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Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 · European Union

Liqueur is a spirit drink: having a minimum sugar content, expressed as invert sugar, of: 70 grams per litre for cherry liqueurs the ethyl alcohol of which consists exclusively of cherry spirit, 80 grams per litre for gentian or similar liqueurs prepared with gentian or similar plants as the sole aromatic substance, 100 grams per litre in all other cases; produced by flavouring ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin or a distillate of agricultural origin or one or more spirit drinks or a mixture thereof, sweetened and with the addition of products of agricultural origin or foodstuffs such as cream, milk or other milk products, fruit, wine or aromatised wine as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 of 10 June 1991 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails OJ L 149, 14.6.1991, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 2005 Act of Accession. .

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.