{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-110/annex-II/division-1/division-37/division-37a",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-110/annex-II/division-1/division-37/division-37a.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/110",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-110",
  "path": "annex/II/division/1/division/37/division/37a",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "37a",
  "heading": "‘ Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán ’",
  "text": "Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán is a spirit drink:\n(a)which has a predominant sloe taste and is obtained by the maceration of sloes ( Prunus spinosa ) in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, with the addition of natural extracts of anise and/or distillates of anise;\n(b)which has a minimum alcoholic strength by volume of 25 %;\n(c)for the production of which a minimum quantity of 125 grams of sloe fruits per litre of final product has been used;\n(d)which has sugar content, expressed as invert sugar between 80 and 250 grams per litre of the final product;\n(e)the organoleptic characteristics, colour and taste of which are provided exclusively by the fruit used and the anise.\nThe term ‘ Pacharán ’ may be used as a sales denomination only when the product is manufactured in Spain. When the product is manufactured outside Spain, ‘ Pacharán ’ may only be used to supplement the sales denomination ‘Sloe-aromatised spirit drink’, provided that it is accompanied by the words: ‘produced in …’, followed by the name of the ... country of the manufacture.\nIn the second paragraph, in relation to the United Kingdom, ‘country of the manufacture’ means the United Kingdom as a whole and does not mean England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales individually.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/210 of 10 February 2015 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 category 37a omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 17(20)(g)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 category 37a inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 17(20)(g)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/110/annex/II/division/1/division/37/division/37a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:26.371169+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}