# 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, Article 1

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

Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 are amended as follows:
(1) in Annex II, after point 37 Sloe gin, the following point 37a is inserted:
‘37a
“Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán”
Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán is a spirit drink:
(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;
(b) which has a minimum alcoholic strength by volume of 25 %;
(c) for the production of which a minimum quantity of 125 grams of sloe fruits per litre of final product has been used;
(d) which has sugar content, expressed as invert sugar between 80 and 250 grams per litre of the final product;
(e) the organoleptic characteristics, colour and taste of which are provided exclusively by the fruit used and the anise.
The 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 Member State or third country of the manufacture;’
(2) Annex III is amended as follows:
(a) in the product category ‘Other spirit drinks’, the following entries are deleted:
‘
Pacharán navarro
Spain
Pacharán
Spain
’
(b) after the product category 34, the following entry is inserted:
‘
37a.
Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán
Pacharán navarro
Spain
’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/210/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-210/article-1
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