Document ID: 32002R2091

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2091/2002
of 26 November 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 laying down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirits drinks
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 of 29 May 1989 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks(1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 4(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 of 19 December 2000 laying down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirits drinks(2) describes these methods in an Annex.
(2) Four methods of analysis for the determination of trans-anethole in aniseed-flavoured spirit drinks, glycyrrhizic acid and chalcones in pastis and egg yolk in egg liqueur and liqueur with egg have been validated according to internationally recognised procedures as part of a research project supported by the Commission.
(3) These four methods may be recognised as Community reference methods and must be added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Implementation Committee for Spirit Drinks,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In the summary of the Annex, the term "(p.m.)" under points V, VI, VII and IX shall be deleted.
2. Chapters V, VI, VII and IX in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added after Chapter III.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 November 2002.

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