Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 of 17 October 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector, the objection procedure, restrictions of use, amendments to product specifications, cancellation of protection, and labelling and presentation

Article 14U.K.Types of amendments

1.For the purposes of Article 105 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 amendments to a product specification are classified into two categories as regards their importance: amendments requiring an objection procedure [F1under Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, as applied to applications for amendments by Article 15 (‘non-standard amendments’), and amendments that do not (‘standard amendments’). Standard amendments for a product specification for a protected designation of origin or protected geographical indications relating to an area in a third country are] to be dealt with at F2... third country level (‘[F3third country] standard amendments’).

[F41a.]An amendment is considered to be a [F5non-standard] amendment where:

(a)it includes a change in the name of the protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication;

(b)it consists of a change, a deletion or an addition of a category of grapevine product, as referred to in Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(c)it could potentially void the link referred to in point (a)(i) or in point (b)(i) of Article 93(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(d)it entails further restrictions on the marketing of the product.

[F61b.]Applications for [F7non-standard] amendments submitted by third countries or by third country producers shall contain proof that the requested amendment complies with the laws on the protection of designations of origin or geographical indications in force in that third country.

[F81c.]All other amendments are considered standard amendments.

2.[F9Standard amendments are classified into four sub-categories taking into account the geographical area of the designation of origin or geographical indication affected by the amendment and whether the amendments are temporary as follows:

(a)UK standard amendments;

(b)UK temporary amendments;

(c)third country standard amendments;

(d)third country temporary amendments.

2a.A UK standard amendment is a standard amendment of a product specification for a designation of origin or geographical indication relating to a geographical area in the United Kingdom.

2b.A UK temporary amendment is a standard amendment concerning a temporary change in a product specification for a designation of origin or geographical indication for a geographical area in the United Kingdom:

(a)resulting from the imposition of obligatory sanitary or phytosanitary measures, or linked to natural disasters formally recognised, by the Secretary of State, or imposed or formally recognised by:

(i)the Environment Agency in a case where, and to the extent that, a relevant geographical area in England is affected;

(ii)the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, or the Department of Health, in a case where, and to the extent that, a relevant geographical area in Northern Ireland is affected;

(iii)the Scottish Ministers, Food Standards Scotland or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, in a case where, and to the extent that, a relevant geographical area in Scotland is affected;

(iv)the Welsh Ministers, or the Natural Resources Body for Wales, in a case where, and to the extent that, a relevant geographical area in Wales is affected;

(v)the Food Standards Agency in a case where, and to the extent that, a relevant geographical area in England, Northern Ireland or Wales is affected, or

(b)linked to adverse weather conditions formally recognised by the Met Office of [F10the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology].

2c.A third country standard amendment is a standard amendment of a product specification for a designation of origin or geographical indication relating to a geographical area in a third country.]

[F112d.][F12A third country] temporary amendment is a standard amendment concerning a temporary change in the product specification [F13for a designation of origin or geographical indication relating to a geographical area in a third country] resulting from the imposition of obligatory sanitary and phytosanitary measures by the public authorities [F14of the third country] or linked to natural disasters or adverse weather conditions formally recognised by the competent authorities [F14of the third country].