Wine
04/03/2013- General information – obligations of “minor winemakers”
- Legislation related to wine
- Obligations of producers to notify, forms, applications
- Codes of bottler (producer/vendor/importer)
- Import of wine
- Evaluation and classification of wine
- Verification of grapes
- Enhancement of sugar content
- Evaluation and classification of wine
- Records
- Certification of wine during export into third countries
- Links to the bodies involved
- Information on holding exhibitions
- Sensory tests for evaluation of wine
- Information for producers of wine on the submission of samples of quality wines and quality wines with attributes for classification since 5 March 2012
Import of wine
After the entry of the Czech Republic the EU, wine import means only wine import from third countries. For the trade within the EU, free circulation of goods is applied, provided that wine complies with EC legislation requirements. Specific regime is applied for wine import from third countries. This means that there are specific conditions for import from third countries in the wine sector.
Wine import from third countries is regulated by Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 and Regulation (EC) No. 491/2009, and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 55/2008.
Conditions for wine import from third countries into the EC:
Obligation to present at the point of entry (Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 491/2009, Art. 158a Para 3, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 555/2008, Art. 40-42):
- a certificate issued by a respective entity of the third country of origin, which is listed on the List 06 published by the Commission here: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets/wine/lists/index_en.htm
- a report on the result of the analysis elaborated by an entity authorised by the third country of origin
The certificate and the report on the results of the analysis are completed on a separate form VI 1 (Annex IX to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 555/2008) or VI 2 (Annex X of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 555/2008).
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