. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EEC/404 
20 September 2011  
 (11-4535) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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:  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 [   ], 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 language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a 
Regulation of the European Pa rliament and of the Council on the definition, description, 
presentation, labelling and the protection of ge ographical indications of aromatised wine 
products (COM(2011) 530 ) ( 33 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  This proposal concerns rules on production and labelling of 
aromatised wines, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails. The proposed rules are similar to those currently set out in C ouncil Regulation (EEC) N° 1601/91.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
This proposal will replace the current regula tion on aromatised wine products (Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91), updating the refe rence to EU legisla tion. It aims at 
establishing a coherent framework based on traditional quality practices and new 
developments and at providing clear informati on to the consumer on the nature of products. 
This proposal also lays down the rules on geog raphical indications in accordance with 
international obligations.  G/TBT/N/EEC/404 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CE LEX:31991R1601:EN:HTML  
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriSe rv/LexUriServ.do?uri=C ELEX:31991R1601R( 01):EN:HTML " 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriSe rv/LexUriServ.do?uri=C ELEX:31991R1601R( 02):EN:HTML " 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available in English, Fren ch and Spanish on the EU-TBT Website :  
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/   
and at:   
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0530:FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0530:FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0530:FIN:ES:PDF  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/EEC/11_2999_00_e.pdf