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(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.
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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 consumers, 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’’.”.
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(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 presentation 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—“
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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%’.”.
Mark Spencer
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
8th March 2023