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2016/0392(COD)COM(2016)750
Spirit Drinks Definition, Labeling, and Geographical Indications Regulation
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the definition, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs and the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks
- Stage
- In force, reached 17 May 2019
- In force
- In force since 24 May 2019 · CELEX 32019R0787
- Procedure
- Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Lead DG
- DG AGRI
- Commissioner
- Phil Hogan
- Last activity
- 24 May 2019
23 entries · record as of 30 Sept 2026
Where it stands
Latest: Publication in the Official Journal, 17 May 2019.
ShowHide the earlier record: 12 dates, 1 Dec 2016 to 20 Feb 2019
- 1 Dec 2016
- Adoption by Commission
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 12 Dec 2016
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
- 3 Feb 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 10 Mar 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 14 Mar 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 30 Mar 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 28 Apr 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 1 Mar 2018
- Adoption by EP plenary of the mandate for interinstitutional negotiations and referral of the matter back to the committee responsible
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- 17 Apr 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 14 Dec 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 31 Jan 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Feb 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Mar 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- EP position at first reading
- 19 Mar 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 22 Mar 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 25 Mar 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 27 Mar 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 9 Apr 2019
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
- 17 Apr 2019
- Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
- 17 May 2019
- Publication in the Official Journal
194 amendments
Amendments
Tabled between 21 Feb 2018 and 22 Feb 2018. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- ENVI190
Covers 190 of the 194 amendments.
By author
- Lynn Boylan2
- Andreas Schwab1
- Angelika Niebler1
- Axel Voss1
- Christian Ehler1
- Daniel Caspary1
- Dubravka Šuica1
- Lukas Mandl1
- Maria Noichl1
- Markus Ferber1
ShowHide 5 more authors
- Michael Gahler1
- Milan Zver1
- Monika Hohlmeier1
- Norbert Lins1
- Peter Liese1
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed, among signers matched to our directory. The record names a matched author on 3 of the 194 amendments.
By article
- Recital 21 a (new)2
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)1
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 141
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)1
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 16 b (new)1
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)1
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – paragraph 11
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – paragraph 21
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e a (new)1
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point f1
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 41
- Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)1
- Annex I – paragraph 1– point 1 b (new)1
- Annex II a (new)1
- Annex II – Part I – category 21 – point a – point ii1
- Annex II – Part II – point 2 a (new)1
- Annex II – part I – category 1 – point f a (new)1
- Annex II – part I – category 10 – point d1
- Annex II – part I – category 10 – point e a (new)1
- Annex II – part I – category 11 – point f a (new)1
- Annex II – part I – category 12 – point a1
- Annex II – part I – category 12 – point f a (new)1
- Annex II – part I – category 12 – title1
- Annex II – part I – category 13 – point e a (new)1
- Annex II – part I – category 13 – title1
- Annex II – part I – category 14 – point e a (new)1
- Annex II – part I – category 14 – title1
- Annex II – part I – category 15 – point a – paragraph 31
- Annex II – part I – category 15 – point b1
- Annex II – part I – category 15 – point b a (new)1
Covers 31 of the 194 amendments.
41 acts
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 38 published, 3 cancelled.
ShowHide the other 16 acts
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/937 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/717 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Spirit drinks: exemption for small distillers from the electronic administrative document | Delegated · Regulation | Cancelled | Q3 2021 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/518 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Register of public authorities supervising ageing processes for spirit drinks (**) | Delegated · Regulation | Cancelled | Q4 2020 |
| Update of technical specifications for Spirit drinks (**) | Delegated · Regulation | Cancelled | Q4 2020 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2079 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1286 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/623 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/179 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/154 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/156 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/724 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1287 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1682 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1350 | Implementing · Regulation | Published |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
20 documents
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A8-0021/2018Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2025)0261Commission
- Proposal · COM(2025)0306Commission
- Text adopted · Corrigendum to final act 32019R0787R(02)Commission
- Text adopted · Corrigendum to final act 32019R0787R(05)Commission
- Agenda · GEDA/A/(2019)000009Parliament
- Text adopted · OJ L 130 17.05.2019, p. 0001Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 178 20.05.2021, p. 0004Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 316 06.12.2019, p. 0003Commission
- Committee opinion · PE604.734Parliament
- Report · PE604.847Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE606.055Parliament
- Amendments · PE610.577Parliament
- Amendments · PE610.581Parliament
- Agenda · PE632.784Parliament
- Agenda · PE632.959Parliament
- Text adopted · Regulation 2019/0787Commission
- Text adopted · SP(2019)393Parliament
- Text adopted · T8-0049/2018Parliament
- Text adopted · T8-0178/2019Parliament
Summary
GeneratedRegulation (EU) 2019/787 governs the definition, presentation, labeling, and geographical indication protection for spirit drinks in the EU, replacing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008. It applies from 25 May 2021, with certain provisions on GIs and labeling applying since 8 June 2019.
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