Decreto 644/1973, de 29 de marzo, por el que se establece la Reglamentación Especial para la elaboración, circulación y comercio de whisky. | BOE-A-1973-509 — Spain law | Esheria

Decreto 644/1973, de 29 de marzo, por el que se establece la Reglamentación Especial para la elaboración, circulación y comercio de whisky.

This article defines whisky legally and makes the whisky manufacturing and marketing rules mandatory for producers, importers, and traders, including imported products.

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Jurisdiction
Spain
Instrument
Regulation
Citation
BOE-A-1973-509
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
es
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About this statute

El artículo permite varias prácticas en la elaboración, crianza y preparación del whisky, y fija condiciones para algunas de ellas. This article bans several practices in whisky production, including certain processing methods, adding water or mixing outside factories, refilling bottles outside factories, using disallowed alcohols, and releasing whisky before minimum aging. This article requires prior authorization for certain unpermitted practices or product use, sets a special authorization system for some malt-spirit imports and whisky-export practices, and gives the authorities steps for handling those requests. This article on industrial requirements is repealed. Article 14 on hygienic-sanitary requirements is repealed.