. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/181 
15 February 2008 
 (08-0675) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2299 8043 E-mail:  ec-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):   2009.60, ex 2204, 
2204.30.92, 2204.30.94, 2204.30.96, 2204.30.98, 0806.10.93, 0806.10.95, 0806.10.97, 
2209.00.11, 2209.00.19, 2206.00.01, 2307.00.11, 2307.00.19, 2308.90.11, 2308.90.19 . 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposal for a 
Council Regulation on the common organisation of the market in wine and amending 
certain Regulations (141 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft regulation will replace Council Regulation (EC) 
1493/99 on the Common organisation of the market in wine. It relates to all the aspects of wine production and marketing in the EU, among which wine-making practices, 
designations of origin and geographical indica tions and labelling, cove red by Chapters II, 
III, IIIa and IV. These chapters include all the technical rules of the regulation and, 
therefore, are the only parts releva nt for this TBT notification.  
As regards wine-making practices, the draf t regulation covers measures on authorised 
oenological practices or restrictions as well as criteria and procedure for the authorisation of 
new oenological practices.  
The regulation also includes rules on the u se and protection of Protected Geographical 
Indications, Protected Designation of Origin  and Traditional Terms as well as rules on the 
labelling and presentation of grapevine products.
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To set out rules applying to the production and marketing of grapevine products. 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    15 May 2008 
7 days from publication in the Official Journal 
of the EU (about a month after adoption approx.) 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts 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 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2299 8043 
E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu The text is available on the EC-TBT We bsite: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/EEC/08_0471_00_e.pdf