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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

The maximum methanol content of fruit spirit shall be 1000 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol. However for the following fruit spirits the maximum methanol content shall be: 1200 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol obtained from the following fruits or berries: plum (Prunus domestica L.), mirabelle (Prunus domestica L. subsp. syriaca (Borkh.) Janch. ex Mansf.), quetsch (Prunus domestica L.), apple (Malus domestica Borkh.), pear (Pyrus communis L.) except for Williams pears (Pyrus communis L. cv ‘Williams’), raspberries (Rubus idaeus L.), blackberries (Rubus fruticosus auct. aggr.), apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.), peaches (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch); 1350 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol obtained from the following fruits or berries: Williams pears (Pyrus communis L. cv ‘Williams’), redcurrants (Ribes rubrum L.), blackcurrants (Ribes nigrum L.), rowanberries (Sorbus aucuparia L.), elderberries (Sambucus nigra L.), quinces (Cydonia oblonga Mill.), juniper berries (Juniperus communis L. and/or Juniperus oxicedrus L.).

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