Wine Law

10 of another geographical unit that is smaller or larger than the area underlying the designation of origin or geographical indication. 2. Labelling and Presentation of Wines after the 2009 Regulations While alcoholic beverages and wines have been traditionally enjoying a special status in designation law, even in the field of nutritional values and ingredients, such a broad exception may soon no longer be in place. Breweries already agreed to print certain information on their labels, more or less throughout the world, and the EU Commission is now also considering standardising the labelling of alcoholic beverages to correspond with the obligatory information that shall be provided with food. Since 13 December 2016, the Food Information to Consumers Regulation (FIC) 20 has stipulated how consumers are to be informed about ingredients and additives on food packaging and labels in all member states of the European Union. The FIC Regulation combines two Directives , 2000/13/EC 2 1 an d 90/496/EEC 2 2 , into one Regulation. The FIC’s corresponding by-law has also been in force in Germany s ince July 2017 and replaces the previous national regulation. It is high time for the industry to consider how it plans to meet these legal requirements. A key piece of legislation on European labelling rules is, of course, the Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 23 , which introduced a new rule concerning the demarcated production 20 Regulation (EU) no 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004. 21 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, applicable until 13 December 2014. 22 Council Directive 90/496/EEC of 24 September 1990 on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs, applicable until 13 December 2014. 23 Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 of 14 July 2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products.