2023 No. 312
The Alcoholic Beverages (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023
Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 16(1)(e) of the Food Safety Act 19901 (as read with section 16(3A) of that Act) and section 37 of the Agriculture Act 20202.
There has been consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety3 during the preparation, evaluation and revision of food law in relation to these Regulations.
In accordance with section 48(3A) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and sections 37(6) and 50(6)(a) of the Agriculture Act 2020, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement and extent1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Alcoholic Beverages (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023.
2
These Regulations come into force on the 21st day after the day on which these Regulations are made.
3
These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council2
In Annex 12 (alcoholic strength) to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers4, after the first paragraph insert—
In relation to a beverage marketed in England to which the first paragraph applies, the second sentence of that paragraph is to be read as if at the end there were inserted ‘, or the figure may be followed by ‘% alc/vol’’.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/333
1
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 presentation5 is amended as follows.
2
In Article 44 (actual alcoholic strength)—
a
after the first paragraph insert—
In relation to a product marketed in England to which the first paragraph applies, that paragraph is to be read as if for ‘in percentage units or half units’ there were substituted ‘to not more than one decimal place’.
b
after the third paragraph (taking into account the paragraph inserted by sub-paragraph (a)) insert—
In relation to a product marketed in England to which the third paragraph applies, the first sentence of that paragraph is to be read as if at the end there were inserted ‘or the figure may be followed by ‘% alc/vol’’.
3
After Article 50(1) (name of wine grape variety) insert—
1a
In relation to a grapevine product marketed in England to which paragraph 1(a)(ii) applies, the first subparagraph of point (ii) is to be read as if, in the words before the first indent, for ‘100 %’ there were substituted ‘at least 95%’.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)