Information for distributors and sellers of spirits

Derogation from the requirements for nominal quantities laid down in Directive 2007/45/EC

MIT Decree No. 328/2000 Coll., on the method of manufacture of certain types of prepackaged goods the quantity of which is expressed in units of weight or volume, which incorporates the relevant European Union regulations (Council Directive 76/211/EEC, as amended by Commission Directive 78/891/EEC and Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), lays down, inter alia, the permissible nominal volumes of certain liquid products contained in prepackaging, whether or not the prepackaging is marked with the 'e' symbol (see Annex 3 to the Decree). If the liquid product is Spiritsand, then it is Spiritsas defined in directly applicable European Union legislation (Regulation 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council).

Regulation 2018/1670 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which is applicable from 1 January 2019, there is a derogation from the requirements for nominal quantities laid down in Directive 2007/45/EC, such that, by way of derogation from Article 3 of Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and point 1, sixth line, of the Annex to that Directive can be once distilled shochu (*) produced in a batch still and bottled in Japan placed on the Union market in nominal quantities of 720 ml and 1 800 ml.

(*) As set out in Annex 2-D to the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan.

Metrology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade