Address https://gelex.eu/eli/EU/regulation/2012/579@2012-06-29/en

Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
3. Article 1
4. (1)
   1. Article 51 Application of certain horizontal rules
5. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
6. ANNEX
7. ANNEX
8. ANNEX X
9. PART A Terms referred to in Article 51(1)
10. PART B Pictograms referred to in Article 51(2)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation), and in particular Article 121, first paragraph, point (m), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs and in particular point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 6(3a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) For beverages containing more than 1,2 % by volume of alcohol, the first subparagraph of Article 6(3a) of Directive 2000/13/EC provides for the obligation to label all ingredients defined in paragraph 4(a) of that Article and listed in Annex IIIa to that Directive.

(2) The exemption from this obligation as regards wines, within the meaning of Annex XIb to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, placed on the market or labelled before 30 June 2012 until stocks are exhausted, as provided for in Commission Directive 2007/68/EC, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 1266/2010, will no longer apply as from 30 June 2012.

(3) It is therefore necessary to establish detailed rules for labelling these beverages, including a mention of the substances referred to in Annex IIIa to Directive 2000/13/EC and used when making the beverages, if their presence can be detected in the final product using the analysis methods referred to in Article 120g of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and if they consequently must be considered ingredients within the meaning of Article 6(4)(a) of Directive 2000/13/EC.

(4) In a multilingual context, labelling products using pictograms may improve the readability of the information provided to consumers and offer better guarantees for consumers. Therefore operators should be given the possibility of complementing written information with pictograms.

(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) In order to prevent the new rules from affecting the marketing of products that are already labelled, it should be specified that they apply only to wines made completely or partially from grapes harvested in 2012 or later and labelled after 30 June 2012.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 is amended as follows:

(1) Article 51 is replaced by the following:

Article 1

(1)

Article 51 Application of certain horizontal rules

1. For the purposes of indicating the ingredients as referred to in Article 6(3a) of Directive 2000/13/EC, the terms concerning sulphites/sulfites, milk and milk-based products and eggs and egg-based products that must be used are those listed in part A of Annex X.

2. The terms referred to in paragraph 1 may be accompanied, as applicable, by one of the pictograms shown in part B of Annex X.;

Article 1

(2) Annex X is replaced by the contents of the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It is applicable, as regards the terms concerning milk and milk-based products and eggs and egg-based products referred to in Article 51(1) of Regulation (EC) No 607/2009, as amended by this Regulation, to the wines referred to in Annex XIb to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, made completely or partially from grapes harvested in 2012 or later and labelled after 30 June 2012.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 June 2012. For the Commission The President José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX

ANNEX

ANNEX X

PART A Terms referred to in Article 51(1)

Language Terms concerning sulphites/sulfites Terms concerning eggs and egg-based products Terms concerning milk and milk-based products in Bulgarian сулфити or серен диоксид яйце, яйчен протеин, яйчен продукт, яйчен лизозим or яйчен албумин мляко, млечни продукти, млечен казеин or млечен протеин in Spanish sulfitos or dióxido de azufre huevo, proteína de huevo, ovoproducto, lisozima de huevo or ovoalbúmina leche, productos lácteos, caseína de leche or proteína de leche in Czech siřičitany or oxid siřičitý vejce, vaječná bílkovina, výrobky z vajec, vaječný lysozym or vaječný albumin mléko, výrobky z mléka, mléčný kasein or mléčná bílkovina in Danish sulfitter or svovldioxid. æg, ægprotein, ægprodukt, æglysozym, or ægalbumin mælk, mælkeprodukt, mælkecasein or mælkeprotein, in German Sulfite or Schwefeldioxid Ei, Eiprotein, Eiprodukt, Lysozym aus Ei or Albumin aus Ei Milch, Milcherzeugnis, Kasein aus Milch or Milchprotein in Estonian sulfitid or vääveldioksiid muna, munaproteiin, munatooted, munalüsosüüm or munaalbumiin… piim, piimatooted, piimakaseiin or piimaproteiin in Greek θειώδη, διοξείδιο του θείου or ανυδρίτης του θειώδους οξέος αυγό, πρωτεΐνη αυγού, προϊόν αυγού, λυσοζύμη αυγού or αλβουμίνη αυγού γάλα, προϊόντα γάλακτος, καζεΐνη γάλακτος or πρωτεΐνη γάλακτος in English sulphites, sulfites, sulphur dioxide or sulfur dioxide egg, egg protein, egg product, egg lysozyme or egg albumin milk, milk products, milk casein or milk protein in French sulfites or anhydride sulfureux œuf, protéine de l'œuf, produit de l'œuf, lysozyme de l'œuf or albumine de l'œuf lait, produits du lait, caséine du lait or protéine du lait in Italian solfiti, or anidride solforosa uovo, proteina dell’uovo, derivati dell’uovo, lisozima da uovo or ovoalbumina latte, derivati del latte, caseina del latte or proteina del latte in Latvian sulfīti or sēra dioksīds olas, olu olbaltumviela, olu produkts, olu lizocīms or olu albumīns piens, piena produkts, piena kazeīns or piena olbaltumviela in Lithuanian sulfitai or sieros dioksidas kiaušiniai, kiaušinių baltymai, kiaušinių produktai, kiaušinių lizocimas or kiaušinių albuminas pienas, pieno produktai, pieno kazeinas or pieno baltymai in Hungarian szulfitok or kén-dioxid tojás, tojásból származó fehérje, tojástermék, tojásból származó lizozim or tojásból származó albumin tej, tejtermékek, tejkazein or tejfehérje in Maltese sulfiti, or diossidu tal-kubrit bajd, proteina tal-bajd, prodott tal-bajd, liżożima tal-bajd or albumina tal-bajd ħalib, prodotti tal-ħalib, kaseina tal-ħalib or proteina tal-ħalib in Dutch sulfieten or zwaveldioxide ei, eiproteïne, eiderivaat, eilysozym or eialbumine melk, melkderivaat, melkcaseïne or melkproteïnen in Polish siarczyny, dwutlenek siarki or ditlenek siarki jajo, białko jaja, produkty z jaj, lizozym z jaja or albuminę z jaja mleko, produkty mleczne, kazeinę z mleka or białko mleka in Portuguese sulfitos or dióxido de enxofre ovo, proteína de ovo, produto de ovo, lisozima de ovo or albumina de ovo leite, produtos de leite, caseína de leite or proteína de leite in Romanian sulfiți or dioxid de sulf ouă, proteine din ouă, produse din ouă, lizozimă din ouă or albumină din ouă lapte, produse din lapte, cazeină din lapte or proteine din lapte in Slovak siričitany or oxid siričitý vajce, vaječná bielkovina, výrobok z vajec, vaječný lyzozým or vaječný albumín mlieko, výrobky z mlieka, mliečne výrobky, mliečny kazeín or mliečna bielkovina in Slovene sulfiti or žveplov dioksid jajce, jajčne beljakovine, proizvod iz jajc, jajčni lizocim or jajčni albumin mleko, proizvod iz mleka, mlečni kazein or mlečne beljakovine in Finnish sulfiittia, sulfiitteja or rikkidioksidia kananmunaa, kananmunaproteiinia, kananmunatuotetta, lysotsyymiä (kananmunasta) or kananmuna-albumiinia maitoa, maitotuotteita, kaseiinia (maidosta) or maitoproteiinia in Swedish sulfiter or svaveldioxid ägg, äggprotein, äggprodukt, ägglysozym or äggalbumin mjölk, mjölkprodukter, mjölkkasein or mjölkprotein

PART B Pictograms referred to in Article 51(2)

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