G/TBT/N/EU/517  
 
27 September 2017  
(17-5120) 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 Commission  
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 u nder 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): Wine 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Implementing R egulation laying down rules for the application of Regulation 
(EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme 
of authorisations for vine plantings, certification, the inward and outward register, 
compulsory declaration s and notifications, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks, and repealing 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/561, and its Annexes (26 pages + 
Annexes 24 pages, in English) .   
6. Description of content: The draft Implementing Regulation lays down rules for the 
application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, the certification of wine 
products, the inward and outward register to be kept by operators, declarations and 
notifications in the wine sector, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks.  
The draft Implementing Regulation repeals and replaces Commission Implementing 
Regulation (EU) No 2015/561 concerning the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, 
thereby integrating its provisions in this new act.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; The objectives 
of the draft Regulation are: a) the alignment of the provisions of Commission Regulation 
(EC) No 436/2009 to the principles of the  Lisbon Treaty, and (b) the integration in a single 
set of complementary delegated and implementing acts of different but inter -linked 
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  wine as final product. This pro cess allows not only reducing the number of acts concerning 
the wine sector, but also harmonising the applicable definitions, enhancing the clarity and 
increasing the coherency of the rules. This leads to simplifying their respective 
implementation and fac ilitates ensuring the traceability of wine products along the supply 
chain.  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the  
Council of 17  December 2013 establishing a common organisation of  
the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations 
(EEC)  No 922/72, (EEC)  No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and  
(EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671). http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1502976703496&uri=CELEX:32013R1308  
 Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 of 26 May 2009 laying down detailed 
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the 
vineyard register, compulsory declarations and the gathering of information to 
monitor the wine marke t, the documents accompanying consignments of wine 
products and the wine sector registers to be kept (OJ L 128, 27.5.2009, p. 15). 
http://eur -lex.europa.e u/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1502977056757&uri=CELEX:32009R0436  
 Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down  
detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 on the 
common organisation of the market in wine as regar ds support programmes,  
trade with third countries, production potential and on controls in the  
wine sector (OJ L 170, 30.6.2008, p. 1). http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1502977155432&uri=CELEX:32008R0555  
 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/561 of 7 April 2015 laying down 
rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as re gards the scheme of authorisations  
for vine plantings (OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 12). http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1506347825251&uri=CE LEX:32015R0561   
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 3 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU 
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/2017/TBT/EEC/17_4302_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/EEC/17_4302_01_e.pdf