Recital (24)

Providing the list of ingredients and the nutrition declaration of wine products by electronic means is an effective way for operators to present important information to consumers, while facilitating the functioning of the internal market and wine exports. This is particularly the case for small producers. However, the absence of harmonised rules on the identification, on the package or on a label attached to it, of the electronic means providing the list of ingredients and/or the nutrition declaration, has resulted in the emergence of diverging practices by operators and of different rules by national authorities, adversely affecting the proper marketing of wines. In order to minimise costs and the administrative burden for operators, and to ensure a common approach across the Union market, while taking into account the need to make such information accessible to consumers, the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in cooperation with Member States, to supplement Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 by laying down rules on the identification on the package or on the label attached thereto of the electronic means providing consumers with the list of ingredients and the nutrition declaration in a harmonised way, including through a language-free system.