Article 57 Rules on presentation for certain grapevine productsE1
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine and quality aromatic sparkling wine produced within F1Great Britain shall be marketed or exported in ‘sparkling wine’ type glass bottles closed with:
for bottles with a nominal volume more than 0,20 litres: a mushroom-shaped stopper made of cork or other material permitted to come into contact with foodstuffs, held in place by a fastening, covered, if necessary, by a cap and sheathed in foil completely covering the stopper and all or part of the neck of the bottle;
for bottles with a nominal volume content not exceeding 0,20 litres: any other suitable closure.
Other beverages produced in F2Great Britain shall not be marketed or exported in either ‘sparkling wine’ type glass bottles or with a closure as described in point (a) of the first subparagraph.
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, F3regulations may be made under the 1990 Act to provide that other beverages may be marketed or exported in ‘sparkling wine’ type glass bottles or with a closure as described in point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, or both, provided that they are traditionally bottled in such bottles and they do not mislead consumers with regard to the real nature of the beverage.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 57(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 26(45)(a)(i)
- F2
Words in Art. 57(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 26(45)(a)(ii)
- F3
Words in Art. 57(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 26(45)(b)
Extent
- E1
This version of this provision applies to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England only