Regulation 6 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 laying down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirits drinks is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 3—

(a)

in the words before point (a)—

(i)

omit “Community”;

(ii)

after “down” insert “in retained EU law”;

(b)

in point (a), for “the Annex to Directive 85/591/EEC” substitute “Annex 3 to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council”;

(c)

in point (d), in the first indent—

(i)

at the beginning insert “in relation to an official control,”;

(ii)

for “Member State concerned” substitute “appropriate authority, by administrative decision, on a case by case basis”;

(d)

after the existing paragraph insert—

“In this Article ‘the appropriate authority’ means:

(a)
in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b)
in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

(c)
in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(d)
in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.”.

(3)

In Article 4, after point (c) insert—

“(d)
‘Regulation 110/2008’: means Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.”.

(4)

After Article 5 omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.

(5)

In the Annex—

(a)

in Part 3(1) (general remarks relating to the determination of volatile substances and methanol of spirit drinks)—

(i)

in point 1, in the words before point 1, for “Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89” substitute “Regulation 110/2008”;

(ii)

in point 2, in the second subparagraph, for “Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89” substitute “Regulation 110/2008”;

(b)

in Part 6 (determination of glycyrrhizic acid using high performance liquid chromatography), in point 1, for “Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89” substitute “Regulation 110/2008”;

(c)

in Part 7 (high-performance liquid chromatography method for verifying the presence of chalcones in pastis), in point 1, in the second subparagraph, for “Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89” substitute “Regulation 110/2008”.