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