CHAPTER IVLABELLING AND PRESENTATION

SECTION 3Rules on certain specific bottle shapes and closures and additional provisions laid down by the producer Member States

Article 69Rules on presentation for certain products

1

Only sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine and quality aromatic sparkling wine 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.

2

Member States may decide that the requirement laid down in paragraph 1 applies to:

a

products traditionally bottled in such bottles and which:

  1. (i)

    are listed in Article 25(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008;

  2. (ii)

    are listed in paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 of Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008;

  3. (iii)

    are listed in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/199118; or

  4. (iv)

    have an actual alcoholic strength by volume no greater than 1,2 % vol;

b

other products than those referred to in point (a) provided that they do not mislead consumers with regard the real nature of the product.