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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-787/article-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-787/article-26.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/787",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-787",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Scrutiny by the Secretary of State and publication for opposition",
  "text": "1. The Secretary of State shall scrutinise by appropriate means any application that the Secretary of State receives pursuant to Article 24, in order to check that it is reasoned, that it meets the requirements of this Chapter, and that the interests of stakeholders both inside and outside of Great Britain have been taken into account. Such scrutiny shall be based on the single document referred to in point (c) of Article 23(1), shall consist of a check that there are no manifest errors in the application, and, as a general rule, shall not exceed a period of six months. However, where this period is exceeded, the Secretary of State shall immediately indicate in writing to the applicant the reasons for the delay.\nThe Secretary of State shall, at least each month, make public the list of names for which registration applications have been submitted to the Secretary of State, as well as their date of submission. The list shall also contain the name of the ... country from which the application came. In a case of an application relating to an area in more than one country, the names of all the relevant countries must be stated on the list.\n2. Where, based on the scrutiny carried out pursuant to the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, the Secretary of State considers that the requirements of this Chapter are met, the Secretary of State must publish the product specification referred to in Article 23(1)(b) and the single document referred to in Article 23(1)(c) in such manner as appears appropriate to the Secretary of State from time to time.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 26(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), 28(16)(b)(i)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 26(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), 28(16)(b)(i)(bb)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 26(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), 28(16)(b)(i)(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 26(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), 28(16)(b)(ii)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 26(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), 28(16)(b)(ii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 26(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(16)(b)(ii)(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 26(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(16)(b)(ii)(dd)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 26(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), 28(16)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Art. 26(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), 28(16)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Art. 26 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 28(16)(a)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/787/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:25.152568+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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