Wine products

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products, (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and (EU) No 229/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands (COM(2018) 394 final/2) (58 pages, in English, French and Spanish)

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides for Union rules on the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products. In the context of the future CAP proposals, the European Commission proposes, inter alia, to introduce definitions for 'de-alcoholised' and 'partially de-alcoholised' grapevine products in Annex VII of the Regulation. The purpose of this amendment is to allow producers to respond to the ever-increasing consumer demand for innovative grapevine products with a lower actual alcoholic strength than the minimum actual alcoholic strength set out for grapevine products in Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. The definitions of these products which are added to the Annex take definitions set out in the Resolutions of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), OIV-ECO 433-2012 (Beverage Obtained By Partial Dealcoholisation of Wine) and OIV-ECO 523-2016 (Wine With An Alcohol Content Modified by Dealcoholisation) into account. Please note that only the following provisions of the notified measure would be relevant for the purpose of the TBT Agreement (e.g.: provisions related to technical standards, definitions and labelling): Article 1. (6), (7), (18), (19), (20), (32) and (33).