ANNEX IISPIRIT DRINKS

Categories of spirit drinks

43.Mistrà

  1. (a)

    Mistrà is a colourless spirit drink flavoured with aniseed or natural anethole:

    1. (i)

      with an anethole content of not less than 1 gram and not more than 2 grams per litre,

    2. (ii)

      that may also contain a distillate of aromatic herbs,

    3. (iii)

      containing no added sugar.

  2. (b)

    The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of mistrà shall be 40 % and the maximum alcoholic strength by volume shall be 47 %.

  3. (c)

    Only natural flavouring substances and F1flavouring preparations as defined in Article 1(2)(b)(i) and Article 1(2)(c) of Directive 88/388/EEC may be used in the preparation of mistrà.