Document ID: 31991R1180

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1180/91 of 6 May 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1014/90 laying down detailed implementing rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas detailed implementing rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks are laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1014/90 of 24 April 1990 (2); whereas, in order to protect from unfair competition certain terms added to the sales designation of a number of spirit drinks made by traditional methods, these terms should be restricted to the spirit drinks defined in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas 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
Article 7a is hereby inserted in Regulation (EEC) No 1014/90:
'Article 7a
The terms additional to the sales designation that are indicated in the Annex hereto shall be reserved for the products defined thereunder.
Spirit drinks not meeting the specifications adopted for the products defined in the Annex may not be designated by the terms indicated for the defined products.' Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 6 May 1991.

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