European Parliament Alerts from the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee

Highlights - Definition, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 10-01-2018 03:23 PM CET On 24 January, the ENVI committee will vote on the above draft report. This proposal aligns EU legislation on spirit drinks with the Lisbon Treaty. In addition, it contains technical adjustments of such legislation and it replaces the existing procedures for the management of geographical indications in the spirit drinks sector, with new procedures modelled on the more exhaustive and well tested procedures for agricultural products and foodstuffs. The Rapporteur supports the alignment of the legislation on spirit drinks to the Lisbon Treaty. However, she considers it important to maintain the prerogatives Parliament already had under the legislation in force in any alignment process. The compromises amendments cover a wide range of issues including among others the protection for geographical indications referred to goods entering the EU customs territory without being released for free circulation, the delegation of powers, the definition of the origin of a spirit drink and the procedure applicable for spirits intended for export. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111