{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-273/article-19b",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/273",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication of notified information, and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks and penalties, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/2008, (EC) No 606/2009 and (EC) No 607/2009 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/560",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-273",
  "path": "article/19b",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19b",
  "heading": "English and Welsh Annex 15 wine: supervision of production and inspection",
  "text": "(1.) For the purpose of the application of the certification arrangements to which Article 3 of Annex 15 to the TCA applies, the Agency is designated as the competent authority responsible for supervising the production, and inspection, of English Annex 15 wine and Welsh Annex 15 wine that is intended for export to a member State or that may be exported to a member State\n(2.) A person (‘a wine producer’) producing English Annex 15 wine or Welsh Annex 15 wine to which paragraph 1 applies may apply to the Agency for the Agency to supervise the production of, and inspect, that wine to check that:\n(a) the wine complies with the relevant product definition for the wine referred to in Article 2.2.a of Annex 15 to the TCA, as read with point (a) (product definitions) of the paragraph in the section in Appendix 15-A to that Annex entitled ‘Laws and regulations of the United Kingdom’, and\n(b) the wine is produced in accordance with oenological practices authorised under:\n(i) Article 2.2.b of Annex 15 to the TCA, as read with point (b) (oenological practices and restrictions) of the paragraph in the section in Appendix 15-A to that Annex entitled ‘Laws and regulations of the United Kingdom’;\n(ii) Article 2.2.c of Annex 15 to the TCA, as read with Appendix 15-B to that Annex.\n(3.) A wine producer who has made an application under paragraph 2 may ask the Agency at any time to stop supervising the production, and inspection, of the English Annex 15 wine or Welsh Annex 15 wine that the wine producer is producing.\n(4.) The Agency, having received an application from a wine producer under paragraph 2, must supervise the production of, and inspect, the English Annex 15 wine or Welsh Annex 15 wine produced by the wine producer to check that it complies with the matters referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 unless and until the wine producer asks the Agency to stop doing so under paragraph 3.\n(5.) The supervision of the production, and inspection, of English Annex 15 wine and Welsh Annex 15 wine pursuant to paragraph 4 may be:\n(a) carried out by the Agency in such manner and at such intervals as it considers appropriate from time to time;\n(b) carried out by the Agency on a risk-basis;\n(c) supplemented by the Agency with random inspections from time to time.\n(6.) Any analytical check carried out by the Agency when carrying out its functions under this Article must be carried out using an appropriate reference method in the OIV Compendium.\n(7.) The Agency may carry out such other non-analytical checks as appear appropriate to it from time to time in connection with its functions under this Article and may do so in such manner as appears appropriate to it from time to time.\n(8.) Nothing in this Article prevents the Agency carrying out any of its enforcement functions, or functions as a competent authority, under the Wine Regulations 2011.\n(9.) In this Article:\n(a) ‘the Agency’ means the Food Standards Agency;\n(b) ‘English Annex 15 wine’ means a wine that:\n(i) falls under Heading 22.04 of the Harmonized System, and\n(ii) has been produced in England;\n(c) ‘Welsh Annex 15 wine’ means a wine that:\n(i) falls under Heading 22.04 of the Harmonized System, and\n(ii) has been produced in Wales;\n(d) a wine is a wine ‘produced in England’ if it would be regarded as such applying the definition of ‘wine produced in’ in Article 1(2) of Annex 15 to the TCA but with that definition being applied as if for ‘the exporting Party’ there was substituted ‘England’;\n(e) a wine is a wine ‘produced in Wales’ if it would be regarded as such applying the definition of ‘wine produced in’ in Article 1(2) of Annex 15 to the TCA but with that definition being applied as if for ‘the exporting Party’ there was substituted ‘Wales’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ch. 4 Section 1A inserted (1.1.2022) by The Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1471), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(a), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}