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(Case C-216/23, Hauser Weinimport)
(2023/C 271/19)
Language of the case: German
Applicant: Hauser Weinimport GmbH
Defendant: Freistaat Bayern
1.Is Article 3(4)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 (1) to be interpreted as meaning that the term ‘alcohol’ also includes a drink which contains alcohol and is not a grapevine product within the meaning of Article 3(4)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014?
2.Does ‘added’ within the meaning of Article 3(4)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 mean that the alcoholic strength of the end product must have increased by comparison with the grapevine product used in accordance with Article 3(4)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014?
3.If Question 1 is answered in the affirmative, is the first sentence of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014, read in conjunction with Annex I(1)(b)(ii) thereto, to be interpreted as meaning that the term ‘flavouring foodstuff’ includes an alcohol-containing drink within the meaning of Question 1?
(1) Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 (OJ 2014 L 84, p. 14).