(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, provide for the enforcement of EC Regulations (as specified in Schedules 6 and 9) concerned with the production and marketing of wine and related products.

The Regulations–

(i)

designate authorities for the purposes of enforcement (regulation 3);

(ii)

define “medium dry” for the purposes of labelling and description (regulation 4);

(iii)

specify the vine varieties classified for the production of wine in Scotland (regulation 5 and Schedule 10);

(iv)

specify conditions for the use of geographical indications for the designation of table wine (regulation 6 and Schedule 10);

(v)

provide for powers of inspection and enforcement (regulation 7);

(vi)

authorise controls on the movement of wine-sector products (regulations 8 and 9 and Schedule 9);

(vii)

provide for reviews of prohibitions etc. on movement of wine-sector products (regulations 10 and 11);

(viii)

relieve authorised officers of personal liability for acts done by them in the purported exercise of functions conferred by these Regulations (regulation 12);

(ix)

confer on courts before which proceedings are brought powers in relation to the analysis and examination of samples (regulation 13);

(x)

prescribe offences and penalties and provide defences (regulations 14 to 18); and

(xi)

revoke the Common Agricultural Police (Wine) Regulations 1996 as amended (regulation 19).

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.