1. ... a spirit drink ... matured for at least one year in oak receptables or for at least six months in oak casks with a capacity of less than 1000 litres ...
2. The following are excluded from the scope of this Directive: storage tanks and pipelines for petrol, diesel fuel, inflammable liquids and dangerous substances ...
3. ... maturation or aging: allowing certain reactions to develop naturally in appropriate containers, thereby giving the spirit drink in question organoleptic qualities previously absent ...