REGUL ATION (EU) 2021/2117 OF THE EUR OPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 
of 2 December 2021
amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in 
agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and 
foods tuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, descr iption, present ation, labelling and the 
protection of geog raphical indications of aromatised wine products and (EU) No 228/2013 laying 
down specif ic measures for agriculture in the outer mos t regions of the Union 
THE EUR OPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUR OPEAN UNION,
Havi ng rega rd to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2), Article 114, 
Article 118, first paragraph, and Article 349 thereof,
Havi ng regar d to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draf t legislative act to the national parliaments,
Havi ng regar d to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Havi ng regar d to the opinion of the Committ ee of the Regions (2),
Havi ng regar d to the opinion of the Cour t of Auditors (3),
Acting in accordance with the ordinar y legislative procedure (4),
Whereas:
(1) The Communication from the Commission of 29 November 2017 entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ sets out 
the challenges , objectives and orientations for the future common agricultural policy (CAP) after 2020. Those 
objectives include making the CAP more result-dr iven, boosting moder nisation and sustainability , including the 
economic, social, environmental and climat e sustainability of the agricultural, forestr y and rural areas, and helping 
reduce the Union legislation-related administrative burden for benefic iaries.
(2) Since the CAP needs to shar pen its responses to the challenges and oppor tunities as they manifest themselves at 
internati onal, Union, national, regional, local and farm levels, it is necessar y to streamline the governance of the 
CAP and impro ve its deliver y on the Union objectives and to signif icantly decrease the administrative burden. The 
CAP should be based on deliver y of performance. Theref ore, the Union should set the basic policy paramete rs, such 
as the objectives of the CAP and its basic requirements, while Member States should bear greate r responsibility as to 
how they meet the objectives and achieve targe ts. Enhanced subsidiar ity mak es it possible to better take into account 
local conditions and needs and the particular nature of agricultural activity , which results from the social structure of 
agriculture and from structural and natural dispar ities between the various agricultural regions, tailor ing the suppor t 
to maximise the contr ibution to the achi evement of Union objectives.
(1)OJ C 62, 15.2.2019, p. 214.
(2)OJ C 86, 7.3.2019, p. 173.
(3)OJ C 41, 1.2.2019, p. 1.
(4)Position of the European Parliament of 23 November 2021 (not yet published in the Official Jour nal) and decision of the Council of 
2 December 2021.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/262 6.12.2021  (3) Hor izontal financial rules adopt ed by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the 
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’) apply to this Regulation. Those rules are laid down in 
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5)(the ‘Financial Regulation’) 
and deter mine in particular the procedure for establishing and imp lementing the budget through grants, 
procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actor s. Rules 
adopt ed on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also include a general regime of conditionality for the prot ection of the 
Union budget .
(4) To ensure the coherence of the CAP , all inter ventions of the future CAP should be part of a strateg ic plan which 
would include types of inter vention in certain sectors that were provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council (6).
(5) Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 sets out certain definitions concer ning sector s falling within the scope of 
that Regulation. The definitions concer ning the sugar sector set out in Part II, Section B, of that Annex should be 
delet ed because they are no longer applicable. In order to update the definitions concer ning other sectors refer red to 
in that Annex in light of new scientifi c knowledg e or mark et developments, the power to adopt acts in accordance 
with Article 290 TFEU should be delegat ed to the Commission in respect of the amendment of those definitions, 
but not the power to add new definition s. Consequently , the individual empo werment delegat ed to the Commission 
in Part II, Section A, point 4, of that Annex to amend the definit ion of inulin syrup should be delet ed. It is of 
particular impor tance that the Commission carry out appropr iate consultations during its preparatory work, 
including at exper t level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in 
the Interi nstitutional Agreement of 13 Apr il 2016 on Better Law-Mak ing (7). In particular , to ensure equal 
participation in the preparation of delegat ed acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at 
the same time as Member State s’ exper ts, and their exper ts system atically have access to meetings of Commission 
exper t groups dealing with the preparation of delega ted acts.
(6) Part I of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 should be simplified. Redundant and obsolete definitions and provisions 
empo wering the Commission to adopt implementing acts should be delet ed.
(7) In light of the exper ience gained, certain public inter vention periods should be exte nded. Where the opening of 
public intervention is automatic, the public inter vention period should be exte nded by one month. Where the 
opening of public inter vention depends on mark et developments, the public inter vention period should be the 
entire year.
(8) For the purposes of increased transparency , and in the context of the Union’s internati onal commitments, it is 
appropr iate to provide for the publication of relevant volume and price information on the buying-in and on the 
selling of products bought in under public inter vention.
(9) The granting of aid for the private storage of olive oil has proved to be an effective tool for mark et stabilisation. In 
light of the exper ience gained and in order to ensure a fair standard of living and to stabilise the mark et in the olive 
oil and table olives sector, it is appropr iate to extend the list of products that are eligible for aid for private storage to 
also cover table olives.
(5)Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable 
to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) 
No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU 
and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1).
(6)Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common 
organisation 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 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).
(7)OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/263  (10) Following the withdra wal of the Unit ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Nor ther n Ireland from the Union, the limits 
on Union aid for the supply of fruit and veget ables and of milk and milk products in educational establishments, set 
out in Article 23a of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, should be update d. It is appropr iate for reasons of legal 
certainty to provid e for the reduced limits to apply with retroactive effect from 1 Januar y 2021 .
(11) Prov isions concer ning aid schemes set out in Part II, Title I, Chapt er II, Sections 2 to 6, of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 should be delet ed, as all types of intervention in the sectors concer ned are set out in Regulation (EU) 
2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8).
(12) Union wine policy , with its existing scheme of author isations that has allowed for the orderly growth of vine 
plantings since 2016, has contr ibuted to increasing the competitiveness of the Union wine sector and to 
encouraging high-quality production. While the wine sector has achieved a balance between production supply , 
quality , consumer demand and expor ts on the world mark et, that balance is not yet suffi ciently longstanding or 
stable, in particular when the wine sector is faced with serious market disturbances. In addition, there is a trend 
towards a continued decrease in wine consum ption in the Union due to changes in consumer habits and lifestyle. 
As a consequence, in the long term the liberalisation of new vine plantings risks threatening the balance achi eved so 
far between the supply capacity of the sector , a fair standard of living for producers and reasonable prices for 
consumers. This risks jeopardising the positive developments achi eved through Union legislation and policies in 
recent decades.
(13) The existing scheme of author isations for vine plantings is also considered essential to ensur ing diversity of wines 
and responding to the specificities of the Union wine sector . The Union wine sector has specifi c characteri stics, 
including the long cycle of vine yards, given that production only takes place several years after planting but then 
continues for several decades, and given the poten tial for considerable fluctuations in production from one harvest 
to the next. Unlike man y wine-producing third countr ies, the Union wine sector is also charact erised by a very high 
number of small, family-r un farms, which results in a diverse range of wines. In order to guarant ee the economic 
viability of their projects and to impro ve the competitiveness of the Union wine sector on the global mark et, 
operat ors in the sector and producers theref ore need long-t erm predictability , given the signif icant investment 
required to plant a vineyard.
(14) In order to secure the achievements of the Union wine sector up to now and to achi eve a long-lasting quantitative 
and qualitative balance in the sector through the continued orderly growth of vine plantings beyond 2030, the 
schem e of author isations for vine plantings should be exte nded until 2045, i.e. for a period equivalent to the initial 
period in place since 2016, but with two mid-term reviews to be carried out in 2028 and 2040, in order to evaluate 
the schem e and, if necessar y, to present proposals on the basis of the results of those mid-term reviews to impro ve 
the competitiveness of the wine sector .
(15) Allowing producers to dela y the replanting of vine yards could have a positive environmental impact by improving 
soil sanitar y conditions with fewer chemical inputs. Theref ore, in order to contr ibute to a better soil management in 
viticulture, it is appropr iate to allow for the extension of the validity of replanting author isations from three to six 
years where the replanting takes place on the same parcel of land.
(8)Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on suppor t for 
strateg ic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the 
European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing 
Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (see page 1 of this Official Jour nal).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/264 6.12.2021  (16) Due to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Union wine sector , Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council (9)provid ed for the extensi on until 31 December 2021 of the validity of 
planting author isations for new plantings or for replanting that were due to expire in 2020. Due to the prolonged 
effects of the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, producers holding planting author isations for new plantings 
or for replanting that were due to expire in 2020 or 2021 continue to be largely prevente d from using those 
author isations in the last year of their validity . To avoid the loss of those author isations and to reduce the risk of the 
deterioration of the conditions under whic h the planting would need to be carried out, it is appropr iate to allow for a 
further extensi on of the validity of planting author isations for new plantings or for replanting which expire in 2020 
and a extension for those whic h expire in 2021. All planting author isations for new plantings or for replanting that 
were due to expire in 2020 or 2021 should theref ore be exte nded until 31 December 2022 .
(17) Also, taking into account changes in market perspectives, the holders of planting author isations expir ing in 2020 
and 2021 should be able not to use their author isations, without being subject to administrative penalties. 
Moreover , in order to avoid any discr imination, producers who, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2020/2220, 
declared to the compe tent author ity by 28 Febr uary 2021 that they did not intend to mak e use of their 
author isation without knowing about the possibility of extending the validity of their author isations for a second 
year, should be allowed to retract their declarations by means of a written communication to the compet ent 
author ity by 28 Febr uary 2022 and to make use of their author isation until 31 December 2022 .
(18) Because of the mark et disturbances due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic uncer tainty it caused as 
regards the use of those author isations, the provis ions of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 on planting 
author isations for new plantings or for replanting that expire in years 2020 and 2021, should apply retroactively 
from 1 Januar y 2021 .
(19) In view of the decrease in several Member State s in the actual area plant ed with vines in the years 2014-2017, and in 
view of the poten tial loss in production ensuing, when establishing the area for new planting author isations refer red 
to in Article 63(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Member States should be able to choose between the existing 
basis and a percentage of the tota l area actually plant ed with vines in their territory on 31 July 2015 increased by an 
area corresponding to the planting rights under Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (10)that were available for 
convers ion into author isations in the Member State concer ned on 1 Januar y 2016 .
(20) It should be clarified that Member State s that limit the issuing of author isations at regional level for specifi c areas 
eligible for the production of wines with a prot ected designation of origin or for areas eligible for the production of 
wines with a protect ed geographical indication may require such author isations to be used in those regions.
(21) It should be clarified that Member States, for the purpose of granting vine planting author isations, may apply 
objective and non-discr iminator y eligibility and priority criteria at national or regional level. In addition, the 
exper ience of Member States shows the necessity of revising some of the priority criteria in order to be able to give 
preferen ce to vineyards that contr ibut e to the preser vation of vine genetic resources and holdings whose increased 
cost-effi ciency , competiveness or presence on the mark et has been proven .
(9)Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 laying down certain transitional 
provi sions for suppor t from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and from the European Agricultural 
Guarant ee Fund (EAGF) in the years 2021 and 2022 and amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) 
No 1307/2013 as regar ds resources and application in the years 2021 and 2022 and Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards 
resources and the distr ibution of such suppor t in respect of the years 2021 and 2022 (OJ L 437, 28.12.2020, p. 1).
(10)Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on 
specific provi sions for certain agricultural products (Sing le CMO Regulation) (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/265  (22) In order to ensure that no advantag e is granted in favour of a natural or legal person in respect of whom it is 
established that the conditions required for obtaining such advantag es were creat ed artificiall y, it is appropr iate to 
clarify that Member States should be allowed to adopt measures to prevent the circumventio n of rules concer ning 
the safeguard mecha nism for new plantings and the eligibility and priority criteria for the granting of author isations 
for new plantings.
(23) The latest deadline for the submission of requests for the conversion of planting rights into author isations ends 
on 31 December 2022 . In some cases, circumstances such as the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 
pandemic may have had the effect of limiting the conver sion of planting rights into planting author isations. For 
that reason, and in order to allow Member States to preser ve the production capacity corresponding to such 
planting rights, it is appropr iate that, from 1 Januar y 2023 , planting rights that were eligible for conversion into 
planting author isations on 31 December 2022 but have not yet been conver ted into planting author isations remain 
at the disposal of the Member States concer ned, which may grant them at the latest by 31 December 2025 as 
author isations for new vine plantings, without those author isations being count ed for the purposes of the 
limitations laid down in Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
(24) In some Member States, there are traditional vineyards plante d with varieties that are not allowed for the purposes of 
wine production, the production of whic h, including production for the purposes of producing fermented grape 
beverages other than wine, is not intended for the wine mark et. It is appropr iate to clarify that such vine yards are 
not subject to grubbing-up obligations and that the scheme of author isations for vine planting set out in this 
Regulation does not apply to the planting and replanting of such varieties for purposes other than wine production.
(25) Article 90 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 lays down that, unless other wise provided for in intern ational 
agreements concluded in accordance with the TFEU, Union rules on designations of origin and geographical 
indications, labelling, definitions, designations and sales descr iptions for certain products in the wine sector , as well 
as the oenological practices author ised by the Union, are to apply to the products impor ted into the Union. 
Theref ore, in the interest of consistency , it is appropr iate to provide that the rules concer ning certificates of 
compl iance and analysis repor ts for the import of those products should also be applied in light of the international 
agreements concluded in accordance with the TFEU.
(26) Within the framew ork of the CAP reform, provisions concer ning withdrawal from the market of products that do 
not compl y with labelling rules should be integrat ed into Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. In view of the increasing 
consumer demand for product controls, Member States should take measures to ensure that products whic h are not 
labelled in conf ormity with that Regulation are not placed on the mark et or, if such products have already been 
placed on the mark et, that they are withdra wn from the market. Withdra wal includes the possibility to correct the 
labelling of the products without definitively removing them from the mark et.
(27) In view of the repeal of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (11)by 
Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council (12), provi sions concer ning chec ks and 
penalties relat ed to mark eting rules, protect ed designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional term s 
should be integrat ed into Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
(28) To enable producers to use vine varieties that are better adap ted to changing climatic conditions and that have higher 
resistance to diseases, provision should be made to permit the use of designations of origin for products made from 
both vine varieties belonging to Vitis vinifer a and vine varieties stem ming from a cross between Vitis vinifer a and other 
species of the genus Vitis.
(11)Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management 
and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) 
No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549).
(12)Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and 
monitor ing of the common agriculture policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 (see page 187 of this Offi cial Jour nal).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/266 6.12.2021  (29) The definitions of ‘designation of origin’ and ‘geographical indication’ in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 should be 
aligned with the definit ions in the Agreement on Trade-Relate d Aspects of Intellectual Proper ty Rights (‘TRIPS 
Agreement ’), approved by Council Decision 94/800/EC (13), in particular with Article 22(1) of the TRIPS 
Agreement, in that geographical indications identify the product as originating in a specific place, region or 
countr y. In the interest of clarity, it is appropr iate to lay down explicitly that the revised definition of a designation 
of origin includes traditionally used names. As a result, the list of the requirements for a traditionally used name to 
constitute a designation of origin in the wine sector set out in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 will become obsolete 
and should be delet ed. For reasons of consiste ncy, such a clarification should also be introduced in the definition of 
‘geog raphical indication’ for the wine sector laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and in the definit ions of 
‘designation of origin’ and ‘geog raphical indications’ for the food sector laid down in Regulation (EU) 
No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (14).
(30) The geographical envi ronment, with its natural and human factors, is a crucial element that affects the quality and 
character istics of grapevine products, agricultural products and foodstuffs that benefit from prot ected designations 
of origin or geographical indications pursuant to Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 1151/2012. In 
particular , where fresh products that undergo little or no processing are concer ned, natural factors may be 
predominant in determi ning the quality and charact eristics of the product concer ned, while the contr ibution of 
human factors to the quality and character istics of the product may be less specif ic. Theref ore, the human factors 
that should be taken into account in the descr iption of the link between the quality or charact eristics of a product 
and a particular geograp hical environment that is to be included in the product specification of prot ected 
designations of origin pursuant to Article 94 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 
No 1151/2012 should not be limited to specif ic methods of production or processing that confer a specifi c quality 
to the product concer ned, but may include factors such as soil and landscape management , cultivation practices, 
and any other human activities that contr ibut e to the mainte nance of the essential natural factors that 
predominantly determine the geographical environment and the quality and charact eristics of the product 
concer ned.
(31) To ensure coherent decision-making as regards applications for protection and objection submitte d in the 
preliminar y national procedure referred to in Article 96 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and in Article 49 of 
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission should be informed in a timely and regular manner when 
procedures are launche d before national cour ts or other bodies concer ning an application for protection forwarded 
by the Member State to the Commission, as refer red to in Article 96(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and 
Article 49(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. For the same reason, where a Member State communicate s to the 
Commission a national decision on whic h the application for prot ection is based that is likely to be invalidat ed at 
the end of a national judicial proceeding, the Commission should be exem pted from the oblig ation to carry out the 
scrutiny procedure set out in Article 97 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Article 50 of Regulation (EU) 
No 1151/2012 with respect to an application for prot ection within the prescr ibed deadline and from the oblig ation 
to inform the applicant of the reasons for the dela y. In order to protect the applicant from vexatious legal actions and 
to preser ve the applicant ’s fundamental right to secure the prote ction of a geographical indication within a 
reasonable time, the exemption should be limited to cases in which the application for prot ection has been 
inva lidated at national level by an immediately applicable but not final judicial decision or in whic h the 
Member States consider that the action to challenge the validity of the application is based on valid grounds.
(32) The registration of geographical indications should be made simpler and faster by separating the assessment of 
compl iance with intellectua l proper ty rules from the assessment of the compliance of the product specifi cations 
with the requirements laid down in the mark eting standards and labelling rules.
(33) The assessment carried out by the compet ent author ities of Member State s is an essential step in the registration 
procedure. Member States have knowle dge, exper tise and access to data that make them the best placed to verify 
whether the information provid ed in the application is correct and truthful. Theref ore, Member State s should 
ensure that the result of that assessment, which is to be faithfully recorded in a sing le document summar ising the 
relevant elements of the product specifi cation, is reliable and accurate. Having regar d to the principle of subsidiar ity, 
(13)Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concer ning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community , as regar ds 
matters within its compet ence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994) (OJ L 336, 
23.12.1994, p. 1).
(14)Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for 
agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343 14.12.2012, p. 1).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/267  the Commission should subsequently examine applications to ensure that there are no manife st errors, in order to 
ensure, in particular , that they contain the required information, that they are free of obvious substantive errors, 
that the reasoning present ed suppor ts the application, and that Union law and the inter ests of stak eholders outside 
the Member State of application and outside the Union are taken into account.
(34) In the wine sector , the period during which an objection can be made should be extended to three months to ensure 
that all inter ested parties have sufficient time to analyse the application for protection and the possibility to submit a 
state ment of objection. To ensure that the same procedure for objections is applied under Regulations (EU) 
No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 1151/2012 and to enable Member States to forward objections from natural or lega l 
persons residing or established in their territory to the Commission in a coordinated and efficient manner , 
objections from natural or legal persons should be submitted via the author ities of the Member State in whic h they 
reside or are established. To simplify the objection procedure, the Commission should be empo wered to reject 
inadmissible state ments of objection in the implementing act that confers prote ction on the designation of origin or 
geographical indication concer ned.
(35) In order to increase procedural effic iency and ensure unif orm conditions for the conferr al of protection on 
designations of origin or geographical indications, imp lementing powers should be conferred on the Commission 
to adopt implementing acts conferr ing such prote ction in the wine sector without recourse to the examination 
procedure, in circumstances where no admissible statement of objections to the application for prot ection has been 
submitted . For cases where an admissible statement of objection has been submitte d, implementing powers should 
be conferred on the Commission to adopt implementing acts either conferr ing prot ection or rejecting the 
application for protection, in accordance with the examination procedure.
(36) The relationship between trade marks and geographical indications of grapevine products should be clarified in 
relation to criteria for refusal, invalidation and coexist ence. Such clarification should not affect rights acquired by 
holders of geographical indications at national level or that exist by virtue of international agreements concluded by 
Member States for the period before the establishment of the Union prote ction system for grapevine products.
(37) Rules concer ning national procedures, the objection procedure, the classif ication of the amendments into Union 
amendments and standard amendments, including the main rules for the adoptio n of such amendments, and 
temporar y labelling and presentation currently laid down in Commission Delegat ed Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (15)
are an imp ortant element of the scheme for the prote ction of designations of origin and geographical indications in 
the wine sector. For reasons of consistency with Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council (16)and for ease of application, those provisions should be integrated 
into Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
(38) Concer ning the prot ection of geographical indications, it is impor tant to have due rega rd for the General Agreement 
on Tariffs and Trade including Article V thereof on freedom of transit, which was appro ved by Decision 94/800/EC. 
Within that legal framework, in order to strengthen geographical indication protection and to combat counterfeiting 
more effectively , the prote ction of designations of origin and geograp hical indications should also apply with regar d 
to goods that enter the customs territory of the Union without being released for free circulation and that are placed 
under customs special procedures such as procedures for transit, storag e, specifi c use or processing. Theref ore, the 
prote ction conferr ed by Article 103(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) 
No 1151/2012 should be extended to cover goods whic h are in transit across the Union customs territory, and the 
prote ction conferred by Article 103(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Article 13(1) and Article 24 of 
(15)Commission Delegat ed Regulation (EU) 2019/33 of 17 October 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council as regards applications for prot ection of designations of origin, geographical indications and 
traditional terms in the wine sector , the objection procedure, restr ictions of use, amendments to product specifications, cancellation 
of prot ection, and labelling and presentation (OJ L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 2).
(16)Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 Apr il 2019 on the defin ition, descr iption, 
presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, 
the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethy l alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic 
beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 (OJ L 130 17.5.2019, p. 1).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/268 6.12.2021  Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 to designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional specialities 
guarant eed should be extended to cover goods whic h are sold over the internet or by other means of electronic 
commerce. In addition, designations of origin and geographical indications in the wine sector should also be 
prote cted against any direct or indirect commercial use where they refer to products used as ingredients. 
Designations of origin and geographical indications in the wine sector and traditional specialities guarant eed should 
also be protect ed against misuse, imitation and evocation where they are used to refer to products used as 
ingredients.
(39) It should be possible to cancel the prot ection of a designation of origin or geographical indication in circumstances 
where it is no long er in use or where the applicant referred to in Article 95 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 no 
long er wishes to maintain that prot ection.
(40) In view of the ever increasing consumer demand for inno vative grapevine products that have a lower actual alcoholic 
strength than the minimum actual alcoholic strength set out for grapevine products in Annex VII, Part II, to 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, it should also be possible to produce such innovative grapevine products in the 
Union. To that end, it is necessar y to lay down the conditions under which certain grapevine products may be 
de-alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised and to establish the processes for de-alcoholisation that are author ised. 
Those conditions should take into account the Resolutions of the Intern ational Org anisation of Vine and Wine 
(OIV), OIV -ECO 432-2012 Beverag e Obtained By Dealcoholisation of Wine, OIV -ECO 433-2012 Beverage 
Obtained By Partial Dealcoholisation of Wine and OIV -ECO 523-2016 Wine With An Alcohol Content Modified 
by Dealcoholisation and OIV -OENO 394A-2012 Dealcoholisation Of Wines.
(41) Those innovative grapevine products have never been market ed in the Union as wine. For that reason, further 
research and exper imentation would be necessar y to impro ve the quality of those products and, in particular , to 
ensure that the total remo val of the alcohol cont ent allows the preser vation of the diffe rentiating character istics of 
quality wines that are prote cted by a geographical indication or a designation of origin. Theref ore, although both 
partial and total de-alcoholisation should be author ised for wines without a geographical indication or a 
designation of origin, only partial de-alcoholisation should be author ised for wines with a protect ed geographical 
indication or protect ed designation of origin. In addition, to ensure clarity and transparency for both producers and 
consumers of wines with a geographical indication or a designation of origin, it is appropr iate to provide that, where 
wines with a geographical indication or a designation of origin may be partially de-alcoholised, their product 
specifi cation should contain a descr iption of the partially de-alcoholised wine and, where applicable, the specifi c 
oenological practices to be used to make the partially de-alcoholised wine or wines, as well as the relevant 
restr ictions on making them.
(42) In order to provide a higher level of information to consumers, the compulsor y particulars under Article 119 of 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 should include a nutr ition declaration and a list of ingredients. However , producers 
should have the option of limiting the contents of the nutr ition declaration on the packa ge or on a label attac hed 
thereto to only the energy value and of making the full nutr ition declaration and the list of ingredients available by 
electronic means, provid ed that they avoid any collection or tracking of user data and do not provide information 
aimed at mark eting purposes. However , the option of not providing a full nutr itional declaration on the packag e or 
on a label attach ed thereto should not affect the existing requirement that the label list substances causing allergies 
or intol erances. In Article 122 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the power to adopt acts in accordance with 
Article 290 TFEU should be delega ted to the Commission in respect of supplementing Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 by laying down rules for the indication and designation of ingredients. The mark eting of existing 
stoc ks of wine should be allowed to continue after the dates of application of the new labelling requirements until 
those stoc ks are exhausted. Operators should be allowed sufficient time to adjust to the new labelling requirements 
before they become applicable.
(43) In order to ensure that consumers are informed of the nature of de-alcoholised wine products and that the rules 
governing labelling and presentation of products in the wine sector also apply to de-alcoholised or partially 
de-alcoholised grapevine products, Article 119 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 should be amended. However , in 
order to maintain the current level of information on minimum durability required for beverages containing less 
than 10 % by volume of alcohol under Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/269  Council (17), it is appropr iate to require products which have undergone a de-alcoholisation treatment with an actual 
alcoholic strength by volume of less than 10 % to include, as compul sory particulars, an indication of the date of 
minimum durability .
(44) In addition, Annex I, Part XII, to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, whic h lists the products covered under the wine 
sector , currently covers partially de-alcoholised wines with an alcohol conte nt by volume above 0,5 %. In order to 
ensure that all de-alcoholised wines, including those with an alcohol cont ent by volume of 0,5 % or less, are covered 
in the wine sector, it is appropr iate to amend Annex I, Part XII, to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 by adding a new 
entr y.
(45) As rega rds rules concer ning the conditions on the use of closures in the wine sector in order to ensure that 
consumers are prot ected from the misleading use of certain closures associated with certain beverage s and from 
hazardous closure mater ials that may contaminate the beverages, the power to adopt acts in accordance with 
Article 290 TFEU should be delega ted to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry 
out appropr iate consultations during its preparat ory work, including at exper t level, and that those consultations be 
conduct ed in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interi nstitutional Agreement of 13 Apr il 2016 on 
Bett er Law-Making. In particular , to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegat ed acts, the 
European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ exper ts, and their 
exper ts systematically have access to meetings of Commission exper t groups dealing with the preparation of 
delegat ed acts.
(46) Rules and requirements relating to the system of sugar quotas expired at the end of the 2016/2017 marketing year . 
Article 124 and Articles 127 to 144 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 are now obsolete and should be delet ed.
(47) Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council (18)lays down an excep tion from the 
maximum payment deadline for the sale of grapes and must in the wine sector . In order to contr ibute to the 
stability of the wine supply chain and to provi de agricultural producers with the secur ity of longstanding sales 
relationships, sales of wine in bulk should be treate d in the same manner . It is theref ore appropr iate to provid e that, 
by way of deroga tion from the applicable maximum payment deadlines laid down in Directive (EU) 2019/633, if 
requeste d by an interbranch organisati on, Member State s may decide that the applicable maximum payment 
deadlines do not apply to the sales of wine in bulk , provided that the specific payment deadline term s are included 
in standard contracts which have been extende d by Member State s under Article 164 of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 before 31 October 2021 and that the supply agreements between suppliers of wine in bulk and 
their direct buye rs are multiannual or become multiannual.
(48) Where the deliver y of agricultural products by a producer to a processor or distr ibutor is covered by a written 
contract or offer pursuant to Articles 148 and 168 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, and the price payable for the 
deliver y is calculat ed by combining various factors set out in the contract, those factors, which may include objective 
indicators, indices and methods of calculation, should be easily understandable by the parties. Further more, 
Member State s should be able to specify optional indicator s that may be used by the parties to the contracts, on the 
basis of available objective market information and studies.
(49) Following the withdrawal of the Unit ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Nor ther n Ireland from the Union, the total 
amount of raw milk production in the Union has decreased. In order not to under mine the powers to conduct 
contractual negotiations grant ed to producer organisations in the milk and milk products sector, the applicable 
quantitative limit on the volume of raw milk covered by such negotiations, expressed as a percentage of the total 
Union production, should be increased. It is appropr iate for reasons of legal certainty to provi de for the application 
of the increased quantitative limit with retroactive effect from 1 Januar y 2021 .
(17)Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food 
information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, 
Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304 22.11.2011, p. 18).
(18)Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 Apr il 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to- 
business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/270 6.12.2021  (50) To help achieve the environmental objectives of the Union, Member State s should be able to recognise producer 
organisations that pursue specific aims relating to the management and valor isation of by-products, residual flows 
and waste , in particular to protect the environment and boost circular ity, as well as producer organisations that 
pursue aims relating to the manag ement of mutual funds for any sector . It is theref ore appropr iate to extend the 
existing list of objectives of producer orga nisations set out in Article 152 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. To 
increase the transparency of producer organisations, the statut es of producer organisations should also enable 
producer members to scrutinise democratically the accounts and budgets of the organisation. Moreover , for the 
ease of commercial transactions engaged in by the producer organisation, it is appropr iate to lay down that the 
statut es of a producer organisation may allow producer members to be in direct contact with purchasers, provided 
that such direct contact does not jeopardise the producer organisation’s function of concentrating supply and 
placing products on the mark et and provided that the producer organisation continues to have sole discretion over 
the essential elements of sales effected by the producer organisation.
(51) In light of the exper ience gain ed and the evolution of the milk and milk products sector since the end of the quota 
system, it is no long er appropr iate to maintain specifi c rules related to the objectives and the recognition 
arrange ments provi ded for with respect to interbranc h orga nisations in the sector of milk and milk products.
(52) The exper ience in differ ent sectors shows that Member States may recognise interbranch organisations at different 
geographical levels without under mining the role and the aims of such organisations. Theref ore, it is pertinent to 
clarify that Member States may opt for the recognition of such interbranc h organisations at one or more 
geographical levels. Inter branch organisati ons are to pursue a specific aim taking account of the inter ests of their 
members and of consumers. In light of the environmental objectives of the Union, it is appropr iate to extend the list 
of objectives set out in Article 157 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 to include provid ing the necessar y 
information and carrying out the necessar y research to develop products that are more suited to climat e action and 
to the protect ion of animal health and animal welfare, contr ibuting to the valor isation of by-pro ducts and the 
reduction and management of wast e, and promoting and implementing measures to prevent, control and manage 
animal health, plant-prote ction and environmental risks, including by setting up and managing funds or by 
contr ibuting to such funds with a view to paying financial compen sation to farmers for the costs and economic 
losses arising from the promotion and imple mentation of such measures. To avoid the risk of organisations at a 
certain stage of the food supply chain concentrating more power, Member States should recognise only interbranch 
organisations that strive for a balanced representation of the organisations in various stages of the food supply chain 
that constitute the inter branch organisation.
(53) The definition of ‘economic area’ laid down in Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for the purpose of the 
extensi on of rules and compul sory contr ibutions should be compl emented to adap t that Regulation to the 
production specific ities of products with a protect ed designation of origin or prot ected geographical indication 
recognised under Union law. In order to foster sustainable practices, it should be possible to mak e agreements, 
decisions and concer ted practices of interbranc h organisations related to plant health, animal health, food safety and 
environmental risks binding on non-members. Howe ver, because of the importance of biodiversity in the seed 
mater ial used in orga nic farming, rules related to the use of certified seeds should not be made binding by extensi on 
on non-members practising organic farming.
(54) In view of the impor tance of protect ed designations of origin and protect ed geographical indications for agricultural 
production in the Union, and in view of the success of the introduction of supply management rules for cheeses and 
dry-cured hams under geograp hical indications in ensur ing the added value and maintaining the reputation of those 
products and stabilising their prices, the possibility of applying supply manag ement rules should be extende d to 
agricultural products with a protect ed designation of origin or geographical indication under Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 or Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. For clarity and consiste ncy, it is appropr iate to integrate the 
existing rules on the regulation of supply into one sing le provision cover ing all agricultural products. 
Member States should theref ore be author ised to apply those rules to regulate the supply of agricultural products 
under geographical indications at the request of an inter branch organisation, producer orga nisation, or a group of 
producers or operat ors, provid ed that at least two- thirds of the producers of that product, or their representatives, 
agree, and, where applicable, the agricultural producers of the raw mater ial concer ned have been consult ed, and, in 
the case of cheese, for reasons of continuity , have given their agreement. Those rules should be subject to strict 
conditions, in particular in order to avoid damage to trade in products in other mark ets and to protect minor ity 
rights. Member State s should immediate ly publish and notify the adopt ed rules to the Commission, ensure regular 
checks and repeal the rules in cases of non-com pliance. The Commission should be empo wered to adopt 
imp lementing acts requir ing that a Member State repeal such rules if the Commission finds that the rules do not EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/271  compl y with certain conditions, prevent or distor t competition in a substantial part of the intern al mark et or 
jeopardise free trade or the attainment of the objectives of Article 39 TFEU. In light of the Commission’s powers in 
the field of Union competition policy , and given the special nature of those acts, the Commission should adopt such 
imp lementing acts without applying Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
(55) Value-shar ing clauses in the food supply chain are of interest not only in agreements between producers and first 
buyers but also where they can enable farmers to participat e in price developments in the more down stream stages 
of the chain. It should theref ore be made possible for farmers and their associations to agree on such clauses with 
actors who are down stream of the first buye rs.
(56) The special commercial value of wines covered by a protect ed designation of origin (PDO) or protect ed geographical 
indication (PGI) derives from their belonging to a premium segment of the mark et thank s to their reputation for 
quality that derives from their product specifi cations. Such wines tend to fetch higher prices in the mark et as 
consumers value the character istics to whic h the designation of origin and geographical indication attests. To 
prevent those quality credentials from being undercut by detr imental price action, interbranc h organisations 
representing the operators benefiti ng from those quality credentials should be able to issue price guidance 
concer ning the sales of the relevant grapes by way of derogat ion from Article 101(1) TFEU. Howe ver, such guidance 
should be non-mandatory , in order to avoid eliminating intra-PDO/PGI price competition altog ether .
(57) Article 5 of the World Trade Org anization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture includes the calculation methods that 
may be used to fix the trigger volume for the special safeg uard clause in the relevant sectors. In order to take into 
account all possible calculation methods for establishing the trigger volume for the purpose of the application of 
additional import duties, including where domestic consum ption is not taken into account, Article 182(1) of 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 should be amended to reflect the calculation method set out in Article 5(4) of the 
WTO Agreement on Agriculture.
(58) Articles 192 and 193 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 should be deleted, as such measures are no longer necessar y 
in view of the end of the production regulation in the sugar sector . In order to ensure that the Union market is 
adequately supplied by impor ts from third countr ies, delegat ed and implementing powers should be conferr ed on 
the Commission to suspend import duties for cane and beet molasses.
(59) The Minist erial Decision of 19 December 2015 on Expor t Com petition of the 10th WTO Minist erial Conference in 
Nairobi sets down rules on expor t competition measures. As regards expor t subsidies, WTO members are required 
to eliminate their expor t subsidy entitlements as of the date of that Decision. Theref ore, Union provis ions on expor t 
refunds set out in Articles 196 to 204 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 should be deleted. In respect of expor t 
credits, expor t credit guarantees and insurance programmes, agricultural expor ting state trading enterprises and 
internati onal food aid, Member States may adopt national measures respecting Union law. Since the Union and its 
Member States are WTO members, such national measures should also compl y with the rules laid down in that 
WTO Ministeri al Decision of 19 December 2015 as a matte r of Union law and international law.
(60) The intern al market relies on the consistent application of competition rules in all Member States. This requires the 
continued close cooperation of national compe tition author ities and the Commission in the European netw ork of 
competition author ities, where questions of interpretation and application of competition rules can be discussed 
and actions to apply competition rules can be coordinat ed, in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1/2003 (19).
(61) In order to ensure the effective use of Article 210 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 by interbranch organisations, as 
well as for the sake of simplification and reducing administrative burdens, agreements, decisions and concer ted 
practices of inter branch organisati ons should not require a prior Commission decision to the effect that they are not 
subject to the application of Article 101(1) TFEU, provid ed that those agreements, decisions and concer ted practices 
(19)Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implem entation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 
81 and 82 of the Treaty (OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/272 6.12.2021  meet the requirements laid down in Article 210 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. However , at the request of the 
applicant, the Commission should give an opinion concer ning the compati bility of such agreements, decisions and 
concer ted practices with Article 210 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. Notwithstanding a Commission opinion 
issued to the effect that such agreements, decisions and concer ted practices are compati ble with that Article, the 
Commission should retain the possibility of declar ing at any time after issuing such an opinion that Article 101(1) 
TFEU will apply in the future to the agreements, decisions or concer ted practices in question, if it finds that the 
relevant conditions for the application of Article 210 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 are no longer met.
(62) Certain vertical and horizontal initiatives concer ning agricultural and food products, whic h aim to apply 
requirements that are more stringent than the mandat ory requirements, can have positive effects on sustainability 
objectives. The conclusion of such agreements, decisions and concer ted practices between producers and operat ors 
at different levels of the production, processing and trade could also strengthen the position of producers in the 
supply chain and increase their bargaining power. Theref ore, under specifi c circumstances, such initiatives should 
not be subject to the application of Article 101(1) TFEU. In order to ensure the effective use of this new deroga tion, 
and in the interest of reducing administrative burdens, such initiatives should not require a prior Commission 
decision to the effect that they are not to be subject to the application of Article 101(1) TFEU. As this is a new 
derogat ion, it is appropr iate to provid e that the Commission should produce guidelines for operators concer ning 
the application of the derogation within two years of the entr y into force of this Regulation. After that date, 
producers should also be able to request an opinion from the Commission concer ning the application of the 
derogat ion to their agreements, decisions and concer ted practices. In justif ied cases, the Commission should be able 
to subsequently revise the conte nt of its opinion. National compe tition author ities should be able to decide that an 
agreement, decision or concer ted practice is to be modified, discontinued or not take place at all, if they consider it 
necessar y to protect competition, in whic h case they should inform the Commission of their actions.
(63) Article 214a of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 allows Finland to grant, under certain conditions, national aid in 
Souther n Finland until 2022, subject to the author isation of the Commission. The granting of that national aid 
should continue to be allowed for the period 2023-2027. In order to ensure that this aid can continue to be granted 
during the transitional period of 2021 to 2022, the new arrange ments in respect thereof should apply only 
from 1 Januar y 2023 .
(64) Restr ictions on the free circulation of products in the fruit and veget ables sector resulting from the application of 
measures intended to combat the spread of plant pests can cause difficulties on the mark et in one or more 
Member States. Particularly in light of the increasing occur rence of plant pests, it is theref ore appropr iate to allow 
for excep tional suppor t measures to take account of restr ictions on trade as a result of plant pests and to exte nd the 
list of products in respect of which excep tional suppor t measures may be adopt ed in the fruit and vegetables sector .
(65) The existing Union mark et obser vator ies and working groups for agricultural mark ets have proved benefi cial to 
informing the choices of economic operat ors and public author ities as well as to facilitating the monitoring of 
mark et developments. To that end, and in order to enhance the transparency of agricultural and food mark ets at 
Union level and to contr ibut e to the stability of agricultural mark ets, those instr uments should be strengthened. 
Theref ore, it is appropr iate to establish a sing le formal legal framew ork for the setting up and operation of Union 
mark et obser vatories in any agricultural sector and to lay down the relevant notification and repor ting oblig ations 
for those obser vatories.
(66) On the basis of the statistical data and information collect ed for the monitori ng of the agricultural markets, Union 
mark et obser vator ies should identify threats of market disturbance in their repor ts. The Commission should 
regularly present to the European Parliament and to the Council information on the market situation of the 
agricultural products, the threats of mark et disturbance and possible measures to be taken, by means of regular 
participation in meetings of the Committ ee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Special Committee on 
Agriculture.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/273  (67) For reasons of clarity, the role of the Commission in respect of its existing oblig ations to cooperate and exchange 
information with compet ent author ities designat ed in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 
of the European Parliament and of the Council (20)and the European Secur ities and Mark ets Auth ority (ESMA) 
should be explicitly laid down in Article 223 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
(68) Obsolete repor ting obligations of the Commission regarding the milk and milk products market and the extensi on 
of the scope of the school schem e should be delet ed. Repor ting oblig ations concer ning the apiculture sector should 
be integrat ed into Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. New repor ting oblig ations and deadlines should be laid down 
regarding the application of competition rules to the agricultural sector, regar ding the setting up of Union mark et 
obser vator ies and regarding the use of excep tional measures. The Commission should also repor t on the situation 
of sales designations and carcass classif ication in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector.
(69) Prov isions concer ning the reser ve for crises in the agricultural sector laid down in Part V, Chapt er III, of Regulation 
(EU) No 1308/2013 should be delet ed, as update d provisions concer ning the agricultural reser ve are laid down in 
Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
(70) In light of the existing derog ation from the sales descr iptions to be used for veal with a prote cted designation of 
origin or geographical indication register ed before 29 June 2007 , for consiste ncy reasons and in order to provi de 
for unambiguous information to consumers, Member States should be given the possibility of allowing groups 
responsible for protect ed designations of origin or geographical indications registered before the same date to 
derogat e from compulsor y carcass classificat ion for veal.
(71) Rules on assessing conf licts between a name applied for registration as designation of origin or geographical 
indication under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and the name of a plant variety or animal breed produced in the 
Union should be laid down in order to reac h a faire r balance between the interests at stake .
(72) To increase the aware ness of consumers in respect of protect ed designations of origin, prote cted geographical 
indications and traditional specialities guarant eed under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the oblig atory use of the 
relat ed Union symbols should be extende d to the adver tising mater ials.
(73) Specifi c derogations that permit the use of other names alongside the register ed name of a traditional speciality 
guarant eed should be provided for. The Commission should fix transitional periods for the use of designations that 
contain names of traditional specialities guarant eed, in line with the conditions for such transitional periods already 
in existen ce for prote cted designations of origin and protect ed geographical indications.
(74) Procedures relat ed to the registration of protect ed designations of origin, protect ed geographical indications and 
traditional specialities guarant eed laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 should be streamlined and 
simplified to ensure that new names can be registered within shor ter time periods. The opposition procedure 
should be simplified. The reasoned statement of opposition should set out all the grounds for opposition and details 
of those grounds. This should not prevent the author ity or person that lodged the opposition from adding and 
developing further details in the course of the consultations refer red to in Article 51(3) of Regulation (EU) 
No 1151/2012.
(75) The procedure for the approval of amendments to product specifications laid down in Regulation (EU) 
No 1151/2012 should be simplified by introducing a distinction between Union amendments and standard 
amendments. In accordance with the principle of subsidiar ity, Member State s should be responsible for appro ving 
standard amendments and the Commission should retain responsibility for approving Union amendments to 
product specifi cations. Provision should be made to ensure that there is suffi cient time to facilitate a smooth 
transition from the rules provi ded for in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 concer ning amendments to product 
specifi cations to the new rules laid down in this Regulation.
(20)Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 Apr il 2014 on market abuse (market abuse 
regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 
2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 1).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/274 6.12.2021  (76) In light of the increasing demand from Union consumers of beeswax, its growing use in the food sector, and its close 
link to agricultural products and to the rural econom y, the list of agricultural products and foodstuffs laid down in 
Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 should be extended to cover that product.
(77) In view of the limited number of registrations of geographical indications of aromatised wine products under 
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (21)the lega l framew ork for the 
prote ction of geographical indications for those products should be simplified. Aromatised wine products and other 
alcoholic beverages, with the excep tions of spirit drinks and of grapevine products listed in Annex VII, Part II, to 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, should have the same legal regime and procedures as other agricultural products 
and foodstuffs. The scope of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 should be extende d to cover those products. 
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 should be amended to take account of this chang e as rega rds its title, scope and 
definit ions and as regards the provisions concer ning the labelling of aromatised wine products. A smooth transition 
for the names prot ected under Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 should be ensured.
(78) In order to facilitate trade with third countr ies, it should be laid down that Member States may allow that aromatised 
wine products produced for expor t include on the packag e or on a label attach ed thereto sales denominations 
required by third countr ies, including in languages other than the official languages of the Union, provid ed that the 
appropr iate sales denominations set out in Annex II also appear on the packag e or on a label attac hed thereto.
(79) The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegat ed to the Commission in respect of 
supplementing the sales denominations and descr iptions of aromatised wine products laid down in Annex II to 
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 in order to adap t them to take account of technical progress, scientifi c and mark et 
developments, consumer health or consumer needs for information.
(80) In order to provid e a higher level of information to consumers, the compul sory labelling of aromatised wine 
products with a nutr ition declaration and a list of ingredients should be added to Regulation (EU) No 251/2014. 
However , producers should have the option of limiting the conte nts of the nutr ition declaration on the packag e or 
on a label attached thereto to only the energy value and of making the full nutr ition declaration and the list of 
ingredients available by electronic means, provid ed that they avoid any collection or trackin g of user data and do 
not provi de information aimed at mark eting purposes. However , the option of not providing a full nutr itional 
declaration on the packag e or on a label attache d thereto should not affect the existing requirement that the label 
list substances causing allergies or intolerances. The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU 
should be delegat ed to the Commission in respect of supplementing Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 by laying down 
detailed rules for the indication and designation of ingredients for aromatised wine products. The mark eting of 
existing stoc ks of aromatised wine products should be allowed to continue after the dates of application of the new 
labelling requirements until those stoc ks are exhaust ed. Operato rs should be allowed suffi cient time to adjust to the 
new labelling requirements before they become applicable.
(81) It is appropr iate to allow the addition of a limited quantity of spirit drinks to flavour the aromatised wines in any of 
the cate gories laid down in Annex II, point A, to Regulation (EU) No 251/2014. Since technical progress nowa days 
enables the production of vermouth without the addition of alcohol, it should no long er be required to add alcohol 
to vermouth. Given consumer demand, it is appropr iate to allow the combination of red and whit e wine to produce 
Glühwein. In order to take into account an aromatised wine-based drink existing on the Polish market, it is 
appropr iate to creat e the new categor y ‘wino zioło we’, setting out in Union law the traditional requirements for its 
production.
(21)Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 Febr uary 2014 on the definition, descr iption, 
presentation, labelling and the prot ection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 1601/91 (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 14).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/275  (82) Given its small size, remot eness and specific situation concer ning food secur ity, local mark ets in Réunion are 
particularly vulnerable to price fluctuations. Interbranch organisations bring together producers and other 
operat ors of differ ent stages of the food supply chain and can play a role in suppor ting the maintenanc e and 
diversifi cation of local production. In the specifi c cont ext of food secur ity in Réunion, it is appropr iate to provid e, 
by way of derog ation from Article 165 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, that where rules of a recognised 
inter branch organisation are exte nded to operat ors who are not members of the interbranc h organisation, France 
may decide, after consulting the relevant stak eholders, that operators who are not members of the interbranc h 
organisation are required to pay financia l contr ibutions for the activities covered by extended rules whic h are in the 
general economic interest of economic operat ors whose activities are solely carried out in Réunion in relation to 
products whic h are destined for the local mark et.
(83) Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 251/2014 and (EU) No 228/2013 should theref ore 
be amended according ly.
(84) Transitional arrang ements should be put in place for applications for prot ection and for the registration of prote cted 
designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional specialities guarant eed that have been submitted 
before the date of entr y into force of this Regulation, for the expenditure incur red before 1 Januar y 2023 under the 
aid schemes for olive oil and table olives, fruit and vege tables, wine, apiculture and hops, for operational 
programmes of recognised producer organisations or their associations in the fruit and vegeta bles sector and for 
suppor t programmes in the wine sector established in Articles 29 to 60 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
(85) In order to ensure a smooth transition to the new legal framew ork laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, the 
amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 linke d to that new legal framewor k should apply 
from 1 Januar y 2023 .
(86) In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the measures envisag ed and as a matt er of urgency , this Regulation 
should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the Europ ean Union,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION:
Article 1
Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 is amended as follo ws:
(1) Article 2 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Article 2
General common agricultural policy (CAP) provisions
Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*) and the provisions adop ted pursuant to 
it shall apply in relation to the measures set out in this Regulation.
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(*) Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, 
manage ment and monitor ing of the common agriculture policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 (OJ 
L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 187).’;
(2) Article 3 is amended as follo ws:
(a) paragraph 2 is delet ed;
(b) paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the followi ng:
‘3. The definitions set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 and Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council (*) apply for the purposes of this Regulation, save as other wise provided 
for in this Regulation.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/276 6.12.2021  4. The Commission shall be empo wered to adopt delegat ed acts, in accordance with Article 227, amending 
the definitions concer ning the sectors set out in Annex II to the extent necessar y to updat e the definitions in light 
of market developments without adding new definitions.
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(*) Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing 
rules on suppor t for strateg ic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy 
(CAP Strateg ic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarante e Fund (EAGF) and by the European 
Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p1).’;
(3) Article 5 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Article 5
Conv ersion rates for rice
The Commission may adopt implementing acts fixing the conver sion rates for rice at various stages of processing.
Those imp lementing acts shall be adopt ed in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 229(2).’;
(4) Article 6 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Article 6
Mark eting years
The followi ng mark eting years shall be established:
(a) 1 Januar y to 31 December of a given year for the fruit and vegeta bles, processed fruit and vegetables and banana 
sectors ;
(b) 1 Apr il to 31 March of the followi ng year for the dried fodder and silkworm sectors;
(c) 1 July to 30 June of the follo wing year for:
(i) the cereals sector;
(ii) the seeds sector;
(iii) the flax and hemp sector;
(iv) the milk and milk products sector;
(d) 1 August to 31 July of the followi ng year for the wine sector;
(e) 1 Sept ember to 31 August of the following year for the rice sector and with respect to table olives;
(f) 1 October to 30 Sept ember of the follo wing year for the suga r sector and with respect to olive oil.’;
(5) Article 12 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 12
Public inter vention periods
Public inter vention shall be available for:
(a) common wheat, from 1 October to 31 May;
(b) durum wheat, barley and maize, throughout the year;
(c) paddy rice, throughout the year;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/277  (d) beef and veal, throughout the year;
(e) butter and skimmed milk powder , from 1 Febr uary to 30 September .’;
(6) Article 16 is amended as follows :
(a) the followi ng paragraph is inser ted:
‘2a. Member States shall notify to the Commission all the information needed to allow for the monitoring of 
compliance with the principles laid down in paragraph 1.’;
(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘3. Each year the Commission shall publish details of the conditions under which products bought in under 
public inter vention were bought or sold in the previous year. Those details shall include the relevant volumes 
and the buying and selling prices.’;
(7) in Article 17, first paragraph, point (b) is replaced by the follo wing:
‘(b) olive oil and table olives;’;
(8) Part II, Title I, Chapt er II, is amended as follo ws:
(a) the title is replaced by the followi ng:
‘CHAPTER II
Aid for the supply of fruit and vegetables and of milk and milk products in educational establishments’;
(b) the heading ‘Section 1’ and its title are delet ed;
(c) in Article 23, paragraph 11 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘11. Member States shall choose the products to be featured in distr ibution or to be included in accompan ying 
educational measures on the basis of objective criteria which shall include one or more of the followi ng: health 
and environmental considerations, seasonality , variety and the availability of local or regional produce, giving 
priority to the extent practicable to products originating in the Union. Member States may encourage in 
particular local or regional purch asing, organic products, shor t supply chains or envi ronmental benefi ts, 
including sustainable packag ing, and, if appropr iate, products recognised under the quality schemes established 
by Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.
Member States may consider , in their strateg ies, prioritising sustainability and fair-trade considerations.’;
(d) Article 23a is amended as follows:
(i) paragraph 1 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘1. Without prejudice to paragraph 4 of this Article, the aid under the school scheme allocated for the 
distr ibution of products, the accompan ying educational measures and the relat ed costs referred to in 
Article 23(1) shall not excee d EUR 220 804 135 per school year. Within that overall limit, the aid shall not 
exceed :
(a) for school fruit and vegetables: EUR 130 608 466 per school year;
(b) for school milk: EUR 90 195 669 per school year.’;
(ii) in paragraph 2, third subparagraph, the last sentence is delet ed;
(iii) in paragraph 4, the first subparagraph is replaced by the followi ng:
‘4. Without excee ding the overall limit of EUR 220 804 135 laid down in paragraph 1, any Member State 
may transfer once per school year up to 20 % of either one or the other of its indicative allocations.’;
(e) Sections 2 to 6, containing Articles 29 to 60, are deleted;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/278 6.12.2021  (9) Article 61 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 61
Duration
The scheme of author isations for vine plantings established in this Chapt er shall apply from 1 Januar y 2016
to 31 December 2045 , with two mid-te rm reviews to be under taken by the Commission in 2028 and 2040 to 
evaluate the operation of the sche me and, if appropr iate, make proposals.’;
(10) Article 62 is amended as follows :
(a) paragraph 3 is amended as follows:
(i) the following subparagraph is inser ted after the first subparagraph:
‘By way of derogat ion from the first subparagraph, Member States may decide that when replanting takes 
place on the same parcel or parcels on whic h the grubbing up was under taken, the author isations refer red to 
in Article 66(1) are valid for six years from the date on which they were granted. Such author isations shall 
clearly identify the parcel or parcels on which the grubbing up and the replanting will take place.’;
(ii) the second and third subparagraphs are replaced by the followi ng:
‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the validity of author isations granted in accordance with 
Article 64 and Article 66(1), whic h expires in the years 2020 and 2021, is exte nded until 31 December 2022 .
Producers who hold author isations in accordance with Article 64 and Article 66(1) of this Regulation, whic h 
expire in 2020 and 2021, shall not, by way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, be 
subject to the administrative penalty referred to in Article 89(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 provid ed 
that they inform the compet ent author ities by 28 Febr uary 2022 that they do not intend to mak e use of 
their author isation and do not wish to benefit from the extension of their validity as refer red to in the third 
subparagraph of this paragraph. Where producers who hold author isations, the validity of whic h was 
exte nded until 31 December 2021 , have declared to the compet ent author ity by 28 Febr uary 2021 that they 
do not intend to make use of those author isations, they shall be allowed to retract their declarations by means 
of a written communication to the compet ent author ity by 28 Febr uary 2022 and to make use of their 
author isations within the extended validity period provi ded for in the third subparagraph.’;
(b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘4. This Chapt er shall not apply to the planting or replanting of areas intended for exper imental purposes, for 
setting-up collections of vine varieties intended to preser ve genetic resources or for graf t nurser ies, to areas whose 
wine or vine products are intended solely for the consum ption by the wine-grower ’s household or to areas to be 
newly plant ed as a result of compul sory purchases in the public interest under national law.’;
(11) Article 63 is amended as follows :
(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘1. Member State s shall make available each year author isations for new plantings corresponding to either:
(a) 1 % of the total area actually plant ed with vines in their territory , as measured on 31 July of the previous 
year; or
(b) 1 % of an area compr ising the area actually planted with vines in their territory , as measured on 31 July 2015 , 
and the area covered by planting rights grant ed to producers in their territory in accordance with Article 85h, 
Article 85i or Article 85k of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 that were available for convers ion into 
author isations on 1 Januar y 2016 , as referred to in Article 68 of this Regulation.’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/279  (b) in paragraph 2, the followi ng subparagraph is added:
‘Member States that limit the issuing of author isations at regional level for specific areas eligible for the 
production of wines with a prote cted designation of origin or for areas eligible for the production of wines with 
a protect ed geographical indication in accordance with the first subparagraph, point (b), may require such 
author isations to be used in those regions.’;
(c) paragraph 3 is amended as follows:
(i) point (b) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(b) the need to avoid a well-demonstrated risk of devaluation of a particular protect ed designation of origin 
or a protect ed geographical indication;’;
(ii) the following point is added:
‘(c) the wish to contr ibut e to the development of the products in question while preser ving the quality of 
those products.’;
(d) the followi ng paragraph is inser ted:
‘3a. Member State s may take any regulatory measures necessar y to prevent circumvention by operat ors of the 
restr ictive measures taken pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3.’;
(12) Article 64 is amended as follows :
(a) in paragraph 1, second subparagraph, the introduct ory wording is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Member States may, for the purpose of this Article, apply one or more of the followi ng objective and non- 
discr iminator y eligibility criteria at national or regional level:’;
(b) paragraph 2 is amended as follows:
(i) the introduct ory wording is replaced by the following:
‘2. If the total area covered by the eligible applications refer red to in paragraph 1 in a given year excee ds 
the area made available by the Member State, author isations shall be grant ed according to a pro-rata 
distr ibution of hectares to all applicants on the basis of the area for which they have request ed the 
author isation. Such granting may establish a minimum and/or a maximum area by applicant and also be 
partially or compl etely made in accordance with one or more of the followi ng objective and non- 
discr iminator y priority criteria that may apply at national or regional level.’;
(ii) point (b) is replaced by the follo wing:
‘(b) areas where vineyards contr ibut e to the preser vation of the environment or the conser vation of the 
genetic resources of vines;’;
(iii) point (f) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(f) areas to be newly planted which contr ibut e to increasing the production of holdings of the wine-growing 
sector that show increased cost-effi ciency or competitiveness or presence on the mark ets;’;
(iv) point (h) is replaced by the follo wing:
‘(h) areas to be newly plant ed in the framewor k of increasing the size of small and medium-sized vine 
holdings;’;
(c) the followi ng paragraph is inser ted:
‘2b. Member States may take any necessar y regulatory measures to prevent the circumvention by operators of 
the restr ictive criteria that they apply pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 2a.’;
(13) in Article 65, the first paragraph is replaced by the follo wing:
‘When applying Article 63(2), a Member State shall take into consideration recommendations present ed by 
recognised professional organisations operating in the wine sector refer red to in Articles 152, 156 and 157, by 
inter ested groups of producers refer red to in Article 95, or by other types of profess ional organisation recognised on 
the basis of that Member State’s legislation, provi ded that those recommendations are preceded by an agreement 
entered into by the relevant representative parties in the reference geographical area.’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/280 6.12.2021  (14) Article 68 is amended as follows :
(a) the followi ng paragraph is inser ted:
‘2a. From 1 Januar y 2023 , an area equivalent to the area covered by planting rights that were eligible for 
conversion into planting author isations on 31 December 2022 but have not yet been conver ted into 
author isations in accordance to paragraph 1, shall remain at the disposal of the Member States concer ned, whic h 
may grant author isations in accordance with Article 64 at the latest by 31 December 2025 .’;
(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘3. The areas covered by the author isations granted pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2a of this Article shall not be 
counted for the purposes of Article 63.’;
(15) in Article 81, the followi ng paragraph is added:
‘6. Areas plant ed for purposes other than wine production with vine varieties which, in the case of Member States 
other than those referred to in paragraph 3, are not classified or whic h, in the case of Member States referred to in 
paragraph 3, do not comply with paragraph 2, second subparagraph, shall not be subject to a grubbing up obligation.
The planting and replanting of the vine varieties refer red to in the first subparagraph for purposes other than wine 
production shall not be subject to the schem e of author isations for vine planting laid down in Part II, Title I, 
Chapt er III.’;
(16) Article 86 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 86
Reser vation, amendment and cancellation of optional reser ved terms
In order to take account of the expectations of consumers, including as regards production methods and sustainability 
in the supply chain, developments in scientifi c and technical knowledg e, the situation in the market and developments 
in mark eting standards and in internati onal standards, the Commission shall be empo wered to adopt delegat ed acts in 
accordance with Article 227:
(a) reser ving an additional optional reser ved term, laying down its conditions of use;
(b) amending the conditions of use of an optional reser ved term ; or
(c) cancelling an optional reser ved term .’;
(17) Article 90 is amended as follows :
(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘1. Save as other wise provided for in internati onal agreements concluded in accordance with the TFEU, the 
provisions concer ning designation of origin and geographical indications and labelling of wine set out in 
Section 2 of this Chapt er, and the definitions, designations and sales descr iptions referred to in Article 78 of this 
Regulation shall apply to products impor ted into the Union and falling within CN codes 2009 61, 2009 69, 
2204 and, where applicable, ex 2202 99 19(other , de-alcoholised wine with an alcoholic strength by volume not 
exceeding 0,5 %)’;
(b) in paragraph 3, the introduct ory wording is replaced by the following:
‘3. Save as other wise provided for in internati onal agreements concluded in accordance with the TFEU, the 
impor t of the products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the presentation of:’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/281  (18) in Part II, Title II, Chapt er I, Section 1, the followi ng subsection is inser ted:
‘Subsection 4a
Checks and penalties
Article 90a
Checks and penalties related to marke ting rules
1. Member State s shall take measures to ensure that products refer red to in Article 119(1) whic h are not labelled in 
conf ormity with this Regulation are not placed on the market or, if they have already been placed on the mark et, are 
withdra wn from the mark et.
2. Without prejudice to any specifi c provisions whic h may be adopt ed by the Commission, impor ts into the Union 
of the products specified in Article 189(1), points (a) and (b), shall be subject to checks to deter mine whether the 
conditions provid ed for in paragraph 1 of that Article are met.
3. Member States shall carry out chec ks, based on a risk analysis, in order to verify whether the products refer red 
to in Article 1(2) conf orm to the rules laid down in this Section and shall apply administrative penalties as 
appropr iate.
4. Without prejudice to acts concer ning the wine sector that have been adopt ed pursuant to Article 58 of 
Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, in the event of an infringement of Union rules in the wine sector , Member States shall 
apply propor tionate, effective and dissuasive administrative penalties in accordance with Title IV, Chapt er I, of that 
Regulation. Member States shall not apply such penalties where the non-com pliance is of a minor nature.
5. In order to prot ect Union funds and to prote ct the identity , proven ance and quality of Union wine, the 
Commission shall be empowered to adop t delegat ed acts in accordance with Article 227, supplementing this 
Regulation, relating to:
(a) the establishment or maintenance of an analytical databank of isotopic data to help detect fraud to be constr ucte d 
on the basis of samples collect ed by Member States;
(b) rules governing control bodies and the mutual assistance between them;
(c) rules governing the common use of the findings of Member States.
6. The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down all measures necessar y for:
(a) the procedures relating to Member States’ respective databanks and to the analytical databank of isotopic data 
refer red to in paragraph 5, point (a);
(b) the procedures relating to cooperation and assistance between control author ities and bodies;
(c) as regar ds the oblig ation referred to in paragraph 3, rules for performin g checks on compl iance with marketing 
standards, rules governing the author ities responsible for performi ng the checks, as well as rules on the content 
and the frequency of the checks and the mark eting stage to which those chec ks are to apply .
Those implementing acts shall be adopt ed in accordance with the examination procedure refer red to in Article 229(2).’;
(19) in Article 92(1), the followi ng subparagraph is added:
‘How ever , the rules laid down in this section do not apply to products referred to in Annex VII, Part II, points (1), (4), 
(5), (6), (8) and (9), when such products have undergone a total de-alcoholisation treatment in accordance with Annex 
VIII, Part I, Section E.’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/282 6.12.2021  (20) Article 93 is amended as follows :
(a) in paragraph 1, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the followi ng:
‘(a) “designation of origin” means a name, including a traditionally used name, which identif ies a product refer red 
to in Article 92(1):
(i) whose quality or charact eristics are essentially or excl usively due to a particular geographical 
environment with its inherent natural and human factors;
(ii) as originating in a specifi c place, region or, in excep tional cases, countr y;
(iii) produced from grapes whic h originate excl usively from that geographical area;
(iv) the production of whic h takes place in that geographical area; and
(v) whic h is obtained from vine varieties belonging to Vitis vinifer a or a cross between the Vitis vinifer a 
species and other species of the genus Vitis.
(b) “geograph ical indication” means a name, including a traditionally used name, which identif ies a product 
refer red to in Article 92(1):
(i) whose specifi c quality , reputation or other charact eristics are attributable to its geographical origin;
(ii) as originating in a specifi c place, region or, in excep tional cases, countr y;
(iii) as having at least 85 % of the grapes used for its production come excl usively from that geographical 
area;
(iv) the production of whic h takes place in that geographical area; and
(v) whic h is obtained from vine varieties belonging to Vitis vinifer a or a cross between the Vitis vinifer a 
species and other species of the genus Vitis.’;
(b) paragraph 2 is delet ed;
(c) paragraph 4 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘4. Production as refer red to in paragraph 1, points (a)(iv) and (b)(iv), includes all the operations involved, from 
the harvesting of the grapes to the compl etion of the wine-making processes, with the excep tion of the harvesting 
of grapes not coming from the geographical area concer ned as refer red to in paragraph 1, point (b)(iii), and with 
the excep tion of any post-production processes.’;
(21) Article 94 is amended as follows :
(a) in paragraph 1, the introduct ory wording is replaced by the following:
‘Applications for prote ction of names as designations of origin or geographical indications shall include:’;
(b) paragraph 2 is amended as follows:
(i) point (g) is replaced by the follo wing:
‘(g) the details bear ing out the link referred to in Article 93(1), point (a)(i), or, as the case may be, point (b)(i):
(i) as regards a prote cted designation of origin, the link between the quality or charact eristics of the 
product and the geographical environment refer red to in Article 93(1), point (a)(i); the details 
concer ning the human factors of that geographical environment may, where relevant, be limited to a 
descr iption of the soil, plant mate rial and landscape management, cultivation practices or any other 
relevant human contr ibution to the maint enance of the natural factors of the geographical 
environment refer red to in that point ;
(ii) as regards a protect ed geographical indication, the link between a specifi c quality , the reputation or 
other characteri stic of the product, and the geographical origin refer red to in Article 93(1), 
point (b)(i);’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/283  (ii) the following subparagraphs are added:
‘The product specifi cation may contain a descr iption of the contr ibution of the designation of origin or 
geographical indication to sustainable development.
Where the wine or wines may be partially de-alcoholised, the product specifi cation shall also contain a 
descr iption of the partially de-alcoholised wine or wines in accordance with the second subparagraph, point 
(b), mutatis mutandis, and, where applicable, the specific oenological practices used to mak e the partially 
de-alcoholised wine or wines, as well as the relevant restr ictions on making them.’;
(22) Article 96 is amended as follows :
(a) paragraph 5 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘5. If the Member State assessing the application considers that the requirements are fulfilled, it shall carry out 
a national procedure which ensures adequate publication of the product specification at least on the Intern et and 
forward the application to the Commission.
When forwarding an application for prot ection to the Commission under the first subparagraph of this 
paragraph, the Member State shall include a declaration that it considers that the application lodged by the 
applicant meets the conditions for protect ion under this Section and the provi sions adopt ed pursuant thereto 
and that it certifies that the sing le document referred to in Article 94(1), point (d), constitute s a faithful summar y 
of the product specification.
Member States shall inform the Commission of any admissible oppositions submitted under the national 
procedure.’;
(b) the followi ng paragraph is added:
‘6. The Member State shall inform the Commission without dela y if any proceedings are initiated before a 
national cour t or other national body concer ning an application for prote ction that the Member State has 
forwarded to the Commission, in accordance with paragraph 5, and if the application has been invalidat ed at 
national level by an immediately applicable but not final judicial decision.’;
(23) in Article 97, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are replaced by the followi ng:
‘2. The Commission shall examine applications for protection that it receives in accordance with Article 96(5). The 
Commission shall check that the applications contain the required information and that they do not contain manifest 
errors, taking into account the outcome of the preliminar y national procedure carried out by the Member State 
concer ned. That scrutiny shall focus in particular on the sing le document referred to in Article 94(1), point (d).
Scrutiny by the Commission should not exceed a period of six months from the date of receipt of the application from 
the Member State . Where that period is exceed ed, the Commission shall inform the applicants of the reasons for the 
dela y, in writing.
3. The Commission shall be exem pted from the oblig ation to meet the deadline to perform the scrutiny refer red to 
in paragraph 2, second subparagraph, and to inform the applicant of the reasons for the dela y where it receives a 
communication from a Member State, concer ning an application for registration lodged with the Commission in 
accordance with Article 96(5), whic h either:
(a) informs the Commission that the application has been invalidat ed at national level by an immediately applicable 
but not final judicial decision; or
(b) requests the Commission to suspend the scrutiny referred to in paragraph 2 because national judicial proceedings 
have been initiated to challenge the validity of the application and the Member State considers that those 
proceedings are based on valid grounds.
The exem ption shall have effect until the Commission is informed by the Member State that the original application 
has been restored or that the Member State withdraws its request for suspension.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/284 6.12.2021  4. Where, on the basis of the scrutiny carried out pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, the Commission 
considers that the conditions laid down in Articles 93, 100 and 101 are met, it shall adopt implementing acts 
concer ning the publication, in the Official Journal of the European Union, of the sing le document referred to in 
Article 94(1), point (d), and of the referen ce to the publication of the product specifi cation made in the course of the 
preliminar y national procedure. Those implementing acts shall be adopt ed without applying the procedure refer red to 
in Article 229(2) or (3).
Where, on the basis of the scrutiny carried out pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, the Commission considers that 
the conditions laid down in Articles 93, 100 and 101 are not met, it shall adopt implementing acts rejecting the 
application.
Those implementing acts shall be adopt ed in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in 
Article 229(2).’;
(24) Articles 98 and 99 are replaced by the followi ng:
‘Article 98
Objection procedure
1. Within three months from the date of publication of the sing le document referred to in Article 94(1), point (d), 
in the Official Journal of the European Union, the author ities of a Member State or of a third countr y, or any natural or 
legal person residing or established in a third countr y and having a legitimate interest, may submit a reasoned 
state ment of objection to the Commission opposing the proposed prote ction.
Any natural or legal person residing or established in a Member State other than the Member State that forwarded the 
application for prote ction and having a legitimate inter est, may submit the state ment of objection via the author ities 
of the Member State in which it is resident or established within a time limit permitting a statement of objections to 
be submitted pursuant to the first subparagraph.
2. If the Commission considers that the objection is admissible, it shall invite the author ity or natural or legal 
person that lodg ed the objection and the author ity or natural or legal person that lodge d the application for 
prote ction to engag e in appropr iate consultations for a reasonable period that shall not exceed three months. The 
invitation shall be issued within a period of five months from the date on which the application for protection to 
which the reasoned statement of objection relates was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The 
invitation shall be accompanied by a copy of the reasoned statement of objection. At any time during these three 
months, the Commission may extend the deadline for the consultations by a maximum of three months at the 
request of the author ity or natural or legal person that lodged the application.
3. The author ity or person that lodg ed the objection and the author ity or person that lodg ed the application for 
prote ction shall start the consultations referred to in paragraph 2 without undue dela y. They shall provid e each other 
with the information necessar y to assess whether the application for prot ection complies with this Regulation and the 
provis ions adopt ed pursuant thereto.
4. If the author ity or person that lodge d the objection and the author ity or person that lodg ed the application for 
prote ction reach an agreement, either the applicant established in the third countr y or the author ities of the 
Member State or of the third countr y from which the application for protection was lodge d shall notify the 
Commission of the results of the consultations and of all the factors whic h enabled that agreement to be reach ed, 
including the opinions of the parties. If the details published pursuant to Article 97(4) have been substantially 
amended, the Commission shall repeat the scrutiny referred to in Article 97(2) after a national procedure ensur ing 
adequate publication of those amended details has been carried out. Where, follo wing the agreement, there are no 
amendments to the product specif ication or where the amendments to the product specifi cation are not substantial, 
the Commission shall adopt a decision in accordance with Article 99(1) confe rring protection on the designation of 
origin or geographical indication, notwithstanding the receip t of an admissible statement of objection.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/285  5. If no agreement is reached, either the applicant established in the third countr y or the author ities of the 
Member State or of the third countr y from which the application for protection was lodge d shall notify the 
Commission of the results of the consultations carried out and of all the related information and documents. The 
Commission shall adopt a decision in accordance with Article 99(2) either conferr ing prot ection or rejecting the 
application.
Article 99
Decision on protection
1. Where the Commission has not received an admissible statement of objection in accordance with Article 98, it 
shall adopt implementing acts conferr ing prote ction. Those implementing acts shall be adopt ed without applying the 
procedure refer red to in Article 229(2) or (3).
2. Where the Commission has received an admissible statement of objection, it shall adopt implementing acts 
either confe rring prot ection or rejecting the application. Those imp lementing acts shall be adopt ed in accordance 
with the examination procedure referred to in Article 229(2).
3. Prote ction conferred under this Article is without prejudice to the oblig ation of producers to compl y with other 
Union rules, in particular those relating to the placing of products on the mark et and to food labelling.’;
(25) Article 102 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Article 102
Relationship with trade mark s
1. Where a designation of origin or a geographical indication is registere d under this Regulation, the registration of 
a trade mark the use of which would contrav ene Article 103(2), and whic h relat es to a product falling under one of 
the catego ries listed in Annex VII, Part II, shall be refused if the application for registration of the trade mark was 
submitted after the date of submission of the registration application in respect of the designation of origin or the 
geographical indication to the Commission.
Trade marks registere d in breach of the first subparagraph shall be invalidated.
2. Without prejudice to Article 101(2) of this Regulation, a trade mark the use of which contrave nes Article 
103(2) of this Regulation, which has been applied for, registere d or established by use, if that possibility is provid ed 
for by the legislation concer ned, in good faith within the territory of the Union, before the date on whic h the 
application for protection of the designation of origin or geographical indication was submitted to the Commission, 
may continue to be used and renewed, notwithstanding the registration of a designation of origin or geographical 
indication, provid ed that no grounds for the trade mark’s invalidity or revocation exist under Directive 
(EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*) or under Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council (**).
In such cases, the use of the designation of origin or geographical indication shall be permitted as well as use of the 
relevant trade marks.
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(*) Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to appro ximat e 
the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ L 336, 23.12.2015, p. 1).
(**) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the 
European Union trade mark (OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1).’;
(26) Article 103 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 2, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the followi ng:
‘(a) any direct or indirect commercial use of that prote cted name, including the use for products used as 
ingredients:
(i) by compara ble products not compl ying with the product specification of the protect ed name; orEN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/286 6.12.2021  (ii) in so far as such use exploits, weake ns or dilut es the reputation of a designation of origin or a 
geographical indication;
(b) any misuse, imitation or evocation, even if the true origin of the product or service is indicated or if the 
prote cted name is translated, transcr ipted or transliterat ed or accompan ied by an expression such as “style”, 
“type”, “method”, “as produced in”, “imitation”, “flavour ”, “like” or similar , including where those products 
are used as ingredients;’;
(b) the followi ng paragraph is added:
‘4. The protect ion refer red to in paragraph 2 also applies with regard to:
(a) goods entering the customs territory of the Union without being released for free circulation within the 
custom s territory of the Union; and
(b) goods sold by means of distance selling, such as electronic commerce.
For goods entering the customs territory of the Union without being released for free circulation within that 
territory , the group of producers or any operat or that is entitled to use the protect ed designation of origin or 
protect ed geographical indication shall be entitled to prevent all third parties from bringing goods, in the course 
of trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation there, where such goods, including packag ing, 
come from third countr ies and bear without author isation the prot ected designation of origin or prot ected 
geographical indication.’;
(27) Article 105 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Article 105
Amendments to product specif ications
1. An applicant satisfying the conditions laid down in Article 95 may apply for appro val of an amendment to the 
product specifi cation of a prote cted designation of origin or of a prote cted geographical indication, in particular to 
take account of developments in scientific and technical knowledg e or to modify the demarcation of the 
geographical area refer red to in Article 94(2), second subparagraph, point (d). Applications shall descr ibe and state 
reasons for the amendments requeste d.
2. Amendments to a product specification shall be classif ied into two categor ies as regards their importance: 
Union amendments requir ing an objection procedure at Union level and standard amendments to be dealt with at 
Member State or third countr y level.
For the purposes of this Regulation, “Union amendment” means an amendment to a product specifi cation that :
(a) includes a change in the name of the prot ected designation of origin or the prote cted geographical indication;
(b) consists of a change , a deletion or an addition of a catego ry of grapevine products refer red to in Annex VII, Part II;
(c) risks voiding the link refer red to in Article 93(1), point (a)(i), for prote cted designations of origin, or the link 
refer red to in Article 93(1), point (b)(i), for protect ed geographical indications; or
(d) entails further restr ictions on the mark eting of the product.
“Standard amendment” means any amendment to a product specific ation that is not a Union amendment.
“Temporar y amendment” means a standard amendment concer ning a temporar y chang e in the product 
specifi cation resulting from the imposition of obligat ory sanitar y and phyt osanitar y measures by the public 
author ities or linked to natural disasters or adverse weather conditions formally recognised by the compe tent 
author ities.
3. Union amendments shall be appro ved by the Commission. The approval procedure shall follo w the procedure 
laid down in Article 94 and Articles 96 to 99, mutatis mutandis.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/287  Applications for appro val of Union amendments submitted by third countr ies or by third countr y producers shall 
contain proof that the request ed amendment compl ies with the laws on the protection of designations of origin or 
geographical indications in force in that third countr y.
Applications for approval of Union amendments shall relate exclusively to Union amendments. If an application for a 
Union amendment also relates to standard amendments, the parts relating to standard amendments shall be deemed 
as not having been submitted , and the procedure for Union amendments shall apply only to the parts relating to that 
Union amendment.
The scrutiny of such applications shall focus on the proposed Union amendments.
4. Standard amendments shall be appro ved and made public by Member State s in whose territory the geographical 
area of the product concer ned is locat ed and communicate d to the Commission.
As regar ds third countr ies, amendments shall be approved in accordance with the law applicable in the third countr y 
concer ned.’;
(28) Article 106 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Article 106
Cancellation
The Commission may, on its own initiative or at the duly substantiated request of a Member State , a third countr y, or a 
natural or legal person having a legitimate inter est, adop t implementing acts cancelling the prote ction of a designation 
of origin or a geographical indication in one or more of the followi ng circumstances:
(a) where compl iance with the corresponding product specif ication is no long er guarant eed;
(b) where no product has been placed on the mark et bear ing the designation of origin or geographical indication for 
at least seven consecutive years;
(c) where an applicant satisfying the conditions laid down in Article 95 declares that it no long er wishes to maintain 
the protection of a designation of origin or a geographical indication.
Those implementing acts shall be adopt ed in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in 
Article 229(2).’;
(29) the follo wing Article is inser ted:
‘Article 106a
Temporar y labelling and present ation
After an application for the prot ection of a designation of origin or geographical indication has been forwarded to the 
Commission, producers may indicate in the labelling and presentation of the product that an application has been 
filed and use national logos and indications, in compl iance with Union law, in particular with Regulation (EU) 
No 1169/2011.
Union symbols indicating the protect ed designation of origin or prot ected geographical indication and the Union 
indications “protect ed designation of origin” or “prote cted geographical indication” may appear on the labelling only 
after the publication of the decision conferr ing prote ction on that designation of origin or geographical indication.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/288 6.12.2021  Where an application is reject ed, any grapevine products labelled in accordance with the first paragraph may be 
mark eted until the stoc ks are exhaust ed.’;
(30) Article 111 is deleted;
(31) in Part II, Title II, Chapt er I, Section 2, the followi ng Subsection is added:
‘Subsection 4
Checks related to designations of origin, geograp hical indications and traditional term s
Article 116a
Checks
1. Member States shall take the necessar y steps to stop the unlawful use of protect ed designations of origin, 
prote cted geographical indications and prote cted traditional term s referred to in this Regulation.
2. Member States shall designat e the compet ent author ity responsible for carrying out chec ks in respect of the 
oblig ations laid down in this Section. To that end, Article 4(2) and (4) and Article 5(1), (4) and (5) of Regulation 
(EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*) shall apply .
3. Within the Union, the compet ent author ity referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article or one or more delegat ed 
bodies within the meaning of Article 3, point (5), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 operating as a product certificat ion 
body in accordance with the criteria laid down in Title II, Chapt er III, of that Regulation, shall verify compl iance with 
product specifications annually , both during the wine production and during or after conditioning.
4. The Commission shall adop t implementing acts concer ning the followi ng:
(a) the communication to be made by the Member States to the Commission;
(b) rules govern ing the author ity responsible for verifying compl iance with product specifi cations, including where 
the geographical area is in a third countr y;
(c) the actions to be implemented by the Member State s to prevent the unlawful use of prote cted designations of 
origin, prot ected geographical indications and prot ected traditional term s;
(d) the chec ks and verification to be carried out by the Member States, including testing.
Those implementing acts shall be adopt ed in accordance with the examination procedure refer red to in Article 229(2).
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(*) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 Marc h 2017 on official controls 
and other official activities perf ormed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and 
welf are, plant health and plant prote ction products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) 
No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, 
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) 
No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC 
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 
91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Off icial Controls 
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1).’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/289  (32) Article 119 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 1 is amended as follows:
(i) point (a) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(a) the designation for the catego ry of the grapevine product in accordance with Annex VII, Part II. For 
grapevine products cate gories defined under Annex VII, Part II, points (1) and points (4) to (9), where 
such products have undergone a de-alcoholisation treatment in accordance with Annex VIII, Part I, 
Section E, the designation of the catego ry shall be accompanied by:
(i) the term “de-alcoholised” if the actual alcoholic strength of the product is no more than 0,5 % by 
volume; or
(ii) the term “par tially de-alcoholised” if the actual alcoholic strength of the product is abov e 0,5 % by 
volume and is below the minimum actual alcoholic strength of the cate gory before 
de-alcoholisation.’;
(ii) the following points are added:
‘(h) the nutr ition declaration pursuant to Article 9(1), point (l), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;
(i) the list of ingredients pursuant to Article 9(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;
(j) in the case of grapevine products whic h have undergone a de-alcoholisation treatment in accordance 
with Annex VIII, Part I, Section E and that have an actual alcoholic strength by volume of less 
than 10 %, the date of minimum durability pursuant to Article 9(1), point (f), of Regulation (EU) 
No 1169/2011.’;
(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, point (a), for grapevine products other than those whic h have 
undergone a de-alcoholisation treatment in accordance with Annex VIII, Part I, Section E, the reference to the 
categor y of the grapevine product may be omitt ed for wines whose labels include the name of a prote cted 
designation of origin or protect ed geographical indication.’;
(c) the followi ng paragraphs are added:
‘4. By way of derog ation from paragraph 1, point (h), the nutr ition declaration on the packag e or on a label 
attached thereto may be limited to the energy value, whic h may be expressed by using the symbol “E” for energy . 
In such cases, the full nutr ition declaration shall be provid ed by electronic means identif ied on the packag e or on a 
label attached thereto. That nutr ition declaration shall not be displa yed with other information intended for sales 
or mark eting purposes and no user data shall be collected or track ed.
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, point (i), the list of ingredients may be provi ded by electronic 
means identified on the packag e or on a label attache d thereto. In such cases, the following requirements apply:
(a) no user data shall be collect ed or track ed;
(b) the list of ingredients shall not be displa yed with other information intended for sales or mark eting purposes; and
(c) the indication of the particulars referred to in Article 9(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 shall 
appear directly on the packag e or on a label attac hed thereto.
The indication referred to in the first subparagraph, point (c), of this paragraph shall compr ise the word 
“contains” followed by the name of the substance or product as listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 
No 1169/2011.’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/290 6.12.2021  (33) in Article 122, paragraph 1 is amended as follo ws:
(a) point (b) is amended as follows:
(i) point (ii) is delet ed;
(ii) the following point is added:
‘(vi) rules for the indication and designation of ingredients for the application of Article 119(1), point (i).’;
(b) in point (c), the followi ng point is added:
‘(iii) terms referring to a holding and the conditions for their use.’;
(c) in point (d), point (i) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(i) the conditions of use of certain bottle shapes and of closures, and a list of certain specifi c bottle shapes;’;
(34) Part II, Title II, Chapt er II, Section 1, is amended as follo ws:
(a) Article 124 is delet ed;
(b) the heading ‘Subsection 1’ and its title are delet ed;
(c) in Article 125, paragraph 3 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘3. Agreements within the trade shall conf orm to the purcha se terms laid down in Annex X.’;
(d) Subsections 2 and 3, containing Articles 127 to 144, are deleted;
(35) in Article 145(3), the first senten ce is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Member States whic h provide in their CAP strateg ic plans for restr uctur ing and conversion of vine yards in 
accordance with Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, shall on the basis of the 
vine yard register submit to the Commission by 1 March each year an updat ed invent ory of their production 
poten tial.’;
(36) the follo wing Article is inser ted:
‘Article 147a
Payment delays for sales of wine in bulk
By way of derogat ion from Article 3(1) of Directive (EU) 2019/633, Member States may, upon request of an 
inter branch organisation recognised under Article 157 of this Regulation operating in the wine sector, provid e that 
the prohibition refer red to in Article 3(1), first subparagraph, point (a), of Directive (EU) 2019/633 does not apply to 
payments made under supply agreements between producers or resellers of wine and their direct buyers for sales 
transactions concer ning wine in bulk, provided that:
(a) specifi c terms that allow payments to be made after 60 days are included in standard contracts for sales 
transactions concer ning wine in bulk whic h have been made binding by the Member State pursuant to 
Article 164 of this Regulation before 30 Octobe r 2021 and this extensi on of the standard contracts is renewed 
by the Member State as from that date without any signif icant change s to the term s of payment that would be to 
the disadvantage of suppliers of wine in bulk; and
(b) the supply agreements between suppliers of wine in bulk and their direct buyers are multiannual or become 
multiannual.’;
(37) in Article 148(2), point (c)(i) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(i) the price payable for the deliver y, whic h shall:
— be static and be set out in the contract and/orEN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/291  — be calculat ed by combining various factors set out in the contract, whic h may include objective indicator s, 
indices and methods of calculation of the final price that are easily accessible and compr ehensible and that 
reflect changes in market conditions, the volume delivered and the quality or compo sition of the raw milk 
delivered; those indicators may be based on relevant prices, production and mark et costs; to that effect, 
Member States may deter mine indicators, in accordance with objective criteria based on studies carried out 
on production and the food supply chain; the parties to the contracts are free to refer to these indicator s or 
any other indicators whic h they deem relevant,’;
(38) in Article 149(2), point (c)(i) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(i) the volume of raw milk covered by such negotiations does not excee d 4 % of total Union production,’;
(39) Article 150 is deleted;
(40) Article 151 is amended as follows:
(a) the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘The first purchasers of raw milk shall declare to the compet ent national author ity the quantity of raw milk that 
has been delivered to them each month and the average price paid. A distinction shall be made between organic 
and non-org anic milk. ’;
(b) the third paragraph is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of raw milk and the average prices refer red to in the 
first paragraph.’;
(41) Article 152(1), point (c), is amended as follo ws:
(a) point (vii) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(vii) the manage ment and valor isation of by-products, of residual flows and of waste , in particular to protect the 
quality of wate r, soil and landscape, preser ving or encouraging biodiversity , and boosting circular ity;’;
(b) point (x) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(x) managing mutual funds;’;
(42) Article 153 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 2, point (c) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(c) rules enabling the producer members to scrutinise democratically their organisation and its decisions as well 
as its accounts and budgets ;’;
(b) the followi ng paragraph is inser ted:
‘2a. The statut es of a producer organisation may provide for the possibility of producer members being in 
direct contact with purchasers, provided that such direct contact does not jeopardise the concentration of supply 
and placing of products on the market by the producer organisation. Concentration of supply shall be deemed to 
have been ensured if the essential elements of the sales such as price, quality and volume are negotiated and 
deter mined by the producer organisation.’;
(c) paragraph 3 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘3. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 2a shall not apply to producer organisations in the milk and milk products sector .’;
(43) in Article 154(1), point (b) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(b) has a minimum number of members and/or covers a minimum volume or value of marketable production, to be 
laid down by the Member State concer ned, in the area where it operat es; such provis ions shall not prevent the 
recognition of producer organisations whic h are dedicated to small-scale production;’;
(44) Article 157 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, the introduct ory wording is replaced by the following:
‘1. Member States may, on request, recognise inter branch orga nisations at national and regional levels and at 
the level of the economic areas referred to in Article 164(2) in a specif ic sector listed in Article 1(2) whic h:’EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/292 6.12.2021  (b) in paragraph 1, point (c) is amended as follows:
(i) point (vii) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(vii) providing the information and carrying out the researc h necessar y to innovat e, rationalise, impro ve 
and adjust production and, where applicable, the processing and mark eting, towards products more 
suited to mark et requirements and consumer tastes and expectations, in particular with regard to 
product quality , including the specifi c charact eristics of products with a protect ed designation of 
origin or protect ed geographical indication, and protection of the environment, climate action, animal 
health and animal welf are;’;
(ii) point (xiv) is replaced by the follo wing:
‘(xiv) contr ibuting to the manag ement and developing initiatives for the valor isation of by-pro ducts and the 
reduction and manage ment of waste; ’;
(iii) point (xvi) is replaced by the follo wing:
‘(xvi) promoting and implementing measures to prevent, control and manage animal health, plant- 
prote ction and environmental risks, including by setting up and managing mutual funds or by 
contr ibuting to such funds with a view to paying financial compen sation to farmers for costs and 
economic losses arising from the promotion and implementation of such measures;’;
(c) paragraph 1a is replaced by the followi ng:
‘1a. Member States may, on request, decide to grant more than one recognition to an interbranch organisation 
operating in several sector s referred to in Article 1(2) provided the interbranch organisation fulfils the conditions 
refer red to in paragraph 1 for each sector for which it seeks recognition.’;
(d) paragraph 3 is delet ed.
(45) Article 158 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, the followi ng point is inser ted:
‘(ca) strive for a balanced representation of the organisations in the stages of the supply chain referred to in 
Article 157(1), point (a), that constitute the inter branch organisation;’;
(b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘4. Member States may recognise interbranc h organisations in all sector s existing prior to 1 Januar y 2014 , 
whether they were recognised on request or established by law, even though they do not fulfil the condition laid 
down in Article 157(1), point (b).’;
(46) Article 163 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the followi ng:
‘1. Member States may recognise inter branch organisations in the milk and milk products sector provided that 
such organisations:
(a) fulfil the requirements laid down in Article 157;
(b) carry out their activities in one or more regions in the territory concer ned;
(c) account for a signif icant share of the economic activities refer red to in Article 157(1), point (a);
(d) do not themselves engag e in the production of, the processing of, or the trade in, products in the milk and 
milk products sector .
2. Member States may decide that interbranc h organisations whic h have been recognised before 2 Apr il 2012
on the basis of national law and which fulfil the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article are to be 
considered to be recognised as interbranc h organisations under Article 157(1).’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/293  (b) in paragraph 3, point (d) is replaced by the following:
‘(d) withdra w recognition if the requirements and conditions for recognition laid down in this Article are no 
long er fulfilled;’;
(47) Article 164 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘2. For the purposes of this Section, an “economic area” means a geograp hical zone made up of adjoining or 
neighbour ing production regions in whic h production and marketing conditions are homog eneous, or, for 
products with a prote cted designation of origin or prot ected geographical indication recognised under Union 
law, the geographical zone specifi ed in the product specifi cation.’;
(b) paragraph 4 is amended as follows:
(i) points (l), (m) and (n) are replaced by the followi ng:
‘(l) the use of certified seed exce pt when used for organic production within the meaning of Regulation 
(EU) 2018/848, and the monitor ing of product quality ;
(m) the prevention and manag ement of phytosan itary, animal health, food safet y or envi ronmental risks;
(n) the manage ment and valor isation of by-products.’;
(ii) the second subparagraph is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Those rules shall not cause any damage to other operat ors, nor prevent the entr y of new operat ors, in the 
Member State concer ned or the Union and shall not have any of the effects listed in Article 210(4) or be 
other wise incompat ible with Union law or national rules in force.’;
(48) Article 165 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Article 165
Financial contr ibutions of non-members
Where rules of a recognised producer organisation, a recognised association of producer organisations or a 
recognised interbranc h organisation are extende d under Article 164 and the activities covered by those rules are in 
the general economic inter est of economic operators whose activities relate to the products concer ned, the 
Member State which has granted recognition may, after consulting the relevant stake holders, decide that individual 
economic operators or groups which are not members of the organisation but which benefi t from those activities 
shall pay the organisati on all or part of the financial contr ibutions paid by its members to the extent that such 
contr ibutions are intended to cover costs directly incur red as a result of pursuing one or more of the activities in 
question. Any organisation whic h receives contr ibutions from non-members under this Article, if requeste d by a 
member or a non-member that contr ibut es financially to the activities of the organisation, shall make available those 
parts of its yearly budget whic h relat e to the pursuit of activities listed in Article 164(4).’;
(49) the follo wing Article is inser ted:
‘Article 166a
Regulation of supply of agricultural products with a protected designation of origin or protected 
geog raphical indication
1. Without prejudice to Articles 167 and 167a of this Regulation, at the request of a producer orga nisation or 
association of producer organisations recognised under Article 152(1) or 161(1) of this Regulation, an interbranch 
organisation recognised under Article 157(1) of this Regulation, a group of operators as refer red to in Article 3(2) of 
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 or a group of producers as refer red to in Article 95(1) of this Regulation, 
Member States may lay down , for a limite d period of time, binding rules for the regulation of the supply of 
agricultural products refer red to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation benefiti ng from a prote cted designation of origin 
or from a protect ed geograp hical indication under Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 or under 
Article 93(1), points (a) and (b), of this Regulation.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/294 6.12.2021  2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be subject to the existence of a prior agreement that is to 
be concluded between at least two-thirds of the producers of the product as refer red to in paragraph 1 of this Article 
or their representatives, accounting for at least two- thirds of the production of that product in the geographical area 
refer red to in Article 7(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 or Article 93(1), points (a)(iii) and (b)(iv), of 
this Regulation for wine. Where the production of the product refer red to in paragraph 1 of this Article involves 
processing and the product specifi cation referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 or in Article 
94(2) of this Regulation restr icts the sourcing of the raw mater ial to a specific geographical area, Member States shall 
require, for the purposes of the rules to be laid down according to paragraph 1 of this Article:
(a) that the producers of that raw mater ial in the specific geographical area be consulted prior to the conclusion of 
the agreement refer red to in this paragraph; or
(b) that at least two- thirds of the producers of the raw mate rial or their representatives, representing at least two- 
thirds of the production of the raw mate rial used in the processing in the specifi c geographical area, are also 
parties to the agreement refer red to in this paragraph.
3. By way of deroga tion from paragraph 2 of this Article, for the production of cheese benefitting from a prote cted 
designation of origin or prot ected geographic indication, the rules referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be 
subject to the existence of a prior agreement between at least two- thirds of the milk producers or their 
representatives representing at least two-thirds of the raw milk used for the production of that cheese and, where 
relevant, at least two-thirds of the producers of that cheese or their representatives representing at least two- thirds of 
the production of that cheese in the geographical area refer red to in Article 7(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 
No 1151/2012.
For the purpose of the first subparagraph of this paragraph, concer ning cheese benefiting from a prote cted 
geographical indication, the geographical area of origin of the raw milk, as set in the product specific ation for the 
cheese, shall be the same as the geographical area referred to in Article 7(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 
No 1151/2012 relating to that cheese.
4. The rules referred to in paragraph 1:
(a) shall only cover the regulation of supply of the product concer ned and, where applicable, the raw mater ial and 
shall have the aim of adapting the supply of that product to demand;
(b) shall have effect only on the product and, where applicable, the raw mate rial, concer ned;
(c) may be made binding for no more than three years, but may be renewed after that period followi ng a new request, 
as refer red to in paragraph 1;
(d) shall not damag e trade in products other than those concer ned by those rules;
(e) shall not relat e to any transaction after the first marketing of the product concer ned;
(f) shall not allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation;
(g) shall not render unavailable an excessive propor tion of the product concer ned that would other wise be available;
(h) shall not creat e discr imination, constitut e a barrier for new entrants in the mark et, or lead to small producers 
being adversely affected;
(i) shall contr ibute to maintaining the quality of the product concer ned or to the development of the product 
concer ned.
(j) shall be without prejudice to Article 149 and Article 152(1a).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/295  5. The rules refer red to in paragraph 1 shall be published in an official publication of the Member State concer ned.
6. Member State s shall carry out chec ks in order to ensure that the conditions laid down in paragraph 4 are 
compl ied with. Where the compet ent national author ities find that such conditions have not been compl ied with, 
Member States shall repeal the rules referred to in paragraph 1.
7. Member States shall notify the Commission forthwith of the rules refer red to in paragraph 1 which they have 
adopt ed. The Commission shall inform other Member States of any notific ation of such rules.
8. The Commission may at any time adopt implementing acts requir ing that a Member State repeal the rules laid 
down by that Member State pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article if the Commission finds that those rules do not 
compl y with the conditions laid down in paragraph 4 of this Article, prevent or distor t compe tition in a substantial 
part of the internal mark et or jeopardise free trade or the attainment of the objectives of Article 39 TFEU. Those 
implementing acts shall be adop ted without applying the procedures refer red to in Article 229(2) and (3) of 
this Regulation.’;
(50) in Article 168(4), point (c)(i) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(i) the price payable for the deliver y, whic h shall:
— be static and be set out in the contract and/or
— be calculat ed by combining various factors set out in the contract, whic h may include objective indicator s, 
indices and methods of calculation of the final price, that are easily accessible and comprehensible and that 
reflect changes in market conditions, the quantities delivered and the quality or composition of the 
agricultural products delivered; those indicators may be based on relevant prices, production and mark et 
costs; to that effect, Member States may deter mine indicators, in accordance with objective criteria based on 
studies carried out on production and the food supply chain; the parties to the contracts are free to refer to 
these indicators or any other indicator s whic h they deem relevant.’;
(51) Article 172 is deleted.
(52) Article 172a is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Article 172a
Value shar ing
Without prejudice to any specifi c value-shar ing clauses in the sugar sector , farmers, including associations of farmers, 
may agree with downstream operators on value shar ing clauses, including market bonuses and losses, deter mining 
how any evolution of relevant market prices for the products concer ned or other commodity markets is to be 
allocat ed between them.
Article 172b
Guidance by interbranch organisations for the sale of grapes for wines with a protected designation of 
origin or protected geog raphical indication
By way of derogat ion from Article 101(1) TFEU, interbranc h organisations recognised under Article 157 of this 
Regulation operating in the wine sector may provid e non-mandatory price guidance indicators concer ning the sale 
of grapes for the production of wines with a prote cted designation of origin or protect ed geographical indication, 
provid ed that such guidance does not eliminate competiti on in respect of a substantial propor tion of the products in 
question.’;
(53) in Article 182(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘The trigger volume shall be equal to either 125 %, 110 % or 105 %, depending on whether mark et access 
oppor tunities, defined as impor ts expressed as a percentage of the corresponding domestic consum ption during the 
three preceding years, are less than or equal to 10 %, greater than 10 % but less than or equal to 30 %, or greater 
than 30 %, respectively .
Where domestic consum ption is not taken into account, the trigge r volume shall be equal to 125 %.’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/296 6.12.2021  (54) Articles 192 and 193 are delet ed;
(55) in Chapt er IV, the followi ng Article is added:
‘Article 193a
Suspension of impor t duties for molasses
1. The Commission shall be empo wered to adopt delegat ed acts in accordance with Article 227 supplementing 
this Regulation by establishing rules for the suspension of impor t duties in whole or in part for molasses falling 
within CN Code 1703 .
2. In application of the rules referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission may adop t implementing 
acts to suspend in whole or in part impor t duties for molasses falling within CN Code 1703 , without applying the 
procedure refer red to in Article 229(2) or (3).’;
(56) in Part III, Chapt er VI, containing Articles 196 to 204, is deleted;
(57) in Article 206, the first paragraph is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Save as other wise provid ed in this Regulation, and in accordance with Article 42 TFEU, Articles 101 to 106 TFEU 
and the implementing provi sions thereto shall, subject to Articles 207 to 210a of this Regulation, apply to all 
agreements, decisions and practices refer red to in Article 101(1) and Article 102 TFEU which relate to the 
production of, or trade in, agricultural products.’;
(58) Article 208 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Article 208
Dominant position
For the purposes of this Chapt er, “dominant position” means a position of economic strength enjo yed by an 
under taking which enables it to prevent effective competition being maintained in the relevant market by giving it 
the power to beha ve to an appreciable extent independently of its compet itors, of its suppliers or customer s, and 
ultimat ely of consumers.’;
(59) Article 210 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the followi ng:
‘1. Article 101(1) TFEU shall not apply to agreements, decisions and concer ted practices of interbranch 
organisati ons recognised under Article 157 of this Regulation which are necessar y in order to meet the 
objectives liste d in Article 157(1), point (c), of this Regulation or, as regards the olive oil and table olives and 
tobacco sector s, the objectives listed in Article 162 of this Regulation, and which are not incompati ble with 
Union rules under paragraph 4 of this Article.
Agreements, decisions and concer ted practices which fulfil the conditions refer red to in the first subparagraph of 
this paragraph shall not be prohibit ed, no prior decision to that effect being required.
2. Recognised inter branch organisations may request an opinion from the Commission concer ning the 
compatib ility of agreements, decisions and concer ted practices as refer red to in paragraph 1 with this Article. 
The Commission shall send the requesting interbranch organisation its opinion within four months of receip t of 
a compl ete request.
If the Commission finds at any time after issuing an opinion that the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this 
Article are no long er met, it shall declare that Article 101(1) TFEU shall apply in the future to the agreement, 
decision or concer ted practice in question and inform the interbranch organisation according ly.
The Commission may change the cont ent of an opinion at its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, in 
particular if the requesting interbranc h organisation has provid ed inaccurat e information or misused the 
opinion.’;
(b) paragraphs 3, 5 and 6 are deleted;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/297  (60) the follo wing Article is inser ted:
‘Article 210a
Vertical and hor izontal initiativ es for sust ainability
1. Article 101(1) TFEU shall not apply to agreements, decisions and concer ted practices of producers of 
agricultural products that relat e to the production of or trade in agricultural products and that aim to apply a 
sustainability standard higher than mandat ed by Union or national law, provided that those agreements, decisions 
and concer ted practices only impose restr ictions of compe tition that are indispensable to the attainment of that 
standard.
2. Paragraph 1 applies to agreements, decisions and concer ted practices of producers of agricultural products to 
which several producers are party or to which one or more producers and one or more operat ors at differ ent levels 
of the production, processing, and trade in the food supply chain, including distr ibution, are party.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 1, “sustainability standard” means a standard whic h aims to contr ibut e to one or 
more of the followi ng objectives:
(a) envi ronmental objectives, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, the sustainable use and prot ection 
of landscapes, water and soil, the transition to a circular economy , including the reduction of food wast e, 
pollution prevention and control, and the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems;
(b) the production of agricultural products in ways that reduce the use of pesticides and manage risks resulting from 
such use, or that reduce the dang er of antimicrobial resistance in agricultural production; and
(c) animal health and animal welfa re.
4. Agreements, decisions and concer ted practices that fulfil the conditions referred to in this Article shall not be 
prohibit ed, no prior decision to that effect being required.
5. The Commission shall issue guidelines for operat ors concer ning the conditions for the application of this 
Article by 8 December 2023 .
6. From 8 December 2023 , producers as referred to in paragraph 1 may request an opinion from the Commission 
concer ning the compati bility of agreements, decisions and concer ted practices as referred to in paragraph 1 with this 
Article. The Commission shall send the applicant its opinion within four months of receipt of a compl ete request.
If the Commission finds at any time after issuing an opinion that the conditions referred to in paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 
of this Article are no long er met, it shall declare that Article 101(1) TFEU shall apply in the future to the agreement, 
decision or concer ted practice in question and inform the producers according ly.
The Commission may change the content of an opinion at its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, in 
particular if the applicant has provided inaccurat e information or misused the opinion.
7. The national competition author ity as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 may decide in 
individual cases that, in the future, one or more of the agreements, decisions and concer ted practices refer red to in 
paragraph 1 are to be modified, discontinued or not take place at all, if it considers that such a decision is necessar y 
in order to prevent competiti on from being excl uded or if it considers that the objectives set out in Article 39 TFEU 
are jeopardised.
For agreements, decisions and concer ted practices cover ing more than one Member State , the decision refer red to in 
the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be taken by the Commission without applying the procedures referred 
to in Article 229(2) and (3).
When acting under the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the national compe tition author ity shall inform the 
Commission in writing after initiating the first formal measure of the investig ation and shall notify the Commission 
of any resulting decisions without dela y after their adopt ion.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/298 6.12.2021  The decisions referred to in this paragraph shall not apply earlier than the date of their notificati on to the 
under takings concer ned.’;
(61) Article 212 is deleted;
(62) Article 214a is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Article 214a
National pay ments for certain sectors in Finland
Subject to author isation by the Commission, for the period 2023-2027, Finland may continue to grant national aids 
which it grant ed in 2022 to producers on the basis of this Article provided that:
(a) the total amount of income aid is degressive over the whole period and in 2027 does not exceed 67 % of the 
amount grant ed in 2022; and
(b) prior to any recourse to this possibility , full use has been made of the suppor t sche mes under the CAP for the 
sectors concer ned.
The Commission shall adop t its author isation without applying the procedure refer red to in Article 229(2) or (3) of 
this Regulation.’;
(63) in Article 218(2), the row for the Unit ed Kingdom is deleted;
(64) Article 219(1) is amended as follo ws:
(a) the first subparagraph is replaced by the followi ng:
‘1. In order to react effic iently and effectively against threats of mark et disturbance caused by signif icant price 
rises or falls on intern al or extern al markets or other events and circumstances signif icantly disturbing or 
threatening to disturb the mark et concer ned, where that situation, or its effects on the mark et, is likely to 
continue or deter iorate , the Commission shall be empo wered to adopt delegat ed acts in accordance with 
Article 227 to take the measures necessar y to address that market situation, while respecting any oblig ations 
resulting from international agreements concluded in accordance with the TFEU and provid ed that any other 
measures available under this Regulation appear to be insuffi cient or not suitable.’;
(b) the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Such measures may to the extent and for the time necessar y to address the mark et disturbance or threat thereof 
extend or modify the scope, duration or other aspects of other measures provided for under this Regulation, 
adjust or suspend import duties in whole or in part including for certain quantities or periods as necessar y, or 
take the form of a temporar y volun tary production reduction scheme, in particular in cases of oversupply .’;
(65) Part V, Chapt er I, Section 2, is amended as follows :
(a) the title is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Market suppor t measures related to animal diseases and plant pests and loss of consumer confidence due to 
public, animal or plant health risks’;
(b) Article 220 is amended as follows:
(i) the title is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Measures concer ning animal diseases and plant pests and the loss of consumer confidence due to public, 
animal or plant health risks’;
(ii) in paragraph 1, point (a) is replaced by the follo wing:
‘(a) restr ictions on intra-Union and third-countr y trade which may result from the application of measures 
for combating the spread of diseases in animals or the spread of plant pests; and’;
(iii) in paragraph 2, the followi ng point is inser ted:
‘(-a) fruit and vege tables;’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/299  (iv) paragraph 4 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘4. The measures provid ed for in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, point (a) may be taken only if the 
Member State concer ned has take n health, vete rinar y or phyt osanitar y measures quic kly to stam p out the 
disease or to monitor , control and eradicate or contain the pest, and only to the extent and for the duration 
strictly necessar y to suppor t the mark et concer ned.’;
(66) in Part V, the followi ng Chapt er and Articles are inser ted:
‘Chapt er Ia
Marke t transparency
Article 222a
Union market obser vator ies
1. In order to impro ve transparency within the food supply chain, to inform the choices of economic operat ors 
and public author ities, to facilitat e the monit oring of market developments and threats of market disturbance, the 
Commission shall establish Union mark et obser vatories.
2. The Commission may decide for whic h agricultural sector s from those listed in Article 1(2) the Union mark et 
obser vator ies shall be established.
3. The Union mark et obser vator ies shall make available the statistical data and information necessar y for the 
monitori ng of mark et developments and threats of market disturbance, in particular:
(a) production, supply and stoc ks;
(b) prices, costs and, as far as possible, prof it margins at all levels of the food supply chain;
(c) shor t- and medium-te rm mark et forecasts;
(d) impor ts and expor ts of agricultural products, in particular the filling of tariff quotas for the import of agricultural 
products into the Union.
The Union mark et obser vatories shall produce repor ts containing the elements refer red to in the first 
subparagraph.
4. The Member States shall collect the information referred to in paragraph 3 and provi de it to the Commission.
Article 222b
Commission repor ting on market dev elopments
1. In their repor ts, Union mark et obser vatories established pursuant to Article 222a shall identify threats of 
mark et disturbance related to signif icant price increases or decreases in internal or exte rnal mark ets or to other 
events or circumstances having similar effects.
2. The Commission shall regularly present to the European Parliament and to the Council information on the 
mark et situation for agricultural products, the causes of mark et disturbances and possible measures to be taken in 
response to those market disturbances, in particular measures provided for in Part II, Title I, Chapt er I, and 
Articles 219, 220, 221 and 222, as well as the rationale for those measures ’;
(67) in Article 223(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘The information obtained may be transmitt ed or made available to intern ational organisations, Union and national 
financia l mark et author ities, the compe tent author ities of third countr ies and may be made public, subject to the 
prote ction of personal data and the legitimate interest of under takings in the prote ction of their business secrets, 
including prices.
The Commission shall cooperate and exchange information with compet ent author ities designat ed in accordance 
with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and with the European Secur ities and Mark ets Author ity (ESMA), to 
help them fulfil their tasks under Regulation (EU) 596/2014.’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/300 6.12.2021  (68) Article 225 is amended as follows:
(a) point (a) is delet ed;
(b) points (b) and (c) are delet ed;
(c) point (d) is replaced by the following:
‘(d) by 31 December 2025 , and ever y seven years thereaf ter, on the application of the competition rules as laid 
down in this Regulation to the agricultural sector in all Member State s;’;
(d) the followi ng points are inser ted:
‘(da) by 31 December 2023 on the Union mark et obser vatories set up in accordance with Article 222a;
(db) by 31 December 2023 , and ever y three years thereaf ter, on the use of the crisis measures in particular 
adop ted pursuant to Articles 219, to 222;
(dc) by 31 December 2024 on the use of new information and communication technologies to ensure better 
mark et transparency as referred to in Article 223;
(dd) by 30 June 2024 on sales designations and carcass classif ication in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector;’;
(69) in Part V, Chapt er III, containing Article 226, is delet ed.
(70) Annex I is amended as follows:
(a) in Part I(a), the first and second row (CN codes 0709 99 60and 0712 90 19) are deleted;
(b) in Part I(d), the entr y in the first row (CN code 0714 ) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘ex 0714 - Manioc, arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starc h or inulin conte nt, fresh, chilled, 
frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, excluding sweet potatoes of subheading 0714 20
and Jerusalem artichok es of subheading ex 0714 90 90; sago pith;’;
(c) Part IX is amended as follows:
(i) the descr iption in the fifth row (CN code 0706 ) is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Car rots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify , celer iac, radishes and similar edible roots (1), fresh or chilled
_____________
(1)This includes swedes.’;
(ii) the descr iption in the eighth row (CN code ex 07 09) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, excl uding vegetables of subheadings 0709 60 91, 0709 60 95, 
ex 0709 60 99of genus Pimenta, 0709 92 10and 0709 92 90’;
(iii) the followi ng rows are inser ted:
‘0714 20sweet potatoes
ex 0714 90 90Jerusalem artichok es’;
(d) in Part X, the excl usions for sweetcor n are delet ed;
(e) in Part XII, the following entr y is added:
‘(e) ex 2202 99 19: - - - Other , de-alcoholised wine with an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 % vol.’;
(f) in Part XXIV , Section 1, the entr y ‘0709 60 99’ is replaced by the following:
‘ex 0709 60 99: - - - Other , of genus Pimenta’;
(71) in Annex II, Part II is amended as follows:
(a) in Section A, point 4, the second senten ce is delet ed;
(b) Section B is delet ed;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/301  (72) Annex III is amended as follows:
(a) the title is replaced by the followi ng:
‘STAND ARD QUALIT Y OF RICE AND SUGAR AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1a OF REGUL ATION (EU) No 1370/2013 (*)
_____________
(*) Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 of 16 December 2013 determi ning measures on fixing certain aids 
and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (OJ L 346, 
20.12.2013, p. 12);’;
(b) in Part B, Section I is delet ed;
(73) Annex VI is delet ed;
(74) Annex VII is amended as follows :
(a) Part I is amended as follows:
(i) in point II, the followi ng subparagraph is added:
‘At the request of a group refer red to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the relevant 
Member State may decide that the conditions referred to in this point do not apply to the meat of bovine 
animals with a prot ected designation of origin or protect ed geographical indication protect ed in accordance 
with Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 register ed before 29 June 2007 .’;
(ii) in point III.1(A), the row for the United Kingdom is delet ed;
(iii) in point III.1(B), the row for the United Kingdom is deleted;
(b) Part II is amended as follows :
(i) the following introduct ory wording is added:
‘The catego ries of grapevine products shall be those set out in points (1) to (17). The cate gories of grapevine 
products set out in point (1) and points (4) to (9) may undergo a tota l or partial de-alcoholisation treatment 
in accordance with Annex VIII, Part I, Section E, after having fully attained their respective charact eristics as 
descr ibed in those points.’;
(ii) in point 3, point (a) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(a) with an actual alcoholic strength of not less than 15 % by volume and not more than 22 % by volume. 
Excep tionally , and for wines of prolonged ageing, those limits may differ in certain liqueur wines with a 
designation of origin or geographical indication on the list established by the Commission by means of 
delegat ed acts adop ted in accordance with Article 75(2), on the condition that:
— the wines put into the ageing process shall fulfil the definition of liqueur wines; and
— the actual alcoholic strength of the aged wine shall not be less than 14 % by volume;’;
(c) Appendix I is amended as follows:
(i) point 1(c) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(c) in Belgium, Denmark, Eston ia, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden: the wine- 
growing areas of these Member States;’
(ii) in point 2(g), the word ‘area’ is replaced by ‘wine-growing region’;
(iii) point 4(f) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(f) in Romania, areas plant ed with vines in the followi ng wine-growing regions: Dealur ile Munt eniei și 
Olteniei with the vine yards Dealur ile Buzăului, Dealu Mare, Sever inului and Plaiur ile Drâncei, Colinele 
Dobrogei, Terasele Dunăr ii, the South wine region, including sands and other favour able regions;’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/302 6.12.2021  (iv) point 4(g) is replaced by the following:
‘(g) in Croatia, areas plante d with vines in the followi ng sub-regions: Hrvatska Istra, Hrvatsk o primor je and 
Dalmatinska zagora;’;
(v) in point 6, the follo wing point is added:
‘(h) in Croatia, areas planted with vines in the follo wing sub-regions: Sjever na Dalmacija and Srednja i Južna 
Dalmacij a.’;
(75) Annex VIII is amended as follows:
(a) Part I is amended as follows:
(i) the title is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Enr ichm ent, acidification, de-acidifi cation in certain wine-growing zones and de-alcoholisation’;
(ii) in Section B, point 7(b) is replaced by the follo wing:
‘(b) raise the total alcoholic strength by volume of the products referred to in point 6 for the production of 
wines with a protect ed designation of origin or protect ed geographical indication to a level to be 
determined by Member States.’;
(iii) Section C is replaced by the following:
‘C. Acidif ication and de-acidification
1. Fresh grapes, grape must, partially fermented grape must, new wine still in fermentation and wine may 
be subject to acidification and de-acidifi cation.
2. Acidif ication of the products referred to in point 1 may be carried out only up to a limit of 4 g/l 
expressed as tartaric acid, or 53,3 milliequivalents per litre.
3. De-acidifi cation of wines may be carried out only up to a limit of 1 g/l expressed as tartaric acid, or 13,3 
milliequivalents per litre.
4. Grape must intende d for concentration may be partially de-acidifi ed.
5. Acidif ication and enrichment, excep t by way of derog ation to be adopt ed by the Commission by means 
of delegat ed acts pursuant to Article 75(2), and acidification and de-acidification of one and the same 
product shall be mutually excl usive processes.’;
(iv) in Section D, point 3 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘3. Acidif ication and de-acidification of wines shall take place only in the wine-growi ng zone where the 
grapes used to produce the wine in question were harvested .’;
(v) the followi ng Section is added:
‘E. De-alcoholisation processes
Each of the de-alcoholisation processes listed below , whether used on its own or in combination with other 
liste d de-alcoholisation processes, shall be allowed in order to reduce part or almost all of the ethanol 
conte nt in grapevine products referred to in Annex VII, Part II, point 1 and points 4 to 9:
(a) partial vacuum evaporation;
(b) membrane techniques;
(c) distillation.
The de-alcoholisation processes used shall not result in organolept ic defects of the grapevine product. The 
elimination of ethanol in grapevine products shall not be done in conjunction with an increase of the sugar 
conte nt in the grape must.’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/303  (b) in Part II, Section B, point 3 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘3. Points 1 and 2 shall not apply to products intended for the production, in Ireland and Poland, of products 
falling within CN code 2206 00for which Member States may allow the use of a compo site name, including 
the sales designation “wine”.’;
(76) in Annex X, point II, paragraph 2 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘2. The price refer red to in paragraph 1 shall apply to sugar beet of sound, fair and mark etable quality having a sugar 
content of 16 % at the recep tion point.
The price shall be adjust ed by price increases or reductions, agreed by the parties in advance, to allow for 
deviations from the quality refer red to in the first subparagraph.’;
(77) in Annex X, point XI, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Agreements within the trade as descr ibed in Annex II, Part II, Section A, point 6, shall contain conciliation or 
mediation mechanisms and arbitration clauses.’;
(78) Annex es XI, XII and XIII are deleted.
Article 2
Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 is amended as follo ws:
(1) in Article 1(2), point (b) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(b) value-adding attributes resulting from the farming or processing methods used in their production, or from 
the place of their production or marketing, or from their possible contr ibution to sustainable development.’;
(2) in Article 2, paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the follo wing:
‘2. This Regulation shall not apply to spirit drinks or grapevine products as defined in Annex VII, Part II, to 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, with the excep tion of wine-vinegars.
3. Registrations made pursuant to Article 52 are without prejudice to the oblig ation of producers to compl y 
with other Union rules, in particular those relating to the placing of products on the mark et and to food 
labelling.’;
(3) in Article 5, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the follo wing:
‘1. For the purpose of this Regulation, a “designation of origin” is a name, whic h may be a traditionally used 
name, whic h identifies a product:
(a) originating in a specific place, region or, in excep tional cases, countr y;
(b) whose quality or charact eristics are essentially or excl usively due to a particular geographical environment 
with its inherent natural and human factors; and
(c) the production steps of whic h all take place in the defined geographical area.
2. For the purpose of this Regulation, a “geographical indication” is a name, including a traditionally used 
name, whic h identifies a product:
(a) originating in a specific place, region or countr y;
(b) whose given quality , reputation or other charact eristic is essentially attributable to its geographical origin; and
(c) at least one of the production steps of whic h takes place in the defined geographical area.’;
(4) in Article 6, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. A name may not be register ed as a designation of origin or geograp hical indication where it conf licts with a 
name of a plant variety or an animal breed and is likely to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the 
product or to cause confusion between products with the registered designation and the variety or breed in 
question.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/304 6.12.2021  The conditions referred to in the first subparagraph shall be assessed in relation to the actual use of the names in 
conf lict, including the use of the name of the plant variety or animal breed outside its area of origin and the use of 
the name of a plant variety prote cted by another intellectual proper ty right.’;
(5) in Article 7, paragraph 1 is amended as follo ws:
(a) point (f) is replaced by the follo wing:
‘(f) details establishing the followi ng:
(i) as regards a protect ed designation of origin, the link between the quality or charact eristics of the 
product and the geographical environment refer red to in Article 5(1); the details concer ning human 
factors of that geographical environment may, where relevant, be limited to a descr iption of the soil 
and landscape management , cultivation practices or any other relevant human contr ibution to the 
maintenanc e of the natural factors of the geographical environment refer red to in that paragraph;
(ii) as regar ds a protect ed geograp hical indication, the link between a given quality , the reputation or 
other characteri stic of the product and the geographical origin referred to in Article 5(2);’
(b) the following subparagraph is added:
‘The product specifi cation may contain a descr iption of the contr ibution of the designation of origin or 
geographical indication to sustainable development.’;
(6) in Article 10(1), the introduct ory wording is replaced by the followi ng:
‘A reasoned statement of opposition as referred to in Article 51(1) shall be admissible only if it is received by the 
Commission within the time limit set out in that paragraph and if it:’;
(7) in Article 12, paragraph 3 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘3. In the case of products originating in the Union that are market ed under a protect ed designation of origin 
or prot ected geographical indication registere d in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, 
the Union symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling and adver tising mater ials. The labelling 
requirements set out in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 for the presentation of mandatory 
particulars shall apply to the registered name of the product. The indications “protect ed designation of origin” or 
“protect ed geographical indication” or the corresponding abbreviations “PDO” or “PGI” may appear on 
the labelling.’;
(8) Article 13 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, point (a) is replaced by the followi ng:
‘(a) any direct or indirect commercial use of a registere d name in respect of products not covered by the 
registration where those products are compar able to the products registere d under that name or where 
using the name exploits, weake ns or dilut es the reputation of the prot ected name, including when those 
products are used as an ingredient ;’;
(b) the following paragraph is added:
‘4. The prot ection referred to in paragraph 1 shall also apply with rega rd to:
(a) goods entering the customs territory of the Union without being released for free circulation within the 
customs territory of the Union; and
(b) goods sold by means of distance selling, such as electronic commerce.
For goods entering the customs territory of the Union without being released for free circulation within that 
territory, the group or any operat or entitled to use the prot ected designation of origin or prot ected 
geographical indication shall be entitled to prevent all third parties from bringing goods, in the course of 
trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation there, where such goods, including 
packag ing, come from third countr ies and bear without author isation the protect ed designation of origin or 
prot ected geographical indication.’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/305  (9) Article 15 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, the second subparagraph is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Those implementing acts shall be adopt ed in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in 
Article 57(2) excep t where an admissible state ment of opposition is lodged under Article 49(3).’;
(b) in paragraph 2, the introduct ory wording is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Without prejudice to Article 14, the Commission may adopt implementing acts extending the transitional 
period mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article to up to 15 years in duly justified cases where it is shown 
that:’;
(10) the followi ng Article is inser ted:
‘Article 16a
Exis ting geog raphical indications for aromatised wine products
Names entered in the register established pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council (*) shall automa tically be entered in the register refer red to in Article 11 
of this Regulation as protect ed geographical indications. The corresponding specific ations shall be deemed to be 
specifi cations for the purposes of Article 7 of this Regulation.
_____________
(*) Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 Febr uary 2014 on the 
definition, descr iption, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised 
wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 14).’;
(11) in Article 21(1), the introduct ory wording is replaced by the followi ng:
‘1. A reasoned statement of opposition as refer red to in Article 51(1) shall be admissible only if it is received by 
the Commission before expir y of the time limit and if it:’;
(12) in Article 23, paragraph 3 is replaced by the follo wing:
‘3. In the case of products originating in the Union that are mark eted under a traditional speciality guaranteed 
registered in accordance with this Regulation, the symbol referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall, without 
prejudice to paragraph 4 of this Article, appear on the labelling and adver tising mater ials. The labelling 
requirements set out in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 for the presentation of mandatory 
particulars shall apply to the registered name of the product. The indication “traditional speciality guarant eed” or 
the corresponding abbreviation “TSG” may appear on the labelling.
The symbol shall be optional on the labelling of traditional specialities guaranteed which are produced outside the 
Union.’;
(13) Article 24 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Registe red names shall be protect ed against any misuse, imitation or evocation, including as regar ds 
products used as ingredients, or against any other practice liable to mislead the consumer .’;
(b) the following paragraph is added:
‘4. The prote ction refer red to in paragraph 1 shall also apply with regar d to goods sold through means of 
distance selling, such as electronic commerce.’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/306 6.12.2021  (14) the followi ng Article is inser ted:
‘Article 24a
Transitional periods for use of traditional specialities guaranteed
The Commission may adopt implementing acts granting a transitional period of up to five years to enable 
products the designation of which consists of or contains a name that contrav enes Article 24(1) to continue to 
use the designation under which they were mark eted on condition that an admissible statement of opposition 
under Article 49(3) or Article 51 shows that such name has been legally used on the Union mark et for at least 
five years preceding the date of the publication provided for in Article 50(2), point (b).
Those imple menting acts shall be adopt ed in accordance with the examination procedure refer red to in 
Article 57(2) excep t where an admissible statement of opposition is lodge d under Article 49(3).’;
(15) in Article 49, the follo wing paragraph is added:
‘8. The Member State shall inform the Commission without dela y if any proceedings are initiat ed before a 
national cour t or other national body concer ning an application lodge d with the Commission, in accordance 
with paragraph 4, and if the application has been invalidated at national level by an immediately applicable but 
not final judicial decision.’;
(16) Article 50 is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Article 50
Scrutiny by the Commission and publication for opposition
1. The Commission shall examine applications for registration that it receives in accordance with Article 49(4) 
and (5). The Commission shall check that the applications contain the required information and that they do not 
contain manifest errors, taking into account the outcome of the scrutiny and opposition procedure carried out by 
the Member State concer ned.
Scrutiny by the Commission should not exceed a period of six months from the date of receipt of the application 
from the Member State. Where that period is excee ded, the Commission shall inform the applicant of the reasons 
for the dela y in writing.
The Commission shall, at least each month, publish the list of names for whic h applications for registration have 
been submitte d to it, as well as the date of their submission.
2. Where, based on the scrutiny carried out pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission considers 
that the conditions laid down in Articles 5 and 6 are fulfilled as regar ds registration applications under the schem e 
set out in Title II, or that the conditions laid down in Article 18(1) and (2) are fulfilled as regar ds applications 
under the sche me set out in Title III, it shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union:
(a) for applications under the sche me set out in Title II, the sing le document and the reference to the publication 
of the product specifi cation;
(b) for applications under the sche me set out in Title III, the specifi cation.
3. The Commission shall be exem pted from the obligation to meet the deadline to perform the scrutiny 
refer red to in paragraph 1 and to inform the applicant of the reasons for the dela y where it receives a 
communication from a Member State concer ning an application for registration lodg ed with the Commission in 
accordance with Article 49(4) which either:
(a) informs the Commission that the application has been invalidat ed at national level by an immediately 
applicable but not final judicial decision; orEN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/307  (b) requests the Commission to suspend the scrutiny refer red to in paragraph 1 because national judicial 
proceedings have been initiate d to challeng e the validity of the application and the Member State considers 
that those proceedings are based on valid grounds.
The exem ption shall have effect until the Commission is informed by the Member State that the original 
application has been restored or that the Member State withdra ws its request for suspension.’;
(17) Article 51 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 are replaced by the followi ng:
‘1. Within three months from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, the 
author ities of a Member State or of a third countr y, or any natural or legal person resident or established in a 
third countr y and having a legitimate inter est, may lodge a reasoned state ment of opposition with 
the Commission.
Any natural or legal person resident or established in a Member State other than that from whic h the 
application was submitte d, and having a legitimate interest, may lodge a reasoned statement of opposition 
with the Member State in which it is resident or established within a time limit permitting an opposition to 
be lodg ed pursuant to the first subparagraph.
2. The Commission shall examine the admissibility of the reasoned statement of opposition on the basis of 
the grounds for opposition laid down in Article 10 as rega rds protect ed designations of origin and prote cted 
geographical indications and on the basis of the grounds for opposition laid down in Article 21 as regar ds 
traditional specialities guarant eed.
3. If the Commission considers that the reasoned statement of opposition is admissible it shall, within five 
months from the date of publication of the application in the Official Journal of the Europ ean Union, invit e the 
author ity or person that lodg ed the reasoned statement of opposition and the author ity or body that lodg ed 
the application with the Commission to engag e in appropr iate consultations for a reasonable period that 
shall not exceed three months.
The author ity or person that lodg ed the reasoned statement of opposition and the author ity or body that 
lodg ed the application shall start such appropr iate consultations without undue dela y. They shall provide 
each other with the relevant information to assess whether the application for registration compl ies with the 
conditions laid down in this Regulation. If no agreement is reached, this information shall be provid ed to the 
Commission.
At any time within the period of consultations, the Commission may, at the request of the applicant, exte nd 
the deadline for the consultations by a maximum of three months.’;
(b) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
‘5. The reasoned statement of opposition and other documents whic h are sent to the Commission in 
accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be in one of the official languag es of the Union.’;
(18) in Article 52, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the followi ng:
‘1. Where, on the basis of the information available to the Commission from the scrutiny carried out pursuant 
to the first subparagraph of Article 50(1), the Commission considers that the conditions laid down in Articles 5 
and 6, as regar ds the quality schemes set out in Title II, or in Article 18, as regar ds the quality schemes set out in 
Title III, are not fulfilled, it shall adopt implementing acts rejecting the application. Those implementing acts shall 
be adop ted in accordance with the examination procedure refer red to in Article 57(2).
2. If the Commission receives no admissible reasoned statement of opposition under Article 51, it shall adopt 
implementing acts, without applying the examination procedure referred to in Article 57(2), registeri ng the 
name.’;EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/308 6.12.2021  (19) Article 53 is amended as follows:
(a) the title is replaced by the follo wing:
‘Article 53
Amendments to product specif ications ’;
(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Amendments to a product specifi cation shall be classified into two catego ries as rega rds their 
importance: Union amendments, requir ing an opposition procedure at the Union level, and standard 
amendments to be dealt with at Member State or third countr y level.
For the purposes of this Regulation, “Union amendment” means an amendment to a product specification 
that:
(a) includes a chang e in the name of the protect ed designation of origin or prot ected geographical indication, 
or in the use of that name;
(b) risks voidi ng the link refer red to in Article 5(1), point (b), for protect ed designations of origin, or the link 
refer red to in Article 5(2), point (b), for prot ected geographical indications;
(c) concer ns a traditional speciality guaranteed; or
(d) entails further restr ictions on the marketing of the product.
“Standard amendment” means any amendment to a product specifi cation that is not a Union amendment.
“Tempora ry amendment” means a standard amendment concer ning a temporar y chang e in the product 
specification resulting from the imposition of oblig atory sanitar y and phytosan itary measures by the public 
author ities or a temporar y amendment necessar y because of a natural disaster or adverse weather conditions 
formally recognised by the compet ent author ities.
Union amendments shall be approved by the Commission. The appro val procedure shall follow the 
procedure laid down in Articles 49 to 52, mutatis mutandis.
The scrutiny of the application shall focus on the proposed amendment. Where appropr iate, the Commission 
or the Member State concer ned may invite the applicant to modify other elements of the product 
specifications.
Standard amendments shall be approved and made public by the Member State in whose territory the 
geographical area of the product concer ned is locat ed and communicated to the Commission. Third 
countr ies shall approve standard amendments in accordance with the law applicable in the third countr y 
concer ned and communicate them to the Commission.’;
(c) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. In order to facilitate the administrative process in relation to Union and standard amendments to 
product specifications, including where an amendment does not involve any change to the sing le document, 
the Commission shall be empo wered to adopt delegat ed acts, in accordance with Article 56, complementing 
the rules of the amendment application process.
The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down detailed rules on the procedures for, form of and 
presentation of an amendment application for Union amendments, and on the procedures for and form of 
standard amendments and their communication to the Commission. Those implementing acts shall be 
adopt ed in accordance with the examination procedure refer red to in Article 57(2).’;
(20) in Annex I, Point I, the followi ng indents are added:
‘–aromatised wines as defined in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014,EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/309  –other alcoholic beverages, excep t for spirit drinks and grapevine products as defined in Annex VII, Part II, to 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013,
–beeswax.’.
Article 3
Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
(1) the title is replaced by the followi ng:
‘Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 Febr uary 2014 on the 
definition, descr iption, presentation and labelling of aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 1601/91’;
(2) in Article 1, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. This Regulation lays down rules on the definition, descr iption, presentation and labelling of aromatised wine 
products.’;
(3) in Article 2, point 3 is delet ed;
(4) Article 5 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. Sales denominations may be supplemente d or replaced by a geographical indication of aromatised 
wine products prot ected under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.’;
(b) the following paragraphs are added:
‘6. In the case of aromatised wine products produced in the Union that are destined for expor t to third 
countr ies whose legislation requires different sales denominations, Member States may allow those sales 
denominations to accompan y the sales denominations set out in Annex II. Those additional sales 
denominations may appear in languages other than the official languag es of the Union.
7. The Commission shall be empo wered to adop t delegat ed acts in accordance with Article 33 to 
supplement Annex II in order to take into account technical progress, scientific and mark et developments, 
consumer health or consumer needs for information.’;
(5) the followi ng Article is inser ted:
‘Article 6a
Nutr ition declaration and ingredients list
1. The labelling of aromatised wine products market ed in the Union shall contain the follo wing mandatory 
particulars:
(a) the nutr ition declaration pursuant to Article 9(1), point (l), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011; and
(b) the list of ingredients pursuant to Article 9(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, point (a), the nutr ition declaration on the packag e or on a label 
attached thereto may be limited to the energy value, which may be expressed by using the symbol “E” for energy . 
In such cases, the full nutr ition declaration shall be provided by electronic means identified on the packag e or on a 
label attache d thereto. That nutr ition declaration shall not be displa yed with other information intende d for sales 
or marketing purposes and no user data shall be collected or track ed.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, point (b), the list of ingredients may be provided by electronic 
means identified on the packag e or on a label attached thereto. In such cases, the follo wing requirements apply:
(a) no user data shall be collected or track ed;
(b) the list of ingredients shall not be displa yed with other information inten ded for sales or mark eting purposes; andEN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/310 6.12.2021  (c) the indication of the particulars referred to in Article 9(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 shall 
appear directly on the packag e or on a label attach ed thereto.
The indication refer red to in the first subparagraph, point (c), of this paragraph shall compris e the word “contains” 
followed by the name of the substance or product as liste d in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
4. The Commission is empo wered to adop t delegat ed acts in accordance with Article 33 supplementing this 
Regulation by further specifying the rules for the indication and designation of ingredients for the application of 
paragraph 1, point (b), of this Article.’;
(6) in Article 8, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. The name of the geographical indication of aromatised wine products prot ected under Regulation (EU) 
No 1151/2012 shall appear on the label in the languag e or languages in which it is registe red, even where the 
geographical indication replaces the sales denomination in accordance with Article 5(4) of this Regulation.
Where the name of a geographical indication of aromatised wine products protect ed under Regulation (EU) 
No 1151/2012 is written in a non-Latin alphabet, it may also appear in one or more of the official languag es of 
the Union.’;
(7) Article 9 is deleted;
(8) Chapt er III, containing Articles 10 to 30, is deleted.
(9) Article 33 is amended as follows:
(a) the following paragraph is inser ted:
‘2a. The power to adop t delega ted acts refer red to in Article 5(7) shall be confe rred on the Commission for 
a period of five years from 7 December 2021 . The power to adopt delegat ed acts refer red to in Article 6a(4) 
shall be conferr ed on the Commission for a period of five years from 8 December 2023 . The Commission 
shall draw up a repor t in respect of the deleg ation of power not later than nine months before the end of the 
five-year period. The delegat ion of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless 
the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extensi on not later than three months before the end of 
each period.’;
(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. The delegatio n of power referred to in Article 4(2), Article 5(7), Article 6a(4), Article 28, Article 32(2) 
and Article 36(1) may be revok ed at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of 
revocati on shall put an end to the delegatio n of the powers specified in that decision. It shall take effect the 
day followi ng the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It 
shall not affect the validity of the delegat ed acts already in force.’;
(c) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
‘5. A delegat ed act adop ted pursuant to Article 4(2), Article 5(7), Article 6a(4), Article 28, Article 32(2) 
and Article 36(1) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the 
European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act or if, before 
the expir y of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that 
they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months on the initiative of the European Parliament 
or the Council.’;
(10) in Annex I, point (1)(a), the followi ng point is added:
‘(iv) spirit drinks in a quantity not exceeding 1 % of the overall volume.’;
(11) Annex II is amended as follows:
(a) in Part A, point (3), the first indent is replaced by the follo wing:
‘-to which alcohol may have been added; and’EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/311  (b) Part B is amended as follows:
(i) in point (8), the first indent is replaced by the followi ng:
‘-whic h is obtained exclusively from red or whit e wine or both,’;
(ii) the followi ng point is added:
‘(14) Wino ziołowe
Aromatised wine-based drink:
(a) whic h is obtained from wine and in which grapevine products represent at least 85 % of the 
total volume,
(b) whic h has been flavoured excl usively with flavouring preparations obtained from herbs or 
spices or both,
(c) whic h has not been coloured,
(d) whic h has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 7 %’.
Article 4
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
The followi ng Article is inser ted:
‘Article 22a
Interbranch agreements in Réunion
1. Pursuant to Article 349 of the Treaty , by way of derogation from Article 101(1) of the Treaty and notwithstanding 
Article 164(4), first subparagraph, points (a) to (n), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, where an interbranch organisation 
recognised pursuant to Article 157 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 operates exclusively in Réunion and is considered to 
represent the production of, trade in or processing of one specifi ed product, France may, at the request of that organisation, 
extend to other operat ors who are not members of that interbranch organisation rules aimed at suppor ting the 
mainte nance and diversif ication of local production in order to increase food secur ity in Réunion, provid ed that those 
rules apply only to those operat ors whose activities are solely carried out in Réunion in relation to products which are 
destined for the local mark et. Notwithstanding Article 164(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, an interbranc h 
organisation is to be regarded as being a representative under this Article where it accounts for at least 70 % of the volume 
of production, trade or processing of the product or products concer ned.
2. By way of derogation from Article 165 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, where the rules of a recognised 
inter branch organisation operating excl usively in Réunion are extende d under paragraph 1 of this Article, and the 
activities covered by those rules are in the general economic interest of economic operat ors whose activities are solely 
carried out in Réunion in relation to products whic h are destined for the local mark et, France may, after consulting the 
relevant stak eholders, decide that individual economic operators or groups which are not members of the organisation but 
which operate on that local mark et are to pay the organisation all or part of the financia l contr ibutions paid by its 
members, to the extent that such contr ibutions are intende d to cover costs that are directly incur red as a result of pursuing 
the activities in question.
3. France shall inform the Commission of any agreement whose scope is exte nded in accordance with this Article.’ .
Article 5
Transitional provisions
1. The rules applicable before 7 December 2021 shall continue to apply to applications for prote ction, applications for 
approval of amendment and requests for cancellation of designations of origin or geographical indications received by the 
Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 before 7 December 2021 and to applications for registration and 
requests for cancellation of prot ected designations of origin, prot ected geographical indications or traditional specialities 
guarant eed received by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 before 7 December 2021 .EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 435/312 6.12.2021  2. The rules applicable before 7 December 2021 shall continue to apply to applications for approval of amendment of a 
product specific ation of designations of origin or geographical indications or traditional specialities guaranteed received by 
the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 before 8 June 2022 .
3. The rules applicable before 7 December 2021 shall continue to apply to applications for prote ction, applications for 
approval of amendment and requests for cancellation of names of aromatised wines as geographical indication received by 
the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 before 7 December 2021 . Howe ver, the decision on 
registration shall be adopt ed pursuant to Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 as amended by Article 2, point (18), 
of this Regulation.
4. Articles 29 to 38 and 55 to 57 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall continue to apply after 31 December 2022 as 
regards expenditure incur red and payments made for operations implemented before 1 Januar y 2023 within the aid 
schem es referred to in those Articles.
5. Articles 58 to 60 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall continue to apply after 31 December 2022 as regar ds 
expenditure incur red and payments made before 1 Januar y 2023 within the aid scheme refer red to in those Articles.
6. Recognised producer organisations or their associations in the fruit and vegetables sector having an operational 
programme as refer red to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 that has been approved by a Member State for a 
duration beyond 31 December 2022 shall, by 15 Sept ember 2022 , submit a request to that Member State to the effect that 
its operational programme:
(a) be modified to meet the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; or
(b) be replaced by a new operational programme approved under Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; or
(c) continue to operat e until its end under the conditions applicable under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Where such recognised producer orga nisations or their associations do not submit such requests by 15 Sept ember 2022 , 
their operational programmes whic h were approved under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall end 
on 31 December 2022 .
7. The suppor t programmes in the wine sector refer red to in Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall 
continue to apply until 15 October 2023 . Articles 39 to 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall continue to apply 
after 31 December 2022 as regards:
(a) expenditure incur red and payments made for operations implemented pursuant to that Regulation 
before 16 October 2023 within the aid sche me referred to in Articles 39 to 52 of that Regulation;
(b) expenditure incur red and payments made for operations implement ed pursuant to Articles 46 and 50 of that 
Regulation before 16 October 2025 , provided that by 15 October 2023 such operations have been partially 
implement ed and the expenditure incur red amounts to at least 30 % of the total planned expenditure and that such 
operations are fully implement ed by 15 October 2025 .
8. Wine whic h meets the labelling requirements of Article 119 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and aromatised wine 
products whic h meet the labelling rules of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 applicable in both cases before 8 December 2023
and which were produced and labelled before that date may continue to be placed on the mark et until stocks are exhaust ed.
Article 6
Entr y into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 6.12.2021 L 435/313  Article 1, points (8)(d)(i), (8)(d)(iii), (10)(a)(ii) and (38), shall apply from 1 Januar y 2021 .
Article 2, point (19)(b), shall apply from 8 June 2022 .
Article 1, points (1), (2)(b), (8)(a), (8)(b), (8)(e), (18), (31), (35), (62), (68)(a), (69) and (73), shall apply from 1 Januar y 2023 .
Article 1, points (32)(a)(ii) and (32)(c), and Article 3, point (5), shall apply from 8 December 2023 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 December 2021 .
For the Europ ean Parliament
The President
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