Council in favour of exempting alcoholic beverages from providing information on the labels
The Commission's proposal exempts a number of alcoholic beverages from the obligation of indicating the ingredients and the nutrients, subject to a report which the Commission will have to draw up five years after the entry into force of the Regulation.
The majority of Member States supports this approach but proposed to complete the list proposed by the Commission with additional alcoholic beverages.
A few Member States suggest to exempt all alcoholic beverages containing more than 1,2% by volume of alcohol (mixed drinks would be exempted).
It has not yet been decided whether alcoholic beverages exempted should not at least be subject to an obligatory indication of energy content.
The delegations supported that the Commission would have to present its report within 5 years following the entry into force of the Regulation.
