Division 1 The over-pressing of grapes shall be prohibited. The Secretary of State, with the agreement of the relevant authorities for Wales and Scotland, shall decide, taking account of local and technical conditions, the minimum quantity of alcohol that shall be contained in the marc and the lees after the pressing of grapes.F1F2
United Kingdom
The quantity of alcohol contained in those by-products shall be decided by F3the relevant authorities for England, Wales and Scotland at a level at least equal to 5 % in relation to the volume of alcohol contained in the wine produced.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Annex 8 Pt. 2 Section D revoked (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Wine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1362), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 (with reg. 2(3))
- F2
Words in Annex 8 Pt. 2 Section D(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 83(3)(c)(i)(aa) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1453, regs. 1(2)(b), 9(31)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in Annex 8 Pt. 2 Section D(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 83(3)(c)(i)(bb) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1453, reg. 9(31)(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)