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Federal Act amending the Wine Act 1985.

Country/Territory
Austria
Document type
Legislation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Text No. 583, 31 August 1995, pp. 7227-7233.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Viticulture/oenological practices Packaging/labelling Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe
Abstract

The amendments of the above-mentioned Act (BGBl. No. 444/1985) concern the addition of paragraphs 4 and 5 to article 3 dealing with the marking of wine. During transportation wine should not be affected by external circumstances. Wine made of Austrian grapes only has to show this on the label. Moreover, article 29 on "Regulations for quality wine" and article 32 on "Sparkling wine" are replaced. Finally, article 65 listing penalties for violations is amended. The Act consists of 2 articles.

Full text
German