. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/264 
1 April 2009  
 (09-1620) 
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 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 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:   +(32) 2 299 80 43 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):   
Ex NC 2204: Wine 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
Draft Commission Regulation layi ng down certain detailed rule s for the implementation of 
Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regard s protected designatio ns of origin and 
geographical indications, traditional terms, labe lling and presentation of certain wine sector 
products (113 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   
This draft Commission Regulation concerns the implementation of Chapters IV, V and VI of 
Title III of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 layi ng down the general rules for protecting the 
designations of origin and geogr aphical indications, the use of protected traditional terms and 
the labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products.  
As far as designations of origin and geogr aphical indications are concerned, the draft 
Regulation establishes detailed procedural ru les on examination, objection, cancellation, 
modification and conversion and details the rules on protection. As regards traditional terms, 
it establishes procedural rules on recognition, objection and canc ellation and details the scope 
of protection.  Finally, concer ning labelling and presentation of wine products, it details the 
rules on the use of compulsory and optional partic ulars, in particular the vintage year and the 
vine grape varieties used in the wine production. G/TBT/N/EEC/264 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
Preventions of practices likely to be misleading as  to the nature, the quality or characteristics 
of the product.  
8. Relevant documents:    
Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 of 29 Ap ril 2008 on the common organisation of the 
market in wine and amending Regulations  (EC) No 1493/1999, (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) 
No 1290/2005, (EC) No 3/ 2008 and repealing Regulations  (EEC) No 2392/1986 and (EC) 
No 1493/1999 (OJ L 148, 6.6.2008, p. 1). 
http://eur-lex.europa.e u/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L :2008:148:SOM:EN:HTML  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    June 2009 (7 days from publication in the 
Official Journal of the EU) 
It shall apply from 1 August 2009 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:   + (32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:   ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EC-TBT Website :  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/   
and can be downloaded here.