G/TBT/N/EU/934  
10 November  2022 
(22-8421) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Ethyl 
alcohol of agricultural origin (spirit drinks and aromatised wine products)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notif ied document:  Draft 
Commission Implementing Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 laying 
down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirit drinks, and repealing 
Regulation (EEC) No 2009/92 determining Community analysis methods for eth yl alcohol 
of agricultural origin in the preparation of spirit drinks, aromatized wines, aromatized 
wine-based drinks and aromatized wine -product cocktails; (5 page(s), in English), (7 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This act aims at exten ding reference methods set out for spirit 
drinks in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 to the analysis of ethyl 
alcohol of agricultural origin (EAAO).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  During the discussions on the draft Commission Delegated Regulation 
(notified to the WTO on 1 February 2022 under reference G/TBT/N/EU/868 ) amen ding 
Regulation (EU) 2019/787 to update the definition of and requirements for ethyl alcohol 
of agricultural origin, national experts pointed out to the fact that there was no longer an 
EU Regulation in place determining the reference methods for the analy sis of EAAO.  
It was therefore decided to draft the enclosed Implementing Regulation, which identifies 
reference methods already laid down for spirit drinks in Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 
that are to be applied to the analysis of the technical requirements  for EAAO.  G/TBT/N/EU/934  
 
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  At the same time, this act repeals Regulation (EEC) No 2009/92, which is obsolete.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 
on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the 
names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection 
of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of 
agricultural origin in alcoho lic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 (OJ 
L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 1).  
This Regulation was notified to the WTO under reference G/TBT/N/EU/432/Rev.1. It is 
available at:  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R0787&from=EN  
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1303 of 25 April 2022 amending Regulation 
(EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definition of 
and requirements for ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin ( OJ L 197, 26.7.2022, p. 71).  
This Regulation was notified to the WTO under reference  G/TBT/N/EU/868 . It is available 
at: 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TX T/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R1303  
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2009/92 determining Community analysis methods for 
ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin used in the preparation of spirit drinks, aromatized 
wines, aromatized wine - based drinks and aromatized wine -product cocktails (OJ L 203, 
21.7.1992, p 10).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the on the twentieth day following that of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (approximately April 2023 ). 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.e u/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_7706_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_7706_01_e.pdf