Sloe gin is a liqueur produced by maceration of sloes in gin with the possible addition of sloe juice.
The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of sloe gin shall be 25 %.
Only natural flavouring substances and [F1flavouring preparations] as defined in Article [F23(2)(c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008] may be used in the preparation of sloe gin.
The sales denomination may be supplemented by the term ‘liqueur’.
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F1Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC (Text with EEA relevance).
F2Words in Annex 2 point 37(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 17(20)(f)
Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán is a spirit drink:
which has a predominant sloe taste and is obtained by the maceration of sloes ( Prunus spinosa ) in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, with the addition of natural extracts of anise and/or distillates of anise;
which has a minimum alcoholic strength by volume of 25 %;
for the production of which a minimum quantity of 125 grams of sloe fruits per litre of final product has been used;
which has sugar content, expressed as invert sugar between 80 and 250 grams per litre of the final product;
the organoleptic characteristics, colour and taste of which are provided exclusively by the fruit used and the anise.
The term ‘ Pacharán ’ may be used as a sales denomination only when the product is manufactured in Spain. When the product is manufactured outside Spain, ‘ Pacharán ’ may only be used to supplement the sales denomination ‘Sloe-aromatised spirit drink’, provided that it is accompanied by the words: ‘produced in …’, followed by the name of the F4... country of the manufacture.]
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F4Words in Annex 2 category 37a omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 17(20)(g)(i)
[F5In the second paragraph, in relation to the United Kingdom, ‘country of the manufacture’ means the United Kingdom as a whole and does not mean England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales individually.]
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F5Words in Annex 2 category 37a inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 17(20)(g)(ii)
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