EU/432/Rev.1
WTO/TBT
CE Europäische Union
  • 67 - Lebensmitteltechnologie
2019-01-11
2018-12-13

Spirit drinks

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 (117 pages, in English)

On 27 November 2018 the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of the European Union reached political agreement on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008. The Appendix to this notification explains the main changes in the compromise text with respect to the Commission proposal notified to the WTO on 16 December 2016 under reference G/TBT/N/EU/432.