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Article 55(3) provides that in the case of the UK, the name of the Member State
may be replaced by the name of an individual country forming part of the UK.
5.
Indication of the bottler
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Article 59(1)(e) of the Wine Regulation provides as compulsory particulars:
(e) an indication of the bottler or, in the case of sparkling wine, aerated sparkling wine,
quality sparkling wine or quality aromatic sparkling wine, the name of the producer or
vendor;
6.
Indication of the bottler, producer, importer and vendor
(a) Definitions
Article 56(1) of Regulation No 607/2009 provides that for the purposes of the
application of Art 59(1)(e) and (f ) of the Wine Regulation and of this Article:
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(a) 'bottler' means a natural or legal person or a group of such persons carrying out
bottling or having bottling carried out on their behalf;
(b) 'bottling' means putting the product concerned in containers of a capacity not
exceeding 60 litres for subsequent sale;
(c) 'producer' means a natural or legal person or a group of such persons by whom or on
whose behalf the processing of the grapes, grape musts and wine into sparkling
wines, aerated sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine or quality aromatic sparkling
wines is carried out;
(d) 'importer' means a natural or legal person or group of such persons established
within the Community assuming responsibility for bringing into circulation non-
Community goods within the meaning of Art 4(8) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2913/92(1);
(e) 'vendor' means a natural or legal person or a group of such persons, not covered by
the definition of producer, purchasing and then putting sparkling wines, aerated
sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine or quality aromatic sparkling wines into
circulation;
(f ) 'address' means the indications of the local administrative area and the Member
State in which the head office of the bottler, producer, vendor or importer is
situated.
(b) Reference to bottler
Article 56(2) of Regulation No 607/2009 requires that the name and address of
the bottler shall be supplemented either,
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(a) by the words 'bottler' or 'bottled by ( … )'; or
(b) by terms, whose conditions of use are defined by Member States, where bottling of
wines with protected designation of origin or GI takes place:
