Infringements are punishable by a tax fine of €100 to €750, a penalty of between one and five times the value of the wine products to which the fraud relates, and confiscation of these products:
– to the destruction obligations laid down in Title IV of Book VI of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code in cases where the maximum yield laid down for wines and eaux-de-vie with a protected designation of origin or geographical indication is exceeded ;
– in Chapter IV of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the vineyard planting authorisation scheme, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the entry and exit register, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication of notified information, supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards applicable controls and penalties, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/2008, (EC) No 606/2009 and (EC) No 607/2009 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/560 ;
– to the prohibition of practices which are not authorised in accordance with Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 ;
– to the obligations laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 of 10 July 2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the restrictions applicable thereto, and the regulatory texts adopted for its implementation.
The provisions of Articles 1799,1800,1801,1805and 1819 apply to the offences provided for in this article.