NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6
| 1 | Notifying Member: UNITED KINGDOM If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2): |
| 2 | Agency responsible: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above: UK TBT Enquiry Point Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations Department for Business and Trade Old Admiralty Building London SW1A 2DY TBTEnquiriesUK@businessandtrade.gov.uk |
| 3 | Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other: |
| 4 | Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Wine made of fresh grapes, including fortified wines (HS: 2204) |
| 5 | Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: The Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024, 10 pages, English. The Wine (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024, 10 pages, English. The Wine (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2024, 10 pages, Welsh, English. |
| 6 | Description of content: These measures introduce into Great Britain (GB) law a prohibition on the marketing of ice wine unless the definitions, detailed in the Regulations, are met. The ice wine provisions as follows - No person may market a product using a term mentioned below unless the product is a wine made exclusively from grapes naturally frozen on the vine. The terms referred to above are: (a) 'ice wine'; (b) 'icewine'; (c) 'ice-wine'; (d) a term similar to a term mentioned in point (a), (b) or (c); (e) a term having the same meaning as a term mentioned in point (a), (b) or (c) in a language other than English; (f) a term having a similar meaning to a term mentioned in point (a), (b) or (c) in a language other than English. This legislation will also amend the law so that the oenological practices that may be used to make wine will align with relevant international standards (the International Code of Oenological Practices and the International Oenological Codex of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine) taking into account changes in wine-making practices endorsed by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). The proposed reforms will not apply to Northern Ireland. |
| 7 | Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The law that applies in Great Britain does not contain an explicit constraint on the use of the term 'ice wine'. The measures being proposed would introduce this constraint, prohibiting the use of that and similar expressions should the specified criteria not be met. These measures are being introduced to ensure products placed on the market in GB as ice wine meet the production requirements for ice wines and to prevent consumers from being misled. It will bring the oenological practices that may be used to produce wine in Great Britain into line with international standards published by the OIV. ; Consumer information, labelling |
| 8 | Relevant documents: Smarter Regulation: Wine Reforms Consultation - Defra - Citizen Space Wine legislation: proposed amendments - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen SpaceThe Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024 |
| 9 | Proposed date of adoption: January 2024 Proposed date of entry into force: July 2024 |
| 10 | Final date for comments: 60 days from notification |
| 11 | Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: UK TBT Enquiry Point Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations Department for Business and Trade Old Admiralty Building London SW1A 2DY TBTEnquiriesUK@businessandtrade.gov.uk https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/GBR/23_12176_00_e.pdf |