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 EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Brussels, XXX 
[…](2011) XXX draft 
  
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX 
amending Commission Regula tion (EC) No 555/2008 and Co mmission Regu lation (EC) 
No 436/2009 as regards the docu ments accompanying consignments of wine products 
and wine sector registers to be kept  
 
  
EN 2   EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX 
amending Commission Regulation (EC) No  555/2008 and Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 436/2009 as regards the documents accompan ying consignments of wine products 
and wine sector registers to be kept  
 
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a 
common organisation of agricultural market s and on specific provisions for certain 
agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)
1, and in particular the first paragraph of 
Article 121(k) and (m), Article 185a , Article 185 c, third paragraph and Article 192(2) in 
conjunction with Article 4 thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 of  27 June 2008 laying down detailed 
rules for implementing Council Regula tion (EC) No 479/2008 on the common 
organisation of the market in wine as re gards support programmes , trade with third 
countries, production potential and on controls in the wine sector2 lays down under 
Title V and notably in Article 82 that where a Member State designates several 
competent bodies to check compliance with th e rules governing the wine sector it shall 
coordinate the work of those bodies.  This provision does not fully meet the 
coordination needs among the various cont rol bodies within the framework of the 
movements of wine products subject to excise duty due to the use in the wine sector of 
accompanying documents established, in accordance with Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 D ecember 2008 concerning the general 
arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC
3 and particularly 
access to the Excise Movement and Cont rol System (EMCS) established under 
Decision No 1152/2003/EC of the European  Parliament and of the Council of 
16 June 20034 to ensure the controls on the trans port of products subject to excise by 
the competent bodies in the field of excise duty.  In particular, the measures that the 
Member States should take should be specifi ed with respect  to giving the bodies which 
are competent to check compliance with the rules governing the wine sector access to 
the information on the movements of products  subject to excise duty carried out under 
Council Directive 2008/118/EC and Commi ssion Regulation (EC) No 684/2009 of 
                                                 
1 OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. 
2 OJ L 170, 30.6.2008, p. 1. 
3 OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 12. 
4 OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 5.  
EN 3   EN 24 July 2009 implementing Council Dir ective 2008/118/EC as regards the 
computerised procedures for the movement  of excise goods under suspension of 
excise duty5. Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/ 2008 should therefore be amended 
by allowing for gradual implementation, in view of the time required by the Member States' administrations to implement measur es concerning the coor dination of controls 
and access to information.
 
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 of 26 May 2009 laying down detailed 
rules for the appli cation of Council Regul ation (EC) No 479/ 2008 as regards the 
vineyard register, compulsory declaration a nd the gathering of information to monitor 
the wine market, the documents accompanying consignments of wine products and the wine sector registers
6 to be kept establishes, under Title III and in particular 
Articles 21 to 31, the nature of the acco mpanying documents admissible for the 
consignment of wine products, the rules governing the use of these documents at 
national and Union level and for export and the conditions with regard to 
authentication of certificates of origin for wines with protected designation of origin 
(PDO) or protected geographic indicati on (PGI). These provisions are, by now, 
partially obsolete or do not  take into account all the amendments made to Union 
legislation on these issues since the entr y into force of Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 436/2009. This is notably the case fo r the use since 1 January 2011 of the 
electronic administrative document referre d to in Article 21(1) of Council 
Directive 2008/118/EC, established in accord ance with Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 684/2009, for the amendment of procedures relating to the cont rol of the exit of 
products from the territory of the Union following the widespread use of electronic 
procedures by the Union’s cust oms authorities and lastly for the amendment of rules 
governing PDO, PGI and indications on the vint age year or the wine-grape varieties as 
a result of the reforms in the wine sector since 1 January 2009. It is therefore necessary 
to amend the articles concerned and to delete certain obsolete definitions. 
(3) The amendments made in this context should enable the use of accompanying 
documents recognised under Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 for wine 
products to certify the PDO or  PGI and the vintage year  or wine-grape variety, 
including where these documents are drawn up by the consignor on the basis of a 
commercial document or by means of their ow n information systems. In that regard, 
rules should therefore be established on the authentification of this type of document under the control and in th e conditions laid down by the competent authorities. 
(4) The formalities relating to the exit of produc ts from the customs territory of the Union 
have been modified since the adoption of Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009. 
They are carried out according to new cond itions laid down in Commission Regulation 
(EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying dow n provisions for the implementation of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 esta blishing the Community Customs Code
7. 
Rules should therefore be la id down on the procedure for the export and the effective 
exit of wine products from the customs terr itory of the Union in  accordance with these 
new conditions, by specifying the obligations  on the consignor or the consignor’s 
agent.  
                                                 
5 OJ L 197, 29.7.2009, p. 24. 
6 OJ L 128, 27.5.2009, p. 15. 
7 OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.   
EN 4   EN (5) Prior authorisation from the competent bodies is currently required for any 
consignment of a quantity of more than 60 li tres of unpackaged wine  products. In view 
of the information systems set up by Member States to allow for the automated exchange of information, this requirement should be limited to consignments for which the accompanying document used is not produced through the EMCS system or 
through an information system set up by a Member State. 
(6) In the case of the import of wine products  not originating in the Union, the rules 
governing the control of their origin are not laid down, with  regard to their movements 
in the Union’s territory, on ce they are released for ci rculation. Consequently, the 
information that shall be included in the accompanying document should be laid down. 
(7) Furthermore, in the interests of clarity and reducing the admini strative burdens, the 
content of certain obligations under Co mmission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 should 
be established or specified and procedures  simplified in relation to the certificates 
required for the accompanying documents and the evidence and documents to be submitted by operators to the authorities and competent bodies of the Member States and, if necessary to third countries, not ably with regard to the PDO and PGI 
certificates and the certification of wines and wine products marketed with the 
indication of the vintage year or the wine -grape variety(ies) and to take into 
consideration, for enhanced transparency and traceability, the re ferences of these 
designations in the E-Bacc hus register set up and updated by the Commission, in 
accordance with Article 18 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 of 14 July 2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of Council 
Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards pr otected designations  of origin and 
protected geographical indicati ons, traditional terms, labell ing and the presentation of 
certain wine sector products
8. 
(8) For the sake of reducing the administrativ e burdens, the obligation established in 
Article 41 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 concerning the indication in 
the registers of the addition of sulphites s hould be waived, given th at the sulphites are 
added at different stages in production and wine handling and that  the final content 
does not correspond to the amount of sulphites indicated.  
(9) In the interests of effective administrative management and taking account of the 
experience acquired through the use of info rmation systems set up by the Commission, 
the way in which information is manage d and made availabl e by the Commission 
should be simplified and improved, under Re gulation (EC) No 436/2009, and in line 
with the information systems set up by the Commission.  
(10) Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 should therefore be amended, while 
providing for a deferred application of certain  provisions, in view of the time required 
by the Member States' administrations to  implement measures concerning the 
coordination of controls and access to in formation and the use of new models for 
accompanying and certification documents.  
                                                 
8 OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 60.   
EN 5   EN (11) The measures set out in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 
In Chapter V of Title V of Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 the following Article 95a is added: 
‘Article 95 a 
Coordination of controls and access to information 
With respect to controls on consignments carried out under cove r of the accompanying 
documents indicated in Article 24(1)(a) and (i) of Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 436/2009*, Member States, shall, not late r than 1 August 2013, adopt the measures 
required to give the competent bodies designated und er Article 82(1) of this Regulation, 
access to the information held in the computeris ed procedure referred to in Article 21 of 
Council Directive (EC) 2008/118/EC** and on the movements of wine products circulating 
under the arrangements laid down in Chapter IV of that Directive. 
With respect to controls on consignments carried out under cove r of the accompanying 
documents indicated in Article 24(1)(a)(ii ) and (iii) of Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 436/2009, Member States, shall, not late r than 1 August 2013, adopt the measures 
required to give the competent bodies designated und er Article 82(1) of this Regulation, 
access to the information held in the information systems set up to control the movements of wine products other than those referred to in the first pa ragraph of that Article.  
The information held pursuant to the first a nd second subparagraphs may only be used, for the 
purposes of this Regulation, in relation to the specifi c controls laid down in the rules on the 
wine sector. 
* OJ L 128, 27.5.2009, p. 15. ** OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 12.’ 
Article 2 
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 
Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 is amended as follows:  
1) Article 21 shall be replaced by the following: 
‘Article 21 
Purpose and scope  
EN 6   EN 1. This Title lays down the detailed rules fo r the application of Article 185c of Council 
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, in relation to wine products, i ndicated in Part XII of 
Annex I thereto (hereaf ter ‘wine products’). 
2. This Title establishes th e conditions required for:  
a) the drawing up and use of documents accompanying the consignment of wine 
products, hereinafter ‘accompanying documents’,  
b) b) the drawing up of the certificat es of origin for wines covered by a 
protected designation of origin (PDO) or a protected geographical indication 
(PGI) and the certification of  wines and wine sector products marketed with the 
indication of the vintage year or  the wine-grape variety(ies).  
c) c) the keeping of records by persons who hold wine sector products in the 
exercise of their profession.’  
2) Article 22(d), (e) and (g) are deleted. 3) Articles 23 and 24 shall be  replaced by the following: 
‘Article 23 
General rules 
All natural or legal persons, all groups of pers ons, who have their domicile or registered place 
of business within the customs territory of the Union and who trans port or have a wine 
product transported, shall ensure that this transport is carried out under cover of an 
accompanying document.  
The accompanying document may be used only for a single consignment.  It shall be possible for the accompanying do cument to be presented to the competent 
authorities and bodies throughout  the transport operation. 
Article 24 
Recognised accompanying documents 
1. The following shall be recognised as acco mpanying documents, in accordance with 
the conditions laid down in th is Article and in Annex VI: 
a) for the wine products dispatched w ithin a Member State or among Member 
States, without prejudice to (b) below: 
i) one of the documents referred to in  Article 21(6) or Article 26(1)(a) of 
Council Directive 2008/118/EC* for products moved under duty 
suspension arrangements within the Union’s territory;  
ii) the simplified accompanying document referred to in Article 34(1) of 
Council Directive 2008/118/EC, drawn up and used in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3649/92**, for excise goods moved  
EN 7   EN within the Union’s territory, after re lease for consumption in the Member 
State where the transport operation began;  
(iii) one of the following documents , drawn up under the conditions laid 
down by the Member State of dispatc h, for wine products not subject to 
excise duty and for wine products s ubject to excise duty dispatched by 
small producers, pursuant to  Article 40 of Council 
Directive 2008/118/EC: 
– where the Member State uses an information system, a printed 
copy of the electronic admini strative document or any other 
commercial document stating, in a clearly identifiable manner, the 
specific administrative code ('MVV code') assigned by that system; 
– where the Member State does not use an information system, an 
administrative document or a commercial document, bearing the MVV code assigned by the competent body or by the consignor;  
b) for the wine products disp atched to a third country or a territ ory as defined in 
Article 5(2) and (3) of Council Dir ective 2008/118/EC, one of the documents 
referred to in (a)(i) and (iii) of the fi rst paragraph above, be aring, in the header, 
the logo of the Union, the words 'European Union, the name of the Member 
State of dispatch, and a si gn or logo identifying the Me mber State of dispatch. 
2. The accompanying documents referred to in (1)(a) of the first paragraph above shall 
include the information indicated in Part C of Annex VI , or allow the competent 
bodies to have access to this information. 
Where these documents bear an administrative reference code assigned by the 
computerised procedure referred to in Article 21(2) of Council Directive 2008/118/EC or by an informati on system set up by the Member State of 
dispatch, the informati on referred to in Part C of Annex VI of this Regulation shall 
be held in the system used. 
3. The accompanying documents referred to in (1)(b) of the first paragraph above shall 
include the information indicated in Part C of Annexe VI . 
4. By way of derogation from (1)(a) of the first paragraph above, the Member States 
may recognise other accompanying documents [including through simplified computerised procedures] with regard to the movements of wine products carried out 
exclusively on th eir territory.  
* OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 12. .  ** OJ L 369, 18.12.1992, p. 17.’  
4) Article 26 shall be replaced by the following: 
‘Article 26  
Authenticity of the accompanying document   
EN 8   EN The accompanying document shall be deemed to be authentic under the following conditions: 
(a) if one of the documents referred to in Article 21(6) of Council 
Directive 2008/118/EC and Article 24(1)(a)( iii), first indent, of this Regulation 
is used, where the relevant electronic ad ministrative document is drawn up in 
accordance with the applicable rules; 
(b) if one of the documents produced through a computerised procedure 
established as a simplified procedure under Article 24(4) is used, where the 
relevant electronic document is draw n up in accordance with the applicable 
rules; 
(c) in the other cases, where the documents have been validated: 
(i) by the stamp of a competent body, the signature of the person in charge 
and the date,  
(ii) by a special stamp which conforms to the model set out in Annex VIII 
and was affixed by the consignors themselves, or  
(iii) by means of a prescribed stamp or the mark of a stamping machine 
approved by the competent authorities and stamped by the consignors themselves. 
The stamp referred to in (c)(ii) of the first pa ragraph above may be pre-printed on the forms, 
where printing is carried out by a pr inter approved for that purpose.’ 
5) Article 27 is amended as follows:  
a) paragraph 1 is deleted. b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:  
‘2. When wine products exit the cu stoms territory of the Union, the 
consigner or the consignor’s agent shall record the reference of the export accompanying document referred to in Article 796a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, hereinafter the ‘EAD ’, 
issued by the customs office of export on the accompanying document, using one of the references set out in Annex IX to this 
Regulation,’  
c) paragraph 4 is deleted; 
6) Article 28 is deleted. 7) Articles 29, 30 and 31 are replaced by the following: 
‘Article 29  
Transport of unpackaged wine products  
EN 9   EN 1. In the case of the consignment of unpackaged wine products and where the 
computerised procedure or information syst em referred to in the second paragraph of 
Article 24(2) is not used or where this system does not allow the competent authority at the place of unloading to  be informed, the consigno r shall forward, prior to 
dispatch, a copy of the accompanying document to the competent authority within whose territory the place of loading is si tuated, which shall inform the competent 
authority within whose territory the place of unloading is situated. 
The first paragraph above shall a pply to the following wine products: 
(a) products originating in the Union, of  a quantity of more than 60 litres: 
(i) a wine intended for processing into wines with a PDO or PGI or 
marketed as a varietal wine or as a vintage year; 
(ii) partially fermented grape must; (iii) concentrated grape must , whether or not rectified; 
(iv) fresh grape must with fermentati on arrested by the addition of alcohol; 
(v) grape juice; (vi) concentrated grape juice; 
(b) products not originating in the Union,  of a quantity of mo re than 60 litres: 
(i) fresh grapes, excluding table grapes; 
(ii) grape must; (iii) concentrated grape must; (iv) partially fermented grape must; (v) concentrated grape must, whether or not rectified; 
(vi) fresh grape must with fermentati on arrested by the addition of alcohol; 
(vii) grape juice; (viii) concentrated grape juice; ix) liqueur wine for the preparatio n of products not falling within 
CN code 2204. 
c) products, irrespective of their origin  and the amount transported, without 
prejudice to the exemptions referred to in Article 25: 
(i) wine lees; (ii) grape marc intended for distilla tion or another form of industrial 
processing;  
EN 10   EN (iii) piquette; 
(iv) wine fortified for distillation; (v) wine from grapes of varieties not listed as wine-grape varieties in the 
classification drawn up by the Member  States under Article 120(a) of 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 for the administrative unit in 
which they were harvested; 
(vi) products which may not be offe red or supplied for direct human 
consumption. 
Article 30  
Transport of a third-country product released into free circulation  
1. For all transport within the Union’s customs territory of third-country products 
released into free circulation, the accompanying document shall include the 
following information or allow the competent bodies to have access to this information: 
(a) the number of the VI 1 document, dr awn up in accordance with Article 43 of 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 or the referenc es of the equivalent 
document, approved by the competent au thorities of the country of origin, 
under the conditions set out in Artic le 45 of the same Regulation and 
recognised in the framework of the bila teral relations of the Union with the 
country of origin, which accompanied the transport operation; 
(b) the name and address of the authority of the third country which completed the 
document or authorised its completion by a producer; 
(c) the date on which the document was drawn up. 
2. For any consignment within the Union’ s customs territory of wine products 
originating within the Union, initially expor ted to a third country  or a territory as 
defined in Article 5(2) and (3) of Co uncil Directive 2008/118/EC, the accompanying 
document shall include the following inform ation or allow the competent bodies to 
have access to this information:  
(a) the reference to the a ccompanying document, referred to in Article 24(1)(b) of 
this Regulation, drawn up for the initial dispatch, or  
(b) the references to the other supporting documentation produced by the importer 
evidencing the origin of the product a nd deemed satisfactory by the competent 
body when released for circulation in the Union.  
3. Where the computerised procedure refe rred to in Article 21(2) of Council 
Directive 2008/118/EC or an information system set up by the Member State of 
dispatch is used, the informa tion indicated in the first a nd second paragraphs of this 
Article should be contai ned in the system used. 
Article 31   
EN 11   EN Certification of protected designation of origin, protected geographical indication, 
vintage year and the wine-grape variety(ies)  
1. The accompanying document shall be regarded  as certifying the PDO or PGI and the 
vintage year or the wine-grape variety(ies), in accordance with the conditions provided for in the second to fifth paragr aphs below, where the consignor guarantees 
the accuracy of the information, on the basis of their records or the information attested in the documents accompanying the previous consignments of the product in question. 
2. In the case of wine products dispatched  within a Member State or among Member 
States, the accompanying document shall incl ude all the pertinent information laid 
down in part A of  Annex IXa  or allow the competent bodies to have access to this 
information. To this effect, one of the entries set out in Part B of Annexe IXa  shall 
be used. 
 Where the computerised procedure referred to in Article 21(2) of Council 
Directive 2008/118/EC or an information system set up by the Member State of 
dispatch is used, the information referred to in the first paragraph of this Article shall be held in the system used. 
3. In the case of wine products exported to a third country, th e accompanying document 
shall include the pertinent information laid down in Part A of Annex IXa . To this 
effect, one of the entrie s set out in Part B of Annexe IXa  shall be used. It shall be 
possible for this document to be presented, as an attestation or certificate, whenever requested by the competent authorities and bodies of the Member States or third 
country of destination. 
4. In the case of wine products imported from a third country, the accompanying 
document shall make reference to the atte station or certificate drawn up in the 
country of origin. It shall be possible for th e attestation or certificate to be presented 
whenever requested throughout the transpor t operation to the competent authorities 
and bodies of the Member States. 
5. Where Member States have made it obl igatory, for the wine products produced on 
their territory, for a PDO or PGI certi ficate to be drawn up by a control body 
designated for this purpose, the accompa nying document shall include a reference to 
this certificate, the name and, where applic able, the electronic a ddress of the control 
body. This information comes after the entr y used in accordance with the second and 
third paragraphs above.’  
8) Article 39(1) is amended as follows: 
a) (d) is replaced by the following: 
‘(d) each wine of a wine-grape variet y without a PDO/PGI and the products 
intended to be processed into such a wine, with the reference of their classification pursuant to Article 120 (a) of Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 1234/2007.’ 
b) (e) is added:  
EN 12   EN ‘e) each wine intended to be marketed with an indication of the vintage year.’ 
9) Article 41(1)(u) is deleted. 10) The following paragraph is added to Article 49: 
‘4. The Member States shall communicate, by 1 August 2012, the model of the 
accompanying document referred to in Article 24(1)(b).’ 
11) A new paragraph (5) is added to Article 50: 
‘5. The Commission shall communicate information and document models to the 
authorities, bodies and persons affected by this Regulation and, where applicable, to 
the public, through the information systems set up by the Commission. 
The practical rules in relation to access to  the information systems are set out in 
Annex IXb. ’ 
12) Annex VI is amended in accordance with Annex I of this Regulation. 13) Annex VII is deleted. 14) Annexes VIII and IX are replaced by the wording in Annex I to this Regulation. 15) New Annexes IX a and IX b, the wording of which is in Annex III to this Regulation, 
shall be added. 
Article 3 
Entry into force 
This Regulation shall enter into  force on the third day following that of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union . 
Article 24(1)(b) and Article 31 of Commission Regulation (EC)  No 436/2009, as amended by 
Article 2 of this Regulation, shall apply from 1 August 2012. 
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission 
 José Manuel Barroso  The President  
EN 13   EN Annex I  
Annex VI of Regulation (EC) No  436/2009 is amended as follows: 
a) The title is replaced by the following: 
‘Instructions on drawing up accompanying documents’ 
b) Part A is replaced by the following: 
‘General rules 
1. An accompanying document must be filled in legibly in indelible characters. 
2. The document must not contain any erasures or overwritten words.  
3. Any prescribed copy of an accompanying document shall be marked ‘copy’ or shall 
bear an equivalent marking. 
4. A single accompanying document may be  completed to accompany the transport 
operation in a single consignment from one and the same consignor to one and the 
same consignee of: 
a) several batches of the same category of product; or 
b) several batches of different  categories of product provided they are put up in labelled 
containers with a nominal volume of not more than 60 litres and fitted with a non-
reusable closing device. 
5. In the case referred to in Article 33 (1) or where the document accompanying the 
consignment is completed by the competent authority, the document shall be valid 
only if the transport operation commences  not later than the fifth working day 
following, as appropriate, the date of validat ion or the date on which it is completed. 
6. When products are transported in separa te compartments of the same transport 
container or are mixed during a transpor t operation, a document must be completed 
to accompany each portion, whether transporte d separately or as a mixture. Such 
documents shall mention, in accordance wi th the rules laid down by each Member 
State, the use of th e product of mixing. 
However, consignors or empowered persons may be authorised by Member States to 
complete a single accompanying document for the whole product or mixing. In such 
cases the competent authority will determine how proof is to be furnished concerning 
the category, origin and quant ity of the various loads. 
c) Part C is replaced by the following: 
‘C. Information required under Article 24(2) and (3) 
The required information is presented in the form of the entries set out in 
column No 1  in the following table.   
EN 14   EN To draw up the accompanying documents referr ed to in Article 24(1)(a)(i) and (iii), 
these entries are identified by the numbers and letters shown in columns A and B of the tables in Annex I of Comm ission Regulation (EC) No 684/2009 ( column No 2  of 
the following table).  
To draw up the accompanying documents refe rred to in Article 24(1)(a)(ii), these 
entries are identified by the numbers a nd letters in Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 3649/92 ( column No 3  of the following table).  
The order and the specific de tails concerning the layout of the entries are determined 
by the Member States.
 
 
1  
2 
  
3 
Reference number : each consignment must bear a reference number which 
identifies it in the consig nor's accounts. This number is, where applicable, the 
unique administrative reference code, the MVV code or the reference number of 
the simplified accompanying document a ssigned to the accompanying document.  No 1d  No 2 
Consignor : full name and address including post code (the excise number 
(SEED) is optional) . No 2 No 1 
Consignee : full name and address including post code (the excise number 
(SEED) is optional) . No 5 No 4 
Place of delivery : the actual place of delivery, if the goods have not been 
delivered to the address given for the consignee.  No 7 No 7 
Competent authorities at place of dispatch : the name and address of the 
competent authority responsible for ch ecking the commercial document at the 
place of dispatch. This is only required in  the case of dispatch to another Member 
State or for export outside the Union.  No 10  No 3 
Carrier : name and address of the person responsible for organising the first 
transport operation (if different from the consignor).  No 15  No 5 
Other transport details : 
a) the type of transport used (lorry, van,  tanker, motor car, railway wagon, rail 
tanker, aeroplane), 
b) the registration number or, in the case of a ship, the name (optional 
particulars). 
Where there is a change from one type of transport to another , the carrier 
loading the product must indicate on the back of the document: 
- the date of dispatch,  
- the type of transport used and the registration number for vehicles and the name 
for ships, No 16  No 5  
EN 15   EN - their name, forename or company name and address, including post code. 
Place of delivery:  the actual place of delivery, if the goods have not been 
delivered to the address initially given.  
Description of the product : in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1234/2007 and any national rules which apply, in particular compulsory 
indications. 
Description of packages of goods : identification numbers and number of 
external packages, number of intern al packages The description may be 
continued on a separate sheet attached to  each copy. A packing list could be used 
for this purpose. 
For bulk transport : 
- of wine, the actual alcoholic strength, 
- of non-fermented products, the refractive index or the density, - of products in fermentation, the total alcoholic strength, 
- of wines with a residual sugar content of more than four grams per litre, in 
addition to the actual alcoholic strength, the total alcoholic strength. 
Quantity: 
- for products in bulk, the total net quantity, 
- for packaged products, the number and nominal volume of the containers used.
 No 17c, d, e, f, 
g, o, p  No 14  
Certificates: certification of PDO, certification of PGI or certification of the 
vintage year or of the wine-grape variety(ies). see Article 31.  No 17l  No 8 
Packaging 
Wine product Wine operation code 
 
 No 17.1 
No 17.2 No 17.2.1
 No 8 
Certificate – export control 
 No 18  A 
Date  of dispatch and, where so laid down by the Member State on whose 
territory the transport operation begins, the time of dispatch. 
 Box C  No 15  
Visa from the competent authority of  the place of dispatch (if required) 
 Box D  No 15  
»  
EN 16   EN Annex II  
"'ANNEX VIII 
Special stamp referred to in Article 26(5)(b)(ii) 
 
1. Symbol of Member State 
2. Competent authority or body with territorial responsibility.  
3. Authentication  
ANNEX IX 
Entries referred to in Article 27(2) 
— in Bulgarian: : И3HECEHO 
— In Spanish : EXPORTADO 
— In Czech : VYVEZENO 
— In Danish : UDFØRSEL — In German : AUSGEFÜHRT 
— In Estonian : EKSPORDITUD 
— In Greek : ΕΞΑΧΘΕΝ  
— In English : EXPORTED 
— In French : 
'Exporté EAD n° … 
du [date]'  
— In Italian : ESPORTATO 
— In Latvian : EKSPORT ĒTS 
— In Lithuanian : EKSPORTUOTA 
— In Hungarian : EXPORTÁLVA  
EN 17   EN — In Maltese : ESPORTAT 
— In Dutch : UITGEVOERD — In Polish : WYWIEZIONO 
— In Portuguese : EXPORTADO 
— In Romanian : EXPORTAT — In Slovak : VYVEZENÉ 
— In Slovene : IZVOŽENO 
— In Finnish : VIETY — In Swedish : EXPORTERAD 
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EN 18   EN Annex III  
ANNEX IXa 
A. Information referred to in Article 31(2) and (3) 
The information referred to in Article 31( 2) and (3) must include the following:  
a) for wines with a PDO : the statement that the accompanying document certifies the 
protected designation of origin, followed by the PDO registration number in the E-Bacchus 
register set up by the Commi ssion, in accordance with Artic le 18 of Commission Regulation 
(EC) No 607/2009;  
b) for wines with a PGI : the statement that the accompanying document certifies the 
protected geographic indication, followed by th e PGI registration number in the E-Bacchus 
register set up by the Commi ssion, in accordance with Artic le 18 of Commission Regulation 
(EC) No 607/2009;  
c) for wines indicating the vintage year : the statement that the accompanying document 
certifies the vintage year, in accordance w ith Article 118z of Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1234/2007;  
d) for varietal wines indicating the wine-grape variety(ies) : the statement that the 
accompanying document certifies the wine-grape vari ety(ies) (‘varietal wine’), in accordance 
with Article 118z of Counc il Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. 
B. Entries referred to in Article 31(2) and (3) 
in Bulgarian:  
for wines with a PDO: 
for wines with a PGI:  c) for wines indicating the vintage year: […/…]  
d) for varietal wines indicating th e wine-grape variety(ies): […/…] 
– in Spanish:  […/…] 
– in Czech:  […/…] 
– in Danish:  […/…] 
– in German:  […/…]  
– in Estonian:  […]  
– in Greek :  […]  
EN 19   EN – in English:  […] 
in French:  
a) for wines with a PDO: ‘This document cert ifies the protected de signation of origin’, 
‘No[…,…] of the E-B acchus register.’  
b) for wines with a PGI: ‘This document cer tifies the protected ge ographical indication’, 
‘No[…,…] of the E-B acchus register.’  
c) for wines indicating the vintage year: ‘t his document certifies the vintage year, in 
accordance with Article 118z of Co uncil Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.’ 
d) for wines indicating the wine-grape variety( ies): ‘this document certifies the wine-grape 
variety(ies) (‘varietal wine’), in accordance with Article 118z  of Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1234/2007.’ 
– in Irish : […] 
– in Italian:  […] 
– in Latvian:  […] 
– in Lithuanian:  […] 
– in Hungarian:  […] 
– in Maltese:  […] 
– in Dutch:  […] 
– in Polish:  […] 
– in Portuguese:  […] 
– in Romanian:  […] 
– in Slovak:  […] 
– In Slovenian:  […] 
– in Finnish:  […] 
– in Swedish:  […]  
EN 20   EN  
ANNEX IXb 
Practicalities in relation to the communi cation and making available of information 
referred to in Article 50(5) 
The methods and electronic forms referred to in Article 49(4)  are freely accessible through the 
E-Bacchus electronic database set up by the Commission through its information systems: 
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets/wine/e-bacchus/ 
In order to obtain information on the pract icalities of accessing information systems, 
communications and the provision of information, the authorities and persons affected by this 
Regulation should contact the Comm ission at the following address: 
Functional mailbox: AGRI-CONTACT-EBACCHUS@ec.europa.eu  »