Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273Show full title

B. INSTRUCTIONS ON DRAWING UP AND USE OF ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS U.K.

1. General rules U.K.

1.1. Where the documents referred to in point (a)(i) of the first subparagraph of Article 10(1) bear an ARC number assigned by the computerised system referred to in Article 21(2) of Directive 2008/118/EC or an MVV code assigned by an information system set up by the Member State of dispatch referred to in point (a)(iii) of the first subparagraph of Article 10(1), the information referred to in Section A shall be held in the system used. U.K.

1.2. The documents referred to in the second indent of point (a)(iii) of the first subparagraph of Article 10(1) shall bear in the header the logo of the Union, the words ‘European Union’, the name of the Member State of dispatch, and a sign or a logo identifying the Member State of dispatch. U.K.

The documents referred to in points (a)(i) and (ii) and the first indent of point (a)(iii) of the first subparagraph of Article 10(1) may bear the information referred in the first subparagraph of this point.

1.3. The documents referred to in Article 10(1) shall be filled in legibly and indelible characters. The document must not contain any erasures or overwritten words. U.K.

Any prescribed copy of a document shall be marked ‘copy’ or shall bear an equivalent marking.

1.4. A single document may be completed to accompany the transport in a single consignment from one and the same consignor to one and the same consignee of: U.K.

(a)

several batches of the same category of product; or

(b)

several batches of different categories of product provided they are put up in labelled containers with a nominal volume of not more than 60 litres and fitted with a non-reusable closing device.

1.5. In the case referred to in Article 17(1) or where the document accompanying the consignment is completed by the competent authority, the document shall be valid only if carriage commences not later than the fifth working day following, as appropriate, the date of validation or the date on which it is completed. U.K.

1.6. When products are transported in separate compartments of the same transport container or are mixed during carriage, a document must be completed to accompany each portion, whether transported separately or as a mixture. Such documents shall mention, in accordance with the rules laid down by each Member State, the use of the mixed product. U.K.

However, consignors or empowered persons may be authorised by Member States to complete a single document for the whole product resulting from mixing. In such cases the competent authority shall determine how proof is to be furnished concerning the category, origin and quantity of the various loads.

2. Special rules U.K.

2.1. Indications referring to the description of the product U.K.

(a)

Type of product

Indicate the type of product using an expression conforming to Union rules which gives the most accurate description of the product, e.g.: wine with PDO or PGI/wine without PDO or PGI/varietal wine without PDO/PGI/grape must for wine with PDO or PGI/vintage wine without PDO/PGI.

(b)

Bulk transport

For the bulk transport of the wines referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9, 15 and 16 of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the product description shall contain the optional particulars set out in Article 120 of that Regulation provided that they are shown on the labelling or that it is planned to show them on the labelling.

(c)

Alcoholic strength and density

For the transport of products in bulk or in unlabelled containers with a nominal volume of not more than 60 litres:

(i)

the actual alcoholic strength of the wine, excluding new wines still in fermentation, or the total alcoholic strength of new wine still in fermentation and part-fermented grape must shall be expressed in % volume and 10ths of % volume;

(ii)

the refractive index of grape must shall be obtained by the measuring method recognised by the Union. It must be expressed by the potential alcoholic strength in % volume. This may be replaced by the density expressed in grams per cm³;

(iii)

the density of fresh grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol must be expressed in grams per cm³ and the actual alcoholic strength of that product must be expressed in % volume and tenths of % volume;

(iv)

the sugar content of concentrated grape must, rectified concentrated grape must and concentrated grape juice must be expressed by the content in grams, per litre and per kilogram, of total sugars;

(v)

the actual alcoholic strength of grape marc and of wine lees may also be indicated (optional) and expressed in litres of pure alcohol per decitonne.

This information must be expressed using the tables of equivalence recognised by the Union, contained in the rules on analysis methods.

(d)

Tolerances

Without prejudice to Union provisions laying down limits for certain wine products, the following tolerances shall be allowed:

(i)

as regards total or actual alcoholic strength, a tolerance of ± 0,2 % volume;

(ii)

as regards density, a tolerance of six units more or less to the fourth decimal place (± 0,0006);

(iii)

as regards the sugar content, ± 3 %.

(e)

Other indications for the carriage of products in bulk:

(i)

Wine-growing zone

The wine-growing zone in which the product transported originates shall be indicated in accordance with Appendix I of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, using the following abbreviations: A, B, C I, C II, C III(a) and C III(b).

(ii)

Operations performed

The operations which the products transported have undergone shall be indicated, using the following figures in brackets:

0

the product has undergone none of the following operations;

1

the product has been enriched;

2

the product has been acidified;

3

the product has been de-acidified;

4

the product has been sweetened;

5

the product has been fortified for distillation;

6

a product originating in a geographical unit other than that indicated in the description has been added to the product;

7

a product obtained from a vine variety other than that indicated in the description has been added to the product;

8

a product harvested during a year other than that indicated in the description has been added to the product;

9

the product has been made using oak chips;

10

the product has been made on the basis of experimental use of a new oenological practice;

11

the alcohol content of the product has been corrected;

12

other operations, to be specified. Examples:

(a)

for a wine originating in area B which has been fortified, indicate B(5);

(b)

for a grape must originating in area C III(b) which has been acidified, indicate C III(b)(2).

Indications regarding the wine-growing area and the operations performed must be given in addition to those regarding the description of the product and within the same field of vision.

2.2. Indications referring to the net quantity U.K.

(a)

of grapes, concentrated grape must, rectified concentrated grape must, concentrated grape juice, grape marc and wine lees in tonnes or kilograms must be expressed by the symbols ‘t’ or ‘kg’;

(b)

of other products in hectolitres or litres must be expressed by the symbols ‘hl’ or ‘l’.

A tolerance of 1,5 % of the total net quantity may be allowed when indicating the quantity of products carried in bulk.