. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/44 
25 May 2012  
 (12-2765) 
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):  Wine  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Implementing Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 laying down detailed rules 
for the application of Council Regulation (EC)  No 479/2008 as regards protected designations 
of origin and geographical indications, traditiona l terms, labelling and presentation of certain 
wine sector products (5 pages, in French).      
6. Description of content:  This draft Regulation amends  Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 607/2009, with regard to the labelling requireme nts of allergens when the ingredients used 
during the production of wines are still present in the final product.  
This draft Regulation primarily aims at impl ementing new modalities of labelling and in 
particular providing for the pictograms that may be used if one or more allergens are still 
present in the product sold to the final consum er. It also aims at clearly indicating which 
products are concerned by the labelling requirement of allergens taking into account the 
harvest year and the origin of the products concerned.   
In particular, it specifies that only the products referred to in Annex XIb to Regulation (EC) 
No 1234/2007 produced with grapes harvested in 2012 and later on and labelled after 
30 June 2012 are concerned by the compulsory  labelling of milk and egg allergens. G/TBT/N/EU/44 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
objective is to have clear and equal rules for all wines produced in the world, to prevent 
deceptive practices and to protect consumers.  
8. Relevant documents:   Commission Rgulation (EC) No 607/2009 of 14 July 2009 laying 
down certain detailed rules fo r the implementation of Counc il Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 
as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indicatio ns, traditional terms, 
labelling and presentation of ce rtain wine sector products ( OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 60-139 ) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2009:193:0060:0139:EN:PDF  
Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 of 29 Ap ril 2008 on the common organisation of the 
market in wine, amending Regulations (EC)  No 1493/1999, (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 
1290/2005, (EC) No 3/2008 and repealing Re gulations (EEC) No 2392/86 and (EC) No 
1493/1999 ( OJ L 148, 6.6.2008, p. 1-61 ) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2008:148:0001:0061:EN:PDF  
Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common 
organisation of agricultural ma rkets and on specific provision s for certain agricultural 
products (Single CMO Regulation) ( OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1-149 ) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2007:299:0001:0149:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    June 2012 
3 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU 
10. Final date for comments:  30 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 on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/EEC/12_2023_00_e.pdf