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Regulation No 134 validating the Requirements for Definition, Description and Presentation for Sale of Alcohol.

Country/Territory
Estonia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Viticulture/oenological practices Consumer protection Traceability/product tracing Packaging/labelling Fraud Internal trade Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Regulation enters into force on 24 March 2004.
Abstract

This Regulation establishes the requirements for definition, description and presentation for sale of handled alcoholic beverages concerning which such requirements have not been established by relevant Regulations of the European Community. The ethanol content of alcohol is expressed in per cent by volume, at least to the accuracy of a full or half percentage point, and shall be marked by the symbol "% vol" which may be preceded, upon labelling of alcohol, by the word "alcohol" or the abbreviation "alk." or "alc.". Natural ethanol content by volume is the total ethanol content of a product before its possible enrichment. Handlers shall adhere to good trading practices upon the choice and labelling of the consumer packaging of alcoholic beverages. The labelling on a consumer packaging of alcoholic beverages must be clearly visible, easily legible and clearly distinguishable from other written or image data and shall be durable to external impacts. Labelling shall also conform to the rules of orthography and shall not be misleading. The name and country of location of the producer and the country of origin of the product, if absence of such data may be misleading, shall also be clearly expressed on the consumer packaging of alcoholic beverages. It is not permitted to use only combinations of numbers to express such information. The name of the country of location and origin may be expressed by internationally recognised abbreviations. It is prohibited to use taurine, guarana and other substances which act as non-specific stimulants to the central nervous system in the composition of alcoholic beverages.

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