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(f) Offences
Section 14(1) provides that any person who breaches any of the following
provisions of the European Regulations is guilty of an offence:
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(a)
Article 118m(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (which
provides protection for protected designations of origin and PGIs and the
wines using those protected names in conformity with the product
specification);
(b)
the first sub-paragraph of Art 118v(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 (which protects the use of traditional terms for products
produced in accordance with Art 118u(1));
(c)
Article 120c of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (which requires
that wine sector products are produced and conserved in accordance with
EU laws);
(d)
Article 158a(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (which
concerns the production requirements for wine imported into the EU);
(e)
Article 41 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 (which requires
operations to be entered into registers).
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Section 14(2) provides that it is an offence for a person to:
(a)
fail to comply with an enforcement notice or a prohibition notice;
(b)
fail to comply with a provision of the European Regulations at any time
after that person has received a warning notice in respect of that provision.
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Section 14(3) provides that it is an offence:
(a)
intentionally to obstruct an authorised officer acting in the execution of
these Regulations or of the European Regulations (including obstruction
by the alteration or removal of a mark made under regulation 12(4));
(b)
without reasonable cause, to fail to give to any such officer any assistance
or information which that officer may reasonably require;
(c)
to furnish to any such officer any information knowing it to be false or
misleading; or
(d)
to fail to produce a document, record or passport to any such officer when
required to do so.
(g) Penalties
Section 15 provides that a person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is
liable:
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