4.2.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 333 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 98/2014 of 3 February 2014 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks ('), and in particular Article 26 thereof, Whereas: 1 () ) Annex 1II to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 provides for the possibility to use the term ‘dry’ for the category of spirit drink ‘London gin". That spirit drink is not allowed to contain added sweetening exceeding 0,1 gram of sugars per litre. For the categories of spirit drinks ‘gin’ and ‘distilled gin’ there is no established limit for the addition of sweetening. However, when ‘gin’ and ‘distilled gin’ are produced without sugar or with a sugar content not exceeding 0,1 gram per litre, the possibility to use the term ‘dry’ should be extended to those spirit drinks as defined in that Annex. Hungary has applied for the registration of ‘Ujfehért6i meggypélinka’ as a geographical indication in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 17(1) of that Regu- lation. ‘Ujfehértéi meggypdlinka’ is a fruit spirit tradi- tionally produced in Hungary, exclusively from the sour cherry varieties ‘Ujfehértéi fiirtés’ and ‘Debreceni bétermd’. The main specifications of the technical file for ‘Ujfehértéi meggypilinka’ were published in the Official Journal of the European Union (%) for the purposes of the objection procedure, pursuant to Article 17(6) of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008. As the Commission did not receive any objections in accordance with Article 17(7) of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, the name ‘Ujfehértéi meggypdlinka’ should be registered as a geographical indication in Annex III to that Regulation. The geographical indications ‘Polska Wodka/Polish Vodka® and ‘Originali lietuviska  degtiné/Original Lithuanian vodka’ are registered for product category 15, ‘Vodka’, of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008. However, the technical specifications for those geographical indications also cover flavoured vodka. Therefore, those geographical indications should 39, 13.2.2008, p. 16. 0J L 0] C 85, 18.3.2011, p. 10. also be included in product category 31, ‘Flavoured vodka’, of that Annex. In order to inform the consumer of the true nature of the product, the label of that type of vodka should bear the sales denomination ‘flavoured vodka’ or ‘vodka® with the predominant flavour. Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly. To facilitate the transition from the rules provided for in Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 to those set out in this Regulation, the marketing of existing stocks should be foreseen until they run out and the use of labels printed before the date of entry into force of this Regulation should be allowed until 31 December 2015. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Spirit Drinks, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annexes Il and 0I to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 are amended as follows: (1) Annex 1II is amended as follows: (a) in point 20 ‘Gin’, the following point (d) is added: ‘(d) The term “gin” may be supplemented by the term “dry” if it does not contain added sweetening exceeding 0,1 gram of sugars per litre of the final product.; (b) in point 21 Distilled gin’, the following point (d) is added: ‘(d) The term “distilled gin” may be supplemented by the term “dry” if it does not contain added sweetening exceeding 0,1 gram of sugars per litre of the final product.;