EN   EN 
 
 
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2023) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
supplementing Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards specific rules for the indication and designation of ingredients for 
aromatised wine products    
EN 1  EN EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM  
1. CONTEXT  OF THE  DELEGATED  ACT  
Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 
2021  has amended certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 26 February  2014 in relation to the aromatised wine products 
sector. The obligation to indicate the nutrition declaration and the l ist of ingredients for 
aromatised wine products has been introduced . 
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts to further 
specify the rules for the indication and designation of ingredients for aromatised wine 
products . 
The purpose of this delegated act is to supplement Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 as regards  
certain specific rules for the ingredients labelling of aromatised wine products . 
2. CONSULTATIONS  PRIOR  TO THE  ADOPTION  OF THE  ACT  
Consultations, involving experts f rom all the 27 Member States have been carried out in the 
context of the meetings of the Expert Group for the Common Organisation of Agricultural 
Markets – Wine held (virtually), on  14 March , 18 April  and 1 9 June 202 3. 
3. LEGAL  ELEMENTS  OF THE  DELEGATED  ACT  
The delegated act is based on Article 6a(4)  of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 and should be 
adopted by means of the procedure in accordance with Article 33 of the same Regulation.  
Article 1 : This Article  provides the specific  rules on the indication  and designation  of 
ingredients for aromatised wine products . 
Article 2 : This Article provides for the applicability of the delegated act from 8 December 
2023, in line with the provision of Article  6, fifth subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 
2021/2117 . 
EN 2  EN COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
supplementing Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards specific rules for the indication and designation of ingredients for 
aromatised wine products  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to  Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 26 February  2014 on the de finition, description, presentation and labelling of 
aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601 /911, and in 
particular Article 6a(4) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 has 
amended Regulation (EU) No 251/2014. 
(2) In the context of that amendment, the list of ingredients and the nutrition declaration 
referred to in Article 9(1), points (b) and (l), respectively, of Regulation (EU) No 
1169/2011  of the European Parliament and of the Council3, were introduced as 
mandatory particulars in Article 6a of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014. Regulation (EU) 
2021/2117 also empowered the Commission to adopt delegated acts supplementing 
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 by further specifying  the rules for the indication and 
designation of ingredients for the application of the new labelling requirement .  
(3) Although t he relevant provisions  of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 apply  to the 
indication and designation of ingredients for aromatised wine products,  it is 
appropriate to lay down specific rules that take into account certain  specific  
characteristics of aromatised wine products and the peculiar  processes and timing of 
their production, in view of providing consumers with comprehensive and accurate 
information. Th ese rules should apply when the list of ingredients is provided on the 
aromatised wine product’s label, but also when the list of ingredients is provided by 
                                                 
1 OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 14.  
2 Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European 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 foodstuffs, 
(EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of 
geographical indic ations of aromatised wine products and (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific 
measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p.  262). 
3 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).   
EN 3  EN electronic means identified on the package or on a label attached thereto, in 
accord ance with Article 6a(2) of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014. 
(4) Since aromatised wine products are always  obtained from one or more of the 
grapevine products defined in points  1, 2 and 4 to 11 of Part II of Annex VII to 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013  of the European  Parliament and of the Council4, it is 
appropriate to require that all the ingredients of the grapevine products used in the 
production of aromatised wine  products  are listed in accordance with the specific rules 
concerning the indication and designation o f ingredients of grapevine products  as laid 
down in Article 48a of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/335. 
(5) The ingredients of the grapevine product s used as a base to obtain the aromatised wine 
product should be visually di stinguished  from the other ingredients added to them . The 
ingredients of the grapevine products should therefore be indicat ed within brackets, 
following the term ‘wine’ or another term identifying the specific grapevine products 
used, while all  other ingredients added to the b ase grapevine products should appear 
outside of the brackets in descending order of volume or weight as recorded at the time 
of their use in the manufacture of the aromatised wine  product , as provided for by 
Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.  
(6) However, where certain ingredients are added to the base grapevine products  used to 
obtain the aromatised wine product , specific rules should apply for their designation  in 
the list of the ingredients . 
(7) For reasons of consistency with the rules on the indica tion of ingredients of grapevine 
product s and in order to facilitate the understanding of consumers, it is appropriate to 
allow using the term ‘concentrated grape must’ to designate both concentrated grape 
must and rectified concentrated grape must  where t hey are added to  the grapevine 
products used to obtain the  aromatised wine  product . 
(8) Where  sulphites/sulfites, eggs and egg -based products and/or milk and milk -based 
products are  used in the production of  aromatised wine product s, they  should be 
indicated on the label using the terms traditionally used in the labelling of grapevine 
products . Those allergens should be indicated within brackets  where they are used in 
the production of the grapevine products, while they should appear outside of the 
brackets wh ere they are added to the aromatised wine product before bottling .  
(9) For the same reason, it is appropriate to allow  for aromatised wine products  the use of 
the same pictograms illustrating sulphites/sulfites, eggs and egg -based products and/or 
milk and mil k-based products as those that are  used for grapevine products.  
(10) Where a ny other substances or products causing allergies or intolerances are added to 
an aromatised wine product  before bottling , they are to  be presented in accordance 
with Article 21(1) of R egulation (EU) No 1169/2011 . 
                                                 
4 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 9 22/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007  (OJ L 
347, 20.12.2013 , p. 671).  
5 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 of 17 October 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as r egards applications for protection of 
designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector, the objection 
procedure, restrictions of use, amendments to product specifications, cancellation of protection, and 
labelling a nd presentation (OJ L 9, 11 .1.2019 , p. 2).   
EN 4  EN (11) Where sulphites/sulfites, eggs and egg -based products and/or milk and milk -based 
products are both used in the base grapevine products and added to the aromatised 
wine  product before bottling, they should be indicated only once on the package or on 
a label attached thereto  following the term ‘contains’ if the full list of ingredients is 
provided by electronic means.  
(12) Certain additives used as packaging gases  (carbon dioxide, argon and nitrogen) have 
as main objective the disp lacing of oxygen during the bottling of aromatised wine 
products, but they do not become part of the product that is consumed. As their 
indication in the list of ingredients may confuse consumers as to  the true nature and 
composition of the aromatised wine  product , it appears appropriate to replace them 
with a specific particular that  describes their function by using the term ‘Bottl ed in a 
protective atmosphere’ . 
(13) Due to the obligation to list the ingredients as from 8 December 2023 in accordance 
with Artic le 6, fifth paragraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2117, this Regulation should 
apply from 8 December 2023 , 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
List of ingredients  
 
1. The grapevine product s used to obtain  an aromatised wine product shall be indicated 
in its list of ingredients  by the term ‘wine’ or the name of the specific grapevine 
product s used. Those terms shall be  immediately followed  by the ingredients of th ose 
grapevine product s listed in accordance with Article 48a of Delegated Regulation 
(EU) 2019/33 , indicated within brackets . 
2. Where the following ingredients are added to the base grapevine products before or 
during the bottling  of the aromatised wine product , they may be indicated outside of 
the brackets referred to in paragraph 1 as follows :  
(a) ‘concentrated grape must’ and/or ‘rectified concentrated grape must’  may be 
indicated by using the term ‘concentrated grape must’ ;  
(b) sulphites/sulfites, eggs and egg -based products and milk and milk -based 
products may be indicated by using the terms listed in  Part A of Annex I to 
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 ; 
(c) additives falling under the category ‘packaging gases’ may be replaced  by the 
specific particular ‘Bottled in a protective atmosphere’.  
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (b), where th e list of ingredients is 
provided by electronic means, those terms shall also appear once on the package or on 
a label attached thereto, following the word ‘contains’ along with the indication of any 
other possible substances or products causing allergies or intolerances used in the 
production of the aromatised wine product. Those terms may be accompanied by the 
relevant pictogram set out in Part B of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 . 
Article  2 
Entry into force  and application   
EN 5  EN This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union.  
It shall apply from 8 December 2023 . 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula VON DER LEYEN