G/TBT/N/EU/518  
 
27 September 2017  
(17-5121) 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 Delegated Regu lation (EU) supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for 
vine plantings, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the 
inward and outward registe r, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication of 
notified information, and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks and penalties, amending 
Commission Regulations (E C) No 555/2008, (EC) No 606/2009 and (EC) No 607/2009 and 
repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 and Commission Delegated Regulation 
(EU) 2015/560, and its Annexes (47 pages + Annexes 29 pages, in English).   
6. Description of content: The draft Delegated Regulation supplements 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 content of the 
vineyard register, rules on accompanyin g documents, their use and conditions for 
certifying certain characteristics of the wine products, conditions on imports of wine, the 
obligation of operators to keep an inward and outward register, compulsory declarations, 
notifications and publication of notified information in the wine sector, and of Regulation 
(EU) No 1306/2013   of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant 
checks and penalties.  
The draft Delegated Regulation repeals and replaces Commission Regulation 
(EC) No 436/2009 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/560 concerning 
the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, the relevant provisions of Commission 
Regulations (EC) No 555/2008, as well as some provisions of Commission Regulations 
(EC) No 606/2009 and (EC) No 607/2009 concerning certification of varietal wines and 
administrative rules relating to the inward and outward register.  G/TBT/N/EU/518  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Harmonization; Reducing trade barr iers 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 one 
single set of complementary delegat ed and implementing acts of different but inter -linked 
provisions of the wine legislation ranging from the planting of vines to the marketing of 
wine as final product. This process 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 facilitates 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 234/7 9, 
(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:3201 3R1308  
 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 rega rds  
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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/560 of 15 December 2014 
supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European  
Parliament and of the Council as regards the  scheme of authorisations  
for vine plantings (OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 1). http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1506347050937&uri=CELEX:32015R 0560 
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_4303_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/EEC/17_4303_01_e.pdf