EN    EN  
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION 
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2014) XXX  draft 
  
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING RE GULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX  
amending Annexe s II and III to Regulation (EC)  No 110/2008 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council on the defini tion, description, presentation, labelling and 
the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks 
  
EN 2   EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX  
amending Annexes II and III to Regulati on (EC) No 110/2008 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council on the definiti on, description, presentation, labelling and 
the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks 
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labe lling and the 
protection of geographical in dications of spirit drinks
1, and in particular Article 26 thereof, 
Whereas: (1) A spirit drink made by the maceration of sl oes (Prunus spinosa) in ethyl alcohol of 
agricultural origin is traditionally produ ced in Spain and widely known by Spanish 
consumers as 'Pacharán'. In the absence of  a category of spirit drink corresponding to 
'Pacharán' and in order to convey clear info rmation to non-Spanish consumers and to 
reflect economic and market developments, a new category named 'Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán ' should be included in Anne x II to Regulation (EC) No 
110/2008. In order to ensure the protection of  consumers and of the economic interests 
of producers, the new category should incl ude technical specifications based on 
evaluation of existing quality and producti on parameters used in the Union market. 
(2) Given the reputation of ' Pacharán ', which the consumers link spontaneously to Spain 
as recognised in the past, the term ‘Pacharán’  may be used as a sales denomination 
only when the product is manufactured in Spain. When the product is manufactured  
outside Spain, the term  ‘Pacharán’  may only be used to supplement the sales 
denomination ‘Sloe-aromatised spirit drink’ and jointly with the indication of the country of the manufacture. 
(3) The geographical indication ' Pacharán navarro ', which is registered in Annex III to 
Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 unde r 'Other spirit drinks', should be transferred under 
the category 'Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán ' in the same Annex. 
(4) Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly. 
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulati on are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee for Spirit Drinks, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 are amended as follows: 
(1) Annex II is amended as follows: 
After point 37 Sloe gin, the follo wing point 37a is inserted: 
                                                
 
1 OJ L 39, 13.2.2008, p. 16.   
EN 3   EN ‘37a ‘Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán ’ 
 Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán  is a spirit drink: 
a) which has a predominant sloe taste a nd is obtained by the maceration of sloes 
(Prunus spinosa ) in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, with the addition of natural 
extracts of anise and/or distillates of anise,  
b) which has a minimum alcoholic strength by volume of 25%,  
c) for the production of which a minimum quan tity of 125 grams of sl oe fruits per litre 
of final product has been used,  
d) which has sugar content, expressed as invert sugar between 80 and 250 grams per 
litre of the final product,  
e) the organoleptic characteristics, colour and taste of which are provided exclusively 
by the fruit used and the anise.  
The term ‘ Pacharán ’ may be used as a sales denomination only when the product is 
manufactured in Spain. When the produc t is manufactured outside Spain, ‘ Pacharán ’ 
may only be used to supplement the sales de nomination ‘Sloe-aromatised spirit drink’, 
provided that it is accompanied by the words:  ‘produced in ...’, followed by the name 
of the Member State or third country of the manufacture. 
(2) Annex III is amended as follows: 
(a) In the product category ‘O ther spirit drinks‘, the follo wing entries are deleted: 
‘ 
 Pacharán navarro Spain 
 Pacharán Spain 
’ 
(b) After the product category 34, th e following entry is inserted: 
‘ 
37a. Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán  Pacharán navarro Spain 
’ 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into  force on the third day following that of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union . 
Spirit drinks corresponding to  the category 'Sloe-aroma tised spirit drinks or Pacharán ' which 
are not labelled in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 may continue to be placed 
on the market until stocks are exhausted. 
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
EN 4   EN Done at Brussels, 
 For the Commission 
 The President 
 José Manuel Barroso