G/TBT/N/USA/1872  
31 May 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Department of 
the Treasury [1902]  
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:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
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):  Wine and 
distilled spirits containers; Alcoholic beverages (ICS code(s): 67.160.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standards of 
Fill for Wine and Distilled Spirits; (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - In this document, the Alcohol 
and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to amend the regulations governing 
wine and distilled spirits containers. TTB is proposing to add 10 additional authorized 
standards of fill for wine, along with related technical and other harmonizing changes. 
TTB also is considering, as an alternative, eliminating all but a minimum standard of fill 
for wine containers and all but a minimum and maximum for distilled spirits containers, 
thus potentially eliminating unnecessary regulatory requirements, reducing barriers to  
competition, and providing consumers broader purchasing options.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 31787, 25 May 2022; Title 27 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 4, 5, 19, 24, 26, and 27:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-05-25/html/2022 -10589.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-05-25/pdf/2022 -10589.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number TTB -2022-0004. The 
Docket Folder is avail able from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/TTB -2022-0004/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents  are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 25 July 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry G/TBT/N/USA/1872  
 
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  Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will 
also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.  
G/TBT/N/USA/1429/Add.3  - Modernization of the Labeling and Advertising Regulations 
for Distilled Spirits and Malt Beverages; Final Rule Treasury Decision  identified by Docket 
Number TTB-2018-0007. 
G/TBT/N/USA/1501 and subsequent addenda  - Elimination of Certain Standards of Fill for 
Distilled Spirits; Amendment of Malt Beverage Net Contents Labeling Regulation identifi ed 
by Docket Number TTB-2019-0005. 
G/TBT/N/USA/1502 and subsequent addenda  - Elimination of Cert ain Standards of Fill for 
Wine identified by Docket Number TTB-2019-0004. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  25 July 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_3744_00_e.pdf