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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

The maximum methanol content of fruit spirit shall be 1000 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol, except: in the case of fruit spirits produced from the following fruits or berries, and in respect of which the maximum methanol content shall be 1200 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol: apple (Malus domestica Borkh.), apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.), plum (Prunus domestica L.), quetsch (Prunus domestica L.), mirabelle (Prunus domestica L. subsp. syriaca (Borkh.) Janch. ex Mansf.), peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch), pear (Pyrus communis L.), except for Williams pears (Pyrus communis L. cv ‘Williams’), blackberry (Rubus sect. Rubus), raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.). in the case of fruit spirits produced from the following fruits or berries, and in respect of which the maximum methanol content shall be 1350 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol: quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.), juniper berry (Juniperus communis L. or Juniperus oxicedrus L.), Williams pear (Pyrus communis L. cv ‘Williams’), blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.), redcurrant (Ribes rubrum L.), rosehip (Rosa canina L.), elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.), rowanberry (Sorbus aucuparia L.), sorb apple (Sorbus domestica L.), wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz).

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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.