Inspection

The organiser reserves the right to cancel incomplete or erroneous entries and to delete samples that do not comply with the rules. The organiser alone is competent to settle any disputes. The organisers may carry out analytical tests on the winning samples. One month before the competition takes place, the organiser sends an announcement to the regional directorate for enterprise, competition, consumer affairs, labour and employment of the region in which the competition takes place, specifying the place and date of the competition and the rules of the competition. No later than three months after the competition takes place, the organiser sends to the regional directorate for enterprise, competition, consumer affairs, labour and employment of the region in which the competition takes place a report signed by the head of the internal control system (consisting of three members of the organiser’s board of directors) certifying that the competition has been conducted in accordance with the provisions of the rules, including in particular

 

– the number of wines entered in the competition, overall and by category,

– the number of winning wines, overall and by category,

– the list of winning wines and, for each winning wine, the identification details of the wine and its owner,

– the percentage of award-winning wines in relation to the number of wines entered,

– the number of distinctions awarded and their breakdown by type of distinction.

 

The owner and the competition organiser shall keep a sample of each award-winning wine, the information sheet and the analysis report. These samples will be kept at the disposal of the control services (D.G.C.C.R.F.) for a period of one year from the date of the competition. The information sheets and analysis reports shall be kept for five years. After the competition, the organiser may use samples of the products submitted for promotional or training purposes. They shall not be returned to the producer or trader.