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The legal name of fruit spirit shall be ‘spirit’ supplemented by the name of the fruit, berry or vegetable. In the Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Croatian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak and Slovenian languages, the legal name may be expressed by the name of the fruit, berry or vegetable, supplemented by a suffix. Alternatively: the legal name referred to in the first subparagraph may be ‘wasser’, used together with the name of the fruit; or the following legal names may be used in the following cases: ‘kirsch’ for cherry spirit (Prunus avium (L.) L.); ‘plum’, ‘quetsch’ or ‘slivovitz’ for plum spirit (Prunus domestica L.); ‘mirabelle’ for mirabelle spirit (Prunus domestica L. subsp. syriaca (Borkh.) Janch. ex Mansf.); ‘fruit of arbutus’ for fruit of arbutus spirit (Arbutus unedo L.); ‘Golden Delicious’ for apple spirit (Malus domestica var. ‘Golden Delicious’); ‘Obstler’ for a fruit spirit produced from fruits, with or without berries, provided that at least 85 % of the mash is derived from different varieties of apples, pears or both. The name ‘Williams’ or ‘williams’ may be used only to place on the market pear spirit produced solely from pears of the ‘Williams’ variety. If there is a risk that the final consumer does not easily understand one of the legal names not containing the word ‘spirit’ referred to in this point, the description, presentation and labelling shall include the word ‘spirit’, which may be supplemented by an explanation.

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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.