G/TBT/N/USA/1876  
14 June 2022  
(22-4624) 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:  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 [1905]  
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; 
Alcoholic beverages (ICS code(s): 67.160.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal 
Regarding Labeling Wines Containing Added Distilled Spirits; (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 
and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to a mend its wine labeling and advertising regulations 
to remove an existing regulatory prohibition against statements which indicate that a wine 
contains distilled spirits. This proposed deregulatory action will allow wine makers and 
importers to provide addi tional information to consumers about their wines, while still 
providing consumers with adequate and non -misleading information as to the identity and 
quality of the products they purchase.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent proble ms where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 35693, 13 June 2022; Title 27 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 4:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-13/html/2022 -11901.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-13/pdf/2022 -11901.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number TTB -2022-0005. The 
Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/TTB -2022-0005/document  and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Nu mber. WTO Members and their stakeholders 
are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern G/TBT/N/USA/1876  
 
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  Time on 12 August 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO 
Members and their s takeholders 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 and subsequent addendum and corrigenda  - Modernization of the 
Labeling and Advertising Regulations for Wine, Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages 
identified by Docket Number TTB-2018-0007. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  12 August 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_4101_00_e.pdf