. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/N/1/EEC/4 
28 January 2010 
 
 (10-0400) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
EUROPEAN UNION 
   The following communication, dated 18 August 2009,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Commission. 
 
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  Please find below Regulations notified pursuan t to Article 63.2 of the TRIPS Agreement 
related to geographical indica tions for wines and spirits. 
 
1. Regulation (EC) No 110/2008
1 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 drin ks. This Regulation already applies. 
 
 
2. Council Regulation (EC) No 479/20082 of 29 April 2008 on the common organisation of the 
market in wine. The provisions of this Re gulation related to ge ographical indications 
(protected designations of origin and protect ed geographical indications) shall apply from 
1 August 2009.  
 
 
 
                                                      
1 See document IP/N/1/EEC/G/6.  This Regulation is al so available, in the thr ee official languages of 
the WTO, under the following hyperlinks:  English version -  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:039:0016:0054:EN:PDF  
French version - 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:039:0016:0054:FR:PDF  
 Spanish version - 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:039:0016:0054:ES:PDF  
2 See document IP/N/1/EEC/G/7 and Corr.1 (in French only).  This Regulation is also available, in the 
three official languages of the WTO, under the following hyperlinks: English version -   
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:148:0001:0061:EN:PDF  
  French version and corrigendum affecting the provisions related to geographical 
indications -  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:148:0001:0061:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:220:0035:0035:FR:PDF  
Spanish version -  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:148:0001:0061:ES:PDF  IP/N/1/EEC/4 
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  3. Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009
3 of 14 July 2009 laying down certain detailed 
rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical i ndications, traditional terms, labelling and 
presentation of certain wine sector products. Th e provisions of this Regulation shall apply 
from 1 August 2009.  
 
 
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3 See document IP/N/1/EEC/G/5.  This Regulation is al so available, in the thr ee official languages of 
the WTO, under the following hyperlinks: English version -  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:193:0060:0139:EN:PDF  
French version - 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:193:0060:0139:FR:PDF  
Spanish version -  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:193:0060:0139:ES:PDF