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Notifying Member: UNITED KINGDOM
If applicable, name of local government
involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):
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Agency responsible:
Department for Business and Trade: Office
for Product Safety and Standards
Name and address (including telephone and
fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or
authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:
UK TBT Enquiry Point
Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations
Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
London
SW1A 2DY
tbtenquiriesuk@businessandtrade.gov.uk
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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1
[ ], 5.6.2 [ ],
5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:
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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national
tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Wine
of fresh grapes, including fortified wines (HS code 2204); Sparkling wine (HS
code 220410).
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:
The Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment)
Regulations 2024; (2 page(s), in English)
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Description of content:
This measure will amend the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating
Liquor) Order 1988, which regulates the quantities in which certain alcoholic
beverages can be sold in Great Britain.
The Statutory Instrument will allow prepacked still and sparkling
wine to both be sold in 200ml and 500ml quantities (currently still wine
cannot be sold in 200ml, and sparkling wine cannot be sold in 500ml). This
will bring more alignment between the two drinks. The changes will also
enable a new 568ml 'pint' quantity of still and sparkling wine to be sold.
Please see Annex A for a diagram of the current permitted sizes and the
proposed new sizes. There is no legal obligation for businesses to sell in the
new sizes. New quantities will be able to be sold in Northern Ireland via the
NI Retail Movement Scheme.
Quantities of non-prepacked alcohol sold in pubs and restaurants
(drinks served by the glass) are outside the scope of this proposal.
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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems
where applicable:
This measure will provide opportunities for innovation and increase
consumer choice.
The changes will also help resolve some of the issues experienced by
industry with inconsistent sizes for still and sparkling wine, and address
availability issues for 187ml cans; Cost saving and productivity enhancement
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Relevant documents:
Draft
SI - The Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Regulations
2024
Annex A - Visual showing new and proposed prepacked alcohol sizes
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Proposed date of adoption: 19
March 2024
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months from adoption
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Final date for comments: 60
days from notification
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Texts
available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and
website addresses, if available, of other body:
UK TBT Enquiry Point
Trade Policy, Implementation
and Negotiations
Department for Business and
Trade
Old Admiralty Building
London
SW1A 2DY
tbtenquiriesuk@businessandtrade.gov.uk
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/GBR/24_00441_01_e.pdf
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