Wine Law

346 WINE LAW Article 3, advertisements that violate the dignity of the person or violate constitutional values and rights, especially those relating to childhood, youth and women, are considered illegal; the deceptive, unfair and subliminal, as well as the ones infringing what is indicated in the regulations on the advertisement of certain products, goods, activities or services. The Self-Regulation Code is intended for wine, and includes both still wines, sparkling wines, liqueur wines, flavoured wines and other vine products, following the indications established by the Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 of 29 April 2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine, amending Regulations (EC) No 1493/1999, (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 3/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2392/86 and (EC) No 1493/1999 38 , and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 of 10 June 1991 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatised wines, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails 39 . Of interest are also the following most recent regulations that are applicable:  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication of notified information, and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks and penalties, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/2008, (EC) No 606/2009 and (EC) No 607/2009 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/560 40 ;  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 of 12 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards wine-growing areas where the alcoholic strength may be increased, authorised oenological practices and restrictions applicable to the production and conservation of grapevine products, the minimum percentage of alcohol for by-products and their disposal, and publication of OIV files 41 ; 38 DOUE no. 148, 6 June 2008. 39 OJ L 149, 14 June 1991. 40 DOUE L 58/1, 28 February 2018. 41 DOUE L 149, 7 June 2019.