G/TBT/N/EU/868  
1 February 2022  
(22-0781) 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/tb t/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Spirit 
Drinks  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the definition of and requirements for ethy l 
alcohol of agricultural origin (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This act amends the definition of and requirements for ethyl 
alcohol of agricultural origin laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2019/787.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The description and requirements currently laid down in Article 5 of 
Regulation (EU) 2019/787 are outdated from a technical/scientific point of view.  This 
Delegated Regulation aims at updating th em and at bringing them in line with the 
technical parameters currently applied by producers and most laboratories of analysis of 
the European Union.; Other  G/TBT/N/EU/868  
 
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  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 alcoholic 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:3 2019R0787&from=EN  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2022  
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 June 2022).  
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.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_1259_00_e.pdf