Government Decree No. 741 validating the Regulation on definition, description, presentation and labeling of flavored grape-wine products.

This Government Decree implements Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organization of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No. 922/72, (EEC) No. 234/79, (EC) No. 1037/2001 and (EC) No. 1234/2007 and Regulation (EU) No. 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatized wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91. This Regulation establishes standards for the definition, description, presentation and labelling of flavored grape-wine products, special requirements for technological processes and methods of analysis for obtaining flavored grape-wine products, the stages of organization, production and sale of flavored grape-wine products with a protected appellation of origin and with protected geographical indication, as well as requirements for traceability and conformity assessment procedures. Flavored grape-vine products are products derived from the products of the grape and wine sector, specified in the Technical Regulations "Organization of grape-wine market ", which were flavored and classified according to the following categories: (a) flavored wines; (b) flavored drinks based on wine; and (c) flavored cocktails from grape and wine products. For aromatization of flavored wines shall be authorized for use: (a) natural aromatic substances and/or aromatic preparations; (b) flavors that: 1) identical to vanillin; 2) have a smell and/or taste of almonds; 3) have a smell and/or taste of apricot; 3) have a smell and/or taste of the egg; and (c) aromatic herbs and/or spices and/or edible aromatic substances. Mandatory information on labels of flavored grape-wine products must be specified in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 57-XVI on vine and wine.