EN
C 78/40
Official Journal of the European Union
18.2.2022
9. the proportion of each alcoholic ingredient is indicated at least once: in the same visual field as the allusion and in descending order of the quantities used.
That proportion is equal to the percentage by volume of pure alcohol it represents in the total pure alcohol content by volume of the final product.
3.5.3.
On liqueurs Production: 1. the foodstuff making allusion to the spirit drink(s) is a liqueur, i.e. a spirit drink complying with the requirements of any of categories 33 to 40 of Annex I to the SDR (liqueurs); 2. the resulting product is still a liqueur, i.e. a spirit drink complying with the requirements of category 33 of Annex I (liqueur); 3. the spirit drink(s) referred to in the allusion comply/ies with all requirements laid down for its/their production in the relevant spirit drink category of Annex I or GI technical file/product specification, including its/their minimum alcoholic strength, i.e. only authentic spirit drinks may be referred to in an allusion; 4. all the added alcohol originates from the spirit drink(s) referred to in the allusion (i.e. in addition to the alcohol naturally present in the initial liqueur), with the exception of the alcohol that may be present in possible flavourings, colours or other authorised ingredients.
Labelling: 5.
the legal name is ‘liqueur’ as the resulting spirit drink still complies with the relevant requirements of category 33 of Annex I or one of the legal names provided for by the other liqueur category whose requirements it complies with;
6.
the legal name of the liqueur must be displayed in a conspicuous way so as to be easily visible, clearly legible and, where appropriate, indelible.
It shall not in any way be hidden, obscured, detracted from or interrupted by any other written or pictorial matter or any other intervening material;
7.
the allusion is always accompanied by the legal name of the liqueur, which shall appear in the same visual field (33);
8.
the allusion is not on the same line as the legal name of the liqueur;
9.
the allusion appears in a font size which is no larger than half the font size used for the legal name of the liqueur and of the compound terms, where compound terms are used;
10. the term ‘cream’ (in English only) does not appear either in the legal name of the liqueur nor in the legal name of the spirit drink(s) referred to in the allusion; and 11. the proportion of each alcoholic ingredient is indicated at least once: in the same visual field as the allusion and in descending order of the quantities used.
That proportion is equal to the percentage by volume of pure alcohol it represents in the total pure alcohol content by volume of the final product.
3.5.4.
On spirit drinks other than liqueurs Production: 1. the foodstuff making allusion to the (one) spirit drink is a spirit drink other than a liqueur, 2. in that case the allusion can occur in the two following cases: a. that the spirit drink referred to in the allusion has been used as the sole alcoholic base for the production of the final spirit drink on condition that: i.
no other spirit drinks or ethyl alcohol or distillates have been added (which would rather be subject to the provisions on mixtures) and that the final spirit drink complies with the requirements laid down in Annex I for a spirit drink category and bears thus the legal name of that category (and never the generic name ‘spirit drink’);
(33) Liqueurs falling under this provision which do not meet this requirement but which meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 and were produced and labelled before 31 December 2022 may continue to be placed on the market until stocks are exhausted.