G/TBT/N/EU/792  
30 March 2021  
(21-2599) 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/e n/  
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; Alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
Draft Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/ … of XXX amending 
Regulation  (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council a s regards the 
labelling of spirit drinks resulting from the combination of a spirit drink with one or more 
foodstuffs (5  page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This act lays down the obligation to indicate the legal name of 
the spirit drink in th e same visual field as a compound term, in case of a spirit drink 
resulting from the combination of a spirit drink with one or more foodstuffs.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Regulation (EU) 2019/787 was published on 17 May 2019 and most of its 
labelling and production provisions will become applicable from 25 May 2021.  
That Regulation does not require that the legal name of spirit drinks obtained by 
combining a spirit drink category or geographical indication with other foodstuffs should 
appear in the same visual field as the compound term describing that combination.  
This act aims at specifying the conditions for labelling such spirit drinks, requiring that 
their name appears in the same visual field as the compound term.  G/TBT/N/EU/792  
 
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  In fact, in the absence of such requirement, the actual nature of the spirit drink resulting 
from that combination may not result clearly and the labelling may induce consumers to 
believe that the compound term is the actual name of the spirit drink. This, in certain 
cases, may result in the abuse of the reputation of a spirit drink (category or geogra phical 
indication) whose legal name appears in combination with one or more foodstuffs that 
have not been used in its production in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) 
2019/787 or with the relevant product specification, as the resulting spirit drin k would 
have a different name.  
This Delegated Regulation should apply from 25 May 2021, i.e. the same day that the 
provisions it refers to become applicable;  
Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Co uncil 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, t he 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:32019R0787&from=EN  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the third day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the EU (the provisions shall apply from 25 May 2021)  
10. Final date for comments:  30 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/2021/TBT/EEC/21_2329_00_e.pdf