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Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 · European Union

Fruit marc spirit is a spirit drink which meets the following requirements: it is produced exclusively by fermentation and distillation of fruit marc other than grape marc and both of the following conditions are fulfilled: each and every distillation is carried out at less than 86 % vol.; the first distillation is carried out in the presence of the marc itself; it has a minimum volatile substances content of 200 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol; the maximum methanol content shall be 1500 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol; the maximum hydrocyanic acid content shall be 7 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol in the case of stone-fruit marc spirit.

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