S.L. 436.5 Art. 20Violations in the use of DO and GI.

(1) Whoever produces, sells or distributes products for consumption with a geographic indication wines that do not posses the requisites necessary for the use of such indication shall be guilty of an offence under the Act.

(2) Whoever produces, sells, or distributes products for consumption, with a denomination of origin wines that do not posses the requisites necessary for the use of such a denomination shall be guilty of an offence under the Act.

(3) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to any merchant who sells or distributes for consumption DOK or I{T wines in their original packaging, save any merchant who participates in the crime.

(4) Whoever uses the denomination of origin or the geographic indications for wines which do not posses the requisites for the use of such denominations or indications, or with additions such as "kind", "type", "style", "imitation", "brand" or the like or uses diminutive or majorative terms or other deformations of the same denomination or indication or however uses indications, illustrations or signs that may mislead the consumer, shall be guilty of an offence under the Act. Such an offence shall also take place when the said words or altered denominations and indications are shown on the covers, packaging, commercial documents and on any publicity material.

(5) The term "Quality wine(s)" shall be reserved to QWPSR wines only. Whoever uses such a description for wines which do not possess the necessary requisites shall be guilty of an offence under the Act.

(6) Whoever adopts denominations of origin or geographic indications as a company name or as a "firm", "winery", "farmhouse", "estate" or similar or their addresses shall be guilty of an offence under the Act. The provisions of this subregulation shall apply after two years from the entry into force of an approved DOK or I{T.

(7) The whole lot of wine found in breach of these regulations shall be put on hold and shall, following the conviction of any person by the Court and upon an order to that effect given by such Court, be removed from the market and destroyed under the supervision of an official appointed by the Director.