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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

Fruit spirit is a spirit drink: produced exclusively by the alcoholic fermentation and distillation of fleshy fruit or must of such fruit, berries or vegetables, with or without stones, distilled at less than 86 % vol. so that the distillate has an aroma and taste derived from the raw materials distilled, having a quantity of volatile substances equal to or exceeding 200 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol, in the case of stone-fruit spirits, having a hydrocyanic acid content not exceeding 7 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol.

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