G/TBT/N/GBR/68  
5 September 2023  
(23-5920) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED KINGDOM  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
UK TBT Enquiry Point  
Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations  
Department for Business and Trade  
Old Admiralty Building  
London  
SW1A 2DY  
TBTEnquiriesUK@businessandtrade.gov.uk  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Wine 
made of fresh grapes, including fortified wines (HS: 2204)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
The Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024, 10 pages, English.  
The Wine (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024, 10 pages, English.  
The Wine (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2024, 10 pages, Welsh, English.  
6. Descript ion of content:  These measures introduce into Great Britain (GB) law a 
prohibition on the marketing of ice wine unless the definitions, detailed in the Regulations, 
are met. The ice wine provisions as follows - 
No person may market a product using a term m entioned below unless the product is a 
wine made exclusively from grapes naturally frozen on the vine.  
The terms referred to above are:  
(a) 'ice wine';  
(b) 'icewine';  
(c) 'ice -wine';  
(d) a term similar to a term mentioned in point (a), (b) or (c);  G/TBT/N/GBR/68  
 
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  (e) a te rm having the same meaning as a term mentioned in point (a), (b) or (c) in a 
language other than English;  
(f) a term having a similar meaning to a term mentioned in point (a), (b) or (c) in a 
language other than English.  
This legislation will also amend the law so that the oenological practices that may be used 
to make wine will align with relevant international standards (the International Code of 
Oenological Practices and the International Oenological Codex of the Intern ational 
Organisation of Vine and Wine) taking into account changes in wine -making practices 
endorsed by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).  
The proposed reforms will not apply to Northern Ireland.  
7. Objective and rationale, including t he nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The law that applies in Great Britain does not contain an explicit constraint 
on the use of the term 'ice wine'. The measures being proposed would introduce this 
constraint, prohibiting the use of that and sim ilar expressions should the specified criteria 
not be met. These measures are being introduced to ensure products placed on the 
market in GB as ice wine meet the production requirements for ice wines and to prevent 
consumers from being misled.  
It will brin g the oenological practices that may be used to produce wine in Great Britain 
into line with international standards published by the OIV.  
; Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
Smarter Regulation: Wine Reforms Consultation - Defra - Citizen Space  
Wine legislation: proposed amendments - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen 
Space  
The Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024  
9. Proposed date of  adoption:  January 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  July 2024  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
UK TBT Enquiry Point  
Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations  
Department for Business and Trade  
Old Admiralty Building  
London  
SW1A 2DY  
TBTEnquiriesUK@businessandtrade.gov.uk  
https://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2023/TBT/GBR/23_12176_00_e.pdf