G/TBT/N/EU/415  
 
20 Octo ber 2016  
(16-5711) 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 a ddress (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/   
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) : Aromatised wine 
products  
5. Title, number of pages  and languag e(s) of the notified document : Draft Commission 
Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the authorised production processes for obtaining 
aromatised wine products (3 pages + An nex 4 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content : This draft Regulation establishes the authorised production 
processes for the manufacture of aromatised wine products.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicabl e: 
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 
definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical 
indications of aromatised wine products empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts 
for the establishment of authorised production processes for obtaining aromatised wine 
produc ts. 
The objective of this delegated act is to establish such authorised production processes for 
obtaining aromatised wine products.  
8. Relevant documents : Regula tion (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of 
geographical indications of aromatised wine products ( OJ L 84, of 20.3.2014, p.  14): 
http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:084:0014:0034:EN:PDF  G/TBT/N/EU/415  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : January 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force : on the twentieth  day following that of its publication 
in the Official Journal of the European Union   
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, 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 Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_4409_01_e.pdf   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_4409_00_e.pdf