14 producing countries
The regulation is European, enforcement is national.
A wine placed on the market in Bordeaux, in Siena or in Mělník answers to the same Regulation (EU) 2021/2117. But the body that inspects the label, the language it demands and the statements its national law adds to the bottle change at every border. Here is what awaits you at home — and at your importers’.
The common floor, valid everywhere
These four rules apply identically across all 27 Member States. They are not negotiable, and no national law may soften them.
- The ingredients list and the full nutrition declaration may be provided electronically, behind a QR code.
- Allergens and the energy value, however, stay printed on the bottle.
- The page the code leads to contains nothing else: no marketing, no commercial links, no tracking of the reader.
- A statement next to the code must announce what it holds — a bare QR code is never enough.
What each country adds
ICQRF code on the capsule, plus packaging environmental labelling, which may be provided digitally by QR.Sheet written in Italian
Pregnancy pictogram mandatory; the recycling info-tri, by contrast, does not apply to the glass bottle.Sheet written in French
Enforcement split between AICA, the autonomous communities and the regulatory boards of the DOs.Sheet written in Spanish
Amtliche Prüfungsnummer on quality wines, enforcement carried out by each federal state.Sheet written in German
Labels filed in the SIVV system before market release; the IVV rejects hundreds every year.Sheet written in Portuguese
ONVPV offers a free QR code attached to the certification mark, inside its B2B application.Sheet written in Romanian
Enforcement by the ministry of agriculture and its regional directorates.Sheet written in Greek
Staatliche Prüfnummer and banderole; the Bundeskellereiinspektion publishes its own e-label guide.Sheet written in German
Free national system winelabel.hu, run jointly by the ministry, NÉBIH and the wine regions’ council.Sheet written in Hungarian
Executive Agency on Vine and Wine; the obligation applies from the 2024 harvest onwards.Sheet written in Bulgarian
Ministry of Agriculture; the e-label may carry no information beyond what is required.Sheet written in Croatian
SZPI issued a position on the 2023 vintage: straw wines, ice wines and sparkling wines first.Sheet written in Czech
Official reminder: the e-label must not link to the producer’s website or to any promotional content.Sheet written in Slovenian
ŠVPS enforces the regulation; GS1 recommends a QR code of at least 11.49 mm per side.Sheet written in Slovak
Each sheet is written in its own country’s language
That is deliberate: a Tuscan grower searches in Italian, a Rheingau grower in German, and national guidance is only ever published in the national language. The regulatory floor, meanwhile, holds in all 27 Member States — your E-Label sheet is compliant wherever you sell, and reads in the 24 official languages of the Union.
One compliant sheet, in 24 languages.
Create your first e-label for free, and let translation, QR code and updates take care of themselves.