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Regulation 5 Verification under Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2019/787F10E1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Commissioners are designated as the authority responsible F1in Great Britain for verifying that a relevant spirit drink that is to be placed on the market F2in Great Britain using a F3registered geographical indication F4... complies with the specifications in the F5GB product specification relating to that geographical indication before it is placed on the market in Great Britain.

(2)

A spirit drink is a relevant spirit drink if—

(a)

it is a spirit drink produced in the United Kingdom that uses a F6registered geographical indication F7... to identify the drink as originating in the territory of a country, region or locality in the United Kingdom; F8...

(b)

it is a whisky produced in Northern Ireland that uses the geographical indication “Irish Whiskey”, “Uisce Beatha Eireannach” or “Irish Whisky”.

F9(c)

it is a liqueur produced in Northern Ireland that uses the geographical indication “Irish Cream”;

(d)

it is a spirit drink produced in Northern Ireland that uses the geographical indication “Irish Poteen” or “Irish Poitìn”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 5(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 10(4)(a)(i)

F2

Words in reg. 5(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 10(4)(a)(ii)

F3

Word in reg. 5(1) inserted (31.10.2019) by The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)(i)

F4

Words in reg. 5(1) omitted (31.10.2019) by virtue of The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)(ii)

F5

Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 10(4)(a)(iii)

F6

Word in reg. 5(2)(a) inserted (31.10.2019) by The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 2(4)(c)(i)

F7

Words in reg. 5(2)(a) omitted (31.10.2019) by virtue of The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 2(4)(c)(ii)

F8

Word in reg. 5(2)(a) omitted (31.10.2019) by virtue of The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 2(4)(c)(iii)

F9

Reg. 5(2)(c)(d) inserted (31.10.2019) by The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 2(4)(d)

F10

Words in reg. 5 heading substituted (31.10.2019) by The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)

Extent

E1

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only