1.The sugar content expressed as fructose and glucose as provided for in Part B of Annex III to this Regulation, may appear on the label of the grapevine products other than those referred to in Article 119(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
2.Where the sugar content of the grapevine products justifies the use of two of the terms listed in Part B of Annex III to this Regulation, only one of those two terms shall be chosen.
3.Without prejudice to the conditions of use described in Part B of Annex III to this Regulation, the sugar content may not differ by more than 1 gram per litre from what appears on the product label.
4.Paragraph 1 shall not apply to grapevine products referred to in points (3), (8) and (9) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provided that the conditions of the use of the indication of the sugar content are regulated by [F1rules in the] country concerned, including, in the case of third countries, rules emanating from representative professional organisations.
[F25.For the purpose of paragraph 4, ‘rules’ includes:
(a)in relation to a constituent nation of Great Britain, regulations made under the 1990 Act;
(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, regulations made under the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 .]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 52(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 26(41)(a)