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17.—(1) Where, in accordance with regulation 16(2)(b), a bottle of water is required to be labelled with the name of the spring or its place of exploitation in addition to a trade description—
(a)the same requirement also applies to any written advertisement for that water; and
(b)in any other advertisement, at least equivalent prominence must be given to the place of exploitation or the name of the spring as is given to the trade description.
(2) No person may advertise a bottle of water as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, in contravention of paragraph (1).
[F1(3) No person may advertise water intended to be labelled and sold as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language under—
(a)a designation, proprietary name, trade mark, brand name, illustration or other sign, whether emblematic or not, the use of which is liable to cause confusion of the water with a natural mineral water, or
(b)the description “mineral water”, “dŵr mwynol”, or its equivalent in any other language.]
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