# Commission Regulation (EC) No 948/2009 of 30 September 2009 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, Division 2: For the purposes of headings 2204 and 2205 and subheading 2206 00 10:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) ‘actual alcoholic strength by volume’ means the number of volumes of pure alcohol contained at a temperature of 20 °C in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature;
(b) ‘potential alcoholic strength by volume’ means the number of volumes of pure alcohol at a temperature of 20 °C capable of being produced by total fermentation of the sugars contained in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature;
(c) ‘total alcoholic strength by volume’ means the sum of the actual and potential alcoholic strengths;
(d) ‘natural alcoholic strength by volume’ means the total alcoholic strength by volume of a product before any enrichment;
(e) ‘% vol’ is the symbol for alcoholic strength by volume.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/948/annex/I/chapter/22/annotations/3/annotation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-948/annex-I/chapter-22/annotations/3/annotation/2
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