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5.—(1) The Commissioners are designated as the authority responsible for verifying that a relevant spirit drink that is to be placed on the market using a geographical indication registered in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 complies with the specifications in the technical file (if any) relating to that geographical indication before it is placed on the market.
(2) A spirit drink is a relevant spirit drink if—
(a)it is a spirit drink produced in the United Kingdom that uses a geographical indication registered in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 to identify the drink as originating in the territory of a country, region or locality in the United Kingdom; or
(b)it is a whisky produced in Northern Ireland that uses the geographical indication “Irish Whiskey”, “Uisce Beatha Eireannach” or “Irish Whisky”.
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