carbonated natural mineral water — water to which has been added carbon dioxide of an origin other than the water table or deposit from which the water comes (c)

Natural mineral water — microbiologically wholesome water, within the meaning of Article 5, originating in an underground water table or deposit and emerging from a spring tapped at one or more natural or bore exits. Natural mineral water can be clearly distinguished from ordinary drinking water: by its nature, which is characterised by its mineral content, trace elements or other constituents and, where appropriate, by certain effects; by its original purity, both characteristics having been preserved intact because of the underground origin of such water, which has been protected from all risk of pollution 1.

natural mineral water fortified with gas from the spring — water the carbon dioxide content of which from the same water table or the same deposit after decanting, if any, and bottling is greater than that established at source (b)

naturally carbonated natural mineral water — water the carbon dioxide content of which from the spring after decanting, if any, and bottling is the same as at source, taking into account where appropriate the reintroduction of a quantity of carbon dioxide from the same water table or deposit equivalent to that released in the course of those operations and subject to the usual technical tolerances (a)