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Ref : EIC 230/4

4 January 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 9/2011

European Union (EU)* : Amendments to the Directive on Labelling of Wines

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 456/2007 of 30 November 2007, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation to amend the Directive 2007/68/EC concerning the labelling requirements for wines. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No.1266/2010 (the Regulation), which can be accessed through the following link: 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:347:0027:0028:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2. The Directive 2007/68/EC amends the list of Annex IIIa to Directive 2000/13/EC indicating the ingredients which must be included in the labelling of foods as they are likely to cause adverse reactions in susceptible individuals. It also draws a list of certain derivatives from the ingredients included in Annex IIIa for which it has been scientifically established that they are not likely, under specific circumstances, to trigger adverse reactions and are therefore excluded from the labelling requirement. According to the recent scientific findings, certain derivatives used as fining agents in the wine-making are not likely to trigger adverse reactions in milk or egg allergic individuals. In this regard, the Directive is amended by the Regulation accordingly.

ENQUIRIES

3. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,



(Miss Anita WONG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.




　

Note ：

  • (1) While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.