Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008

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Article 38U.K.Verification of compliance with the product specification

1.[F1The Secretary of State] shall draw up and keep up to date a list of operators that produce spirit drinks [F2in Great Britain] with a geographical indication registered under this Regulation.

2.In respect of the geographical indications that designate spirit drinks originating within [F3Great Britain] registered under this Regulation, verification of compliance with the product specification referred to in Article 22, before placing the product on the market, shall be carried out by:

[F4(a)the authority designated for that purpose by regulation 5 of the Spirit Drinks Regulations 2008 as that regulation extends to Great Britain; or]

(b)[F5delegated] bodies within the meaning of point 5 of the second subparagraph of Article 2 of [F6(EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products], operating as a product certification body.

Where [F7Article 24(2) applies], verification of compliance with the product specification shall be ensured by an authority other than that deemed to be a group under that paragraph.

F8...

[F92a.But, to the extent specified in paragraph 2b, paragraph 2 does not apply where the authority referred to in paragraph 2(a) or a delegated body referred to in paragraph 2(b) has previously verified that the relevant spirit drink complies with the specifications in a corresponding EU product specification for a corresponding EU geographical indication in connection with the placing of the relevant spirit drink on the market in Northern Ireland.

2b.But, to the extent specified in paragraph 2b, paragraph 2 does not apply where the authority referred to in paragraph 2(a) or a delegated body referred to in paragraph 2(b) has previously verified that the relevant spirit drink complies with the specifications in a corresponding EU product specification for a corresponding EU geographical indication in connection with the placing of the relevant spirit drink on the market in Northern Ireland.]

3.In respect of the geographical indications that designate spirit drinks originating within [F10Northern Ireland or] a third country registered under this Regulation, verification of compliance with the product specification, before placing the product on the market, shall be carried out by:

[F11(aa)in relation to a product produced in Northern Ireland, the authority designated for that purpose by regulation 5 of the Spirit Drinks Regulations 2008 as that regulation extends to Northern Ireland;]

(a)[F12in relation to a product produced in a third country,] a public competent authority designated by the third country; or

(b)[F13in relation to a product produced in Northern Ireland or a third country,] a product certification body.

[F144.The Secretary of State must:

(a)publish, in such manner as appears appropriate to the Secretary of State, the names and addresses of the competent authorities and bodies referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, and

(b)update that information in such manner as appears appropriate to the Secretary of State from time to time.]

5.The [F15delegated] bodies referred to in point (b) of paragraph 2 and the product certification bodies referred to in point (b) of paragraph 3 shall comply with and be accredited in accordance with European standard ISO/IEC 17065:2012 F16....

6.The competent authorities referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 that verify compliance of the geographical indication protected under this Regulation with the product specification shall be objective and impartial. They shall have at their disposal the qualified staff and resources necessary to carry out their tasks.

7.[F17In relation to a relevant spirit drink that is to be placed on the market in Great Britain—

(a)‘a corresponding EU geographical indication’ means a geographical indication which is protected in the European Union under EU Regulation 2019/787 and that corresponds to the registered geographical indication;

(b)‘a corresponding EU product specification’ means—

(i)a product specification for a corresponding EU geographical indication, as that product specification stands at the time when, but for paragraph 2a, the authority or a delegated body referred to in paragraph 2 would otherwise be obliged, under paragraph 2, to verify that the relevant spirit drink complies with the specifications in the GB product specification for the registered geographical indication, or

(ii)a technical file for a corresponding EU geographical indication that is deemed to be a product specification under Article 22 of EU Regulation 2019/787 by virtue of Article 22(2) of that Regulation as that product specification stands at the time when, but for paragraph 2a, the authority or a delegated body referred to in paragraph 2 would otherwise be obliged, under paragraph 2, to verify that the relevant spirit drink complies with the specifications in the GB product specification for the registered geographical indication;

(c)‘the GB product specification’ means the product specification referred to in Article 22(1) for the registered geographical indication and includes a technical file for a registered geographical indication that is deemed to be a product specification under that Article by virtue of Article 22(2).]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Art. 38(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(28)(a)

F2Words in Art. 38(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(28)(b)

F3Words in Art. 38(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(29)(a)(i)

F4Art. 38(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(29)(a)(ii)

F5Word in Art. 38(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(29)(a)(iii)(aa)

F6Words in Art. 38(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(29)(a)(iii)(bb)

F7Words in Art. 38(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(29)(b)

F8Words in Art. 38(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(29)(c)

F9Art. 38(2a)(2b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(30)

F10Words in Art. 38(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(31)(a)

F11Art. 38(3)(aa) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(31)(b)