# The Soft Drinks Industry Levy Regulations 2018, Regulation 5: Sugar content condition: fruit juice


(1) The following are to be treated for the purposes of Part 2 as fruit juice—
(a) fruit purée and concentrated fruit purée, as they are defined in regulation 3(1) of the Fruit Juice Regulations; and
(b) a product that complies with the specification in any of the following Schedules to the Fruit Juice Regulations—
(i) Schedule 2 (fruit juice), except that in paragraph 2 of that Schedule, “and without prejudice to entries numbers 4 and 7 of Schedule 11,” is to be treated as omitted;
(ii) Schedule 3 (fruit juice from concentrate);
(iii) Schedule 4 (concentrated fruit juice);
(iv) Schedule 5 (water extracted fruit juice); or
(v) Schedule 6 (dehydrated fruit juice and powdered fruit juice),
and where the specification is made by reference to a listed EU instrument as amended from time to time, that specification also applies for the purposes of this sub-paragraph.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) “the Fruit Juice Regulations” means the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2013; and
(b) “listed EU instrument” means—
(i) Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption;
(ii) Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food;
(iii) Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods;
(iv) Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food enzymes; and
(v) Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/41/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/soft-drinks-industry-levy-regulations-2018/regulation-5
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