The Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Amendments of regulation 2 (interpretation)

3.—(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2), before “authorised officer”, insert—

““the Agency” means—

(a)

in relation to England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Food Standards Agency; or

(b)

in relation to Scotland, Food Standards Scotland,”.

(3) For the definition of “the European Regulations”, substitute—

““the European Regulations” means—

(a)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the applicable restrictions(1),

(b)

the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (“Regulation (EU) 2013”)(2),

(c)

Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products(3),

(d)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/670 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the authorised production processes for obtaining aromatised wine products(4),

(e)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication of notified information(5) (“Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273”),

(f)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations and notifications, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks(6) (“Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274”),

(g)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 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(7),

(h)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 laying down rules for the application of 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, amendments to product specifications, the register of protected names, cancellation of protection and use of symbols, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an appropriate system of checks(8);”.

(1)

OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 1-59.

(2)

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671-854.

(3)

OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 14-34.

(4)

OJ L 97, 8.4.2017, p. 5-8.

(5)

OJ L 58, 28.2.2018, p. 1-59.

(6)

OJ L 58, 28.2.2018, p. 60-95.

(7)

OJ L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 2-45.

(8)

OJ L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 46-76.