Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products

An EU approach already exists for aromatised wine products and is justified in order to facilitate the free circulation of goods on the single market and to protect geographical indications which allow the identification by the consumer of specific products having characteristics attributable to the geographical origin. A legal framework for aromatised wine products, which sets out product definitions and labelling rules directly affects the producers of such products and, to a lesser extent, the consumers via the labelling rules.

This proposal replaces Commission proposal COM(2007)848 which the Commission decided to withdraw in the 2011 Commission Work Programme. The proposal simplifies the existing rules by introducing limited changes to improve the readability and clarity of the rules. In particular, it adapts the definitions used to the technical evolution and puts the existing rules on geographical indications in line with the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement (TRIPs agreement).

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