G/TBT/N/EU/100  
 
22 March 2013  
(13-1596)  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 telephon e 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:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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 langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 
110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the 
definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks (21 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Regulation lays down detailed rules for the application 
of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 with regard to the labelling, presentation and description of spirit drinks and the registration of geographical indications.  
In particular, the draft Regulation clarifies the provisions related to the use of compound 
terms and allusions when they include the name of a spirit drink category or geographical indication and establishes detailed rules on the procedure for the registration of 
geographical indications in the EU, including geographical indications of non-EU countries. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objectives are:  
a) to have harmonised rules for the use of compound terms on the labelling, 
presentation and description of spirit drinks, in order to prevent deceptive practices and protect consumers and; 
b) to provide detailed indications to EU Member States and other countries on how to 
register the geographical indication of a spirit drink in the EU.  G/TBT/N/EU/100 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks. (OJ L 39, 13.2.2008, p. 16 - 54) 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=OJ:L:2008:039:0016:0054:EN:PDF " 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    June 2013 7 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU. The provisions shall apply 
6 months after entry into force.   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@e c.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2013/tbt/EEC/13_1244_00_e.pdf