{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-934/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-934/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/934",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 of 12 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards wine-growing areas where the alcoholic strength may be increased, authorised oenological practices and restrictions applicable to the production and conservation of grapevine products, the minimum percentage of alcohol for by-products and their disposal, and publication of OIV files",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-934",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Definition of coupage",
  "text": "1. ‘Coupage’ referred to in ... Section C of Part II of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 means the mixing of wines or musts of different origins, different vine varieties, different harvest years or different categories of wine or of must.\n2. The following shall be regarded as different categories of wine or must:\n(a) red wine, white wine and the musts or wines suitable for yielding one of these categories of wine;\n(b) wines without a protected designation of origin and wines without protected geographical indication, wines with a protected designation of origin (PDO) and wines with a protected geographical indication (PGI) as well as musts or wines suitable for yielding one of these categories of wine.\nFor the purposes of this paragraph, rosé wine shall be regarded as red wine.\n3. The following processes shall not be regarded as coupage:\n(a) enrichment by the addition of concentrated grape must or rectified concentrated grape must;\n(b) sweetening.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(1) omitted (E.) (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Wine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1362), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(1) omitted: (E.) (1.12.2022) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1150), regs. 1(2), 10(3); (W.) (14.12.2022) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1215), regs. 1(2), 7(3); and (S.) (2.2.2023) by virtue of The Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Modifications) and Agricultural Products, Aquatic Animal Health and Genetically Modified Organisms (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/361), regs. 1, 11(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/934/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:20.602911+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}