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4.6.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
150/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 509/2013
of 3 June 2013
amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards the use of several additives in certain alcoholic beverages
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
description and presentation of aromatized wines,
aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-
product cocktails ( 5 ).
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(5) The
use
of
additives
in
products
covered
by
Regulation
(EC) No 1234/2007 is authorised by Commission Regu
lation (EC) No 606/2009 of 10 July 2009 laying down
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the
certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regu
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
lation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of
2008 on food additives ( 1 ), and in particular Articles 10(3)
grapevine products, oenological practices and the
and 30(5) thereof,
applicable restrictions
( 6 ) and their implementing
measures. Those acts do not apply to the alcoholic
beverages covered by the Polish Decree on wine
Whereas:
products.
(6) However,
Article
113d(1)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
(1) Annex
II
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
1333/2008
lays
down
a
1234/2007 provides that the Member States may allow
Union list of food additives approved for use in foods
the use of the term ‘wine’ for products other than those
and their conditions of use.
provided in Annex XIb to that Regulation, if it is accom
panied by the name of a fruit in the form of a composite
name to market products obtained by the fermentation
(2) That
list
may
be
updated
in
accordance
with
the
of fruit other than grapes or if it is part of a composite
common procedure referred to in Article 3(1) of Regu
name. In accordance with Article 113d(1) of Regulation
lation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament
(EC) No 1234/2007, Poland allowed the use of the term
and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a
‘wine’ for the alcoholic beverages listed in the Polish
common authorisation procedure for food additives, food
Decree on wine products. Therefore, the use of
enzymes and food flavourings ( 2 ) either on the initiative
additives in those products should be listed in Annex II
of the Commission or following an application.
to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, without prejudice to
the rules applicable in the other Member States with
regard to the denomination of these products.
(3) An
application
to
amend
the
Union
list
of
food
additives
was submitted by the National Council of Viticulture and
Meadery of Poland on 10 February 2011 in order to
(7) Alcoholic
beverages
listed
in
the
Polish
Decree
on
wine
allow the use of several additives in certain alcoholic
products belong to the food categories listed in Annex II
beverages as described in the Polish Decree of 12 May
to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 as follows:
2011 on manufacturing and bottling of wine products,
trade of those products and market organisation ( 3 ) (‘the
— Wino owocowe markowe (Mark fruit wine), wino
Polish Decree on wine products’).
owocowe wzmocnione (fortified fruit wine), wino
owocowe aromatyzowane (aromatised fruit wine),
wino z soku winogronowego (wine from grape
(4) The
alcoholic
beverages
covered
by
the
Polish
Decree
on
juice) and aromatyzowane wino z soku winogro
wine products are not covered by Council Regulation
nowego (aromatised wine from grape juice) should
(EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a
be listed in category 14.2.4: ‘Fruit wine and made
common organisation of agricultural markets and on
wine’ of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008,
specific provisions for certain agricultural products ( 4 ),
since they do not fall under one of the categories of
grapevine products listed in Annex XIb to that Regu
— Nalewka na winie owocowym (Tincture of fruit wine),
lation. Aromatised products covered by the Polish
aromatyzowana nalewka na winie owocowym (aromatised
Decree on wine are accordingly also not covered by
tincture on fruit wine), nalewka na winie z soku wino
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 of 10 June
gronowego (tincture of wine from grape juice),
1991 laying down general rules on the definition,
aromatyzowana nalewka na winie z soku winogronowego
(aromatised tincture of wine from grape juice), napój
winny owocowy lub miodowy (fruit or honey-wine
( 1 ) OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16.
( 2 ) OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 1.
( 3 ) Dziennik Urzdowy z 2011 r. Nr 120, poz. 690.
( 5 ) OJ L 149, 14.6.1991, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 6 ) OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union
4.6.2013
based drinks), aromatyzowany napój winny owocowy lub
have an effect on human health, it is not necessary to
miodowy (aromatised fruit or honey-wine based
seek the opinion of the Authority.
drinks), wino owocowe niskoalkoholowe (low alcoholic
fruit wine) and aromatyzowane wino owocowe niskoalko
holowe (aromatised low alcoholic fruit wine) should
(10) Regulation
(EC) No 1333/2008 should therefore be
be listed in category 14.2.8 of Annex II to Regulation
amended accordingly.
(EC) No 1333/2008: ‘Other alcoholic drinks
including mixtures of alcoholic drinks with non-
alcoholic drinks and spirits with less than 15 % of
(11) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
alcohol’.
accordance with the opinion of the Standing

Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and
neither the European Parliament nor the Council has
(8)
The authorisation of the use of additives in the products
opposed them,
covered by the Polish Decree on wine products does not
lead to an additional exposure of the consumer to those
substances and therefore does not raise safety concerns.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(9) Pursuant
to
Article
3(2)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
Article 1
1331/2008, the Commission has to seek the opinion
of the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority)
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended in
in order to update the Union list of food additives set out
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, except
where the update in question is not liable to have an
Article 2
effect on human health. Since the authorisation of the
use of several additives in certain alcoholic beverages
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
covered by the Polish Decree on wine products
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
constitutes an update of that list which is not liable to
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 June 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX
Part E of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended a follows:
(1) In food category 14.2.4 ‘Fruit wine and made wine’, the entries concerning Groups II and III and additives E 160d, E 242 and E 353 are replaced by the following:
EN

‘Group II Colours
at quantum satis quantum
satis Excluding wino owocowe markowe
Group III Colours
with
combined
200 Excluding wino owocowe markowe
maximum limit
E 160d Lycopene 10 Excluding wino owocowe markowe
E 242 Dimethyl
dicarbonate 250 (24) Only
fruit
wine,
alcohol
reduced
wine
and wino owocowe markowe, wino
owocowe wzmocnione, wino owocowe aromatyzowane, wino z soku winogronowego
and aromatyzowane wino z soku winogronowego
icial
E 353 Metatartaric
acid 100 only
made
wine
and wino z soku winogronowego and aromatyzowane wino z soku
Jour
winogronowego’
nal
of
the
(2) In food category 14.2.4 ‘Fruit wine and made wine’, the following entry for E 1105 is added:
European
‘E 1105 Lysozyme quantum
satis only wino z soku winogronowego and aromatyzowane wino z soku winogronowego’
Union
(3) The food category 14.2.8 ‘Other alcoholic drinks including mixtures of alcoholic drinks with non-alcoholic drinks and spirits with less than 15 % of alcohol’ is amended as follows:
(a) the entries concerning Group III, E 123 and E 200-203 are replaced by the following:
‘Group III Colours
with
combined
200 only
alcoholic
drinks
with
less
than
15
%
of
alcohol
and nalewka na winie
maximum limit
owocowym, aromatyzowana nalewka na winie owocowym, nalewka na winie z soku
winogronowego, aromatyzowana nalewka na winie z soku winogronowego, napój
winny owocowy lub miodowy, aromatyzowany napój winny owocowy lub miodowy,
wino owocowe niskoalkoholowe and aromatyzowane wino owocowe niskoalkoholowe
E 123 Amaranth 30 only
alcoholic
drinks
with
less
than
15
%
of
alcohol
and nalewka na winie
owocowym, aromatyzowana nalewka na winie owocowym, nalewka na winie z soku
L
winogronowego, aromatyzowana nalewka na winie z soku winogronowego, napój
150/15
winny owocowy lub miodowy, aromatyzowany napój winny owocowy lub miodowy,
wino owocowe niskoalkoholowe and aromatyzowane wino owocowe niskoalkoholowe

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L 150/16
E 200-203 Sorbic
acid
—
sorbates 200 (1)
(2) only
alcoholic
drinks
with
less
than
15
%
of
alcohol
and nalewka na winie
owocowym, aromatyzowana nalewka na winie owocowym, nalewka na winie z soku
winogronowego, aromatyzowana nalewka na winie z soku winogronowego, napój
winny owocowy lub miodowy, aromatyzowany napój winny owocowy lub miodowy,
wino owocowe niskoalkoholowe and aromatyzowane wino owocowe niskoalkoholowe’
(b) the following entry for E 220-228 is inserted after the entry concerning E 210-213 Benzoic acid — benzoates:
EN

‘E 220-228 Sulphur
dioxide
—
200 (3) only nalewka na winie owocowym, aromatyzowana nalewka na winie owocowym,
sulphites
nalewka na winie z soku winogronowego, aromatyzowana nalewka na winie z soku
winogronowego, napój winny owocowy lub miodowy, aromatyzowany napój winny
owocowy lub miodowy, wino owocowe niskoalkoholowe and aromatyzowane wino
owocowe niskoalkoholowe’
(c) the following entry for E 353 is inserted after the entry concerning E 338-452 Phosphoric acid-phosphates-di-tri-and polyphosphates:
‘E 353 Metatartaric
acid 100 only nalewka na winie z soku winogronowego and aromatyzowana nalewka na winie
Off
z soku winogronowego’
icial
Jour
(d) the following entry for E 1105 is added:
nal
‘E 1105 Lysozyme quantum
satis only nalewka na winie owocowym, aromatyzowana nalewka na winie owocowym,
of
nalewka na winie z soku winogronowego, aromatyzowana nalewka na winie z soku
the
winogronowego, napój winny owocowy lub miodowy, aromatyzowany napój winny
owocowy lub miodowy, wino owocowe niskoalkoholowe and aromatyzowane wino
European
owocowe niskoalkoholowe’
Union
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