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| 30.10.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 310/84 |
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30.10.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 310/84

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 112/2014

of 16 May 2014

amending Protocol 47 (on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 314/2012 of 12 April 2012 amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/2008 and (EC) No 436/2009 as regards the documents accompanying consignments of wine products and wine sector registers to be kept (1), as corrected by OJ L 319, 16.11.2012, p. 10, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 314/2012 of 12 April 2012 amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/2008 and (EC) No 436/2009 as regards the documents accompanying consignments of wine products and wine sector registers to be kept (1), as corrected by OJ L 319, 16.11.2012, p. 10, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 315/2012 of 12 April 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the applicable restrictions (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 315/2012 of 12 April 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the applicable restrictions (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | This Decision concerns legislation regarding wine. Legislation regarding wine shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the seventh paragraph of the introduction to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein. |
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(3)

This Decision concerns legislation regarding wine. Legislation regarding wine shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the seventh paragraph of the introduction to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

| (4) | Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Appendix 1 to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following indent is added in point 9 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009):






  ‘— | 32012 R 0314: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 314/2012 of 12 April 2012 (OJ L 103, 13.4.2012, p. 21) as corrected by OJ L 319, 16.11.2012, p. 10.’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in point 9 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009):

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32012 R 0314: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 314/2012 of 12 April 2012 (OJ L 103, 13.4.2012, p. 21) as corrected by OJ L 319, 16.11.2012, p. 10.’

| 2. | The adaptation text of point 9 is replaced by the following:

  ‘The provisions of this Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






  (a) | Only the following provisions of the Regulation shall apply: | Article 21(1) and (2) (a) and (b), |
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2.

The adaptation text of point 9 is replaced by the following:

‘The provisions of this Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

Only the following provisions of the Regulation shall apply:

Article 21(1) and (2) (a) and (b),

| | Articles 22 and 23, |
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Articles 22 and 23,

| | Article 24(1)(a), (2), (4) and (5), cf. Annex VI, |
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Article 24(1)(a), (2), (4) and (5), cf. Annex VI,

| | Articles 25 and 26, cf. Annex VIII, |
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Articles 25 and 26, cf. Annex VIII,

| | Article 29(1), (2) (a) and (c) and (3), |
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Article 29(1), (2) (a) and (c) and (3),

| | Article 31(1), (2), (5) and (6), cf. Annex IXa, |
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Article 31(1), (2), (5) and (6), cf. Annex IXa,

| | Articles 32 to 35, |
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Articles 32 to 35,

| | Article 47, |
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Article 47,

| | Article 48(1) and |
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Article 48(1) and

| | Article 49. |
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Article 49.

The provisions shall apply with the adaptations that can be derived from the provisions of the main text of the Agreement, the horizontal adaptations in the introduction to Protocol 47 to the Agreement and the specific adaptations in Appendix 1 to Protocol 47 to the Agreement.

| (b) | Article 24(4) first subparagraph shall apply with the following adaptations:
  When the accompanying documents referred to in Article 24(1) (a) (iii) are issued by an EFTA-State, instead of the logo of the Union and the words “European Union”, they shall bear in the header the words “European Economic Area”. |
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(b)

Article 24(4) first subparagraph shall apply with the following adaptations:

When the accompanying documents referred to in Article 24(1) (a) (iii) are issued by an EFTA-State, instead of the logo of the Union and the words “European Union”, they shall bear in the header the words “European Economic Area”.

| (c) | In the third paragraph of Article 34(1) the words “In the case of transport inside the Community, such information shall be communicated in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 555/2008” shall be replaced by “Such information shall be forwarded in accordance with Appendix 2 to Protocol 47 to the Agreement.”. |
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(c)

In the third paragraph of Article 34(1) the words “In the case of transport inside the Community, such information shall be communicated in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 555/2008” shall be replaced by “Such information shall be forwarded in accordance with Appendix 2 to Protocol 47 to the Agreement.”.

| (d) | The following text shall be inserted in Annex IXa B to the Regulation:






  “— | in Norwegian:







  a) | for vin med BOB: “Dette dokumentet attesterer riktigheten av den beskyttede opprinnelsesbetegnelsen”, “nr. [..., ...] i E-Bacchus-databasen” |
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(d)

The following text shall be inserted in Annex IXa B to the Regulation:

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in Norwegian:

a)

for vin med BOB: “Dette dokumentet attesterer riktigheten av den beskyttede opprinnelsesbetegnelsen”, “nr. [..., ...] i E-Bacchus-databasen”

| b) | for vin med BGB: “Dette dokumentet attesterer riktigheten av den beskyttede geografiske betegnelsen”, “nr. [..., ...] i E-Bacchus-databasen” |
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b)

for vin med BGB: “Dette dokumentet attesterer riktigheten av den beskyttede geografiske betegnelsen”, “nr. [..., ...] i E-Bacchus-databasen”

| c) | for vin uten BOB eller BGB, som markedsføres med angivelse av innhøstingsår: “Dette dokumentet attesterer riktigheten av innhøstingsåret, jf. artikkel 118z i forordning (EF) nr. 1234/2007” |
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c)

for vin uten BOB eller BGB, som markedsføres med angivelse av innhøstingsår: “Dette dokumentet attesterer riktigheten av innhøstingsåret, jf. artikkel 118z i forordning (EF) nr. 1234/2007”

| d) | for vin uten BOB eller BGB, som markedsføres med angivelse av den (eller de) druesorten(e) som er brukt til vinfremstilling: “Dette dokumentet attesterer riktigheten av den (eller de) druesorten(e) som er brukt til vinfremstilling, jf. artikkel 118z i forordning (EF) nr. 1234/2007” |
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d)

for vin uten BOB eller BGB, som markedsføres med angivelse av den (eller de) druesorten(e) som er brukt til vinfremstilling: “Dette dokumentet attesterer riktigheten av den (eller de) druesorten(e) som er brukt til vinfremstilling, jf. artikkel 118z i forordning (EF) nr. 1234/2007”

| e) | for vin uten BOB eller BGB, som markedsføres med angivelse av innhøstingsår og med angivelse av den (eller de) druesorten(e) som er brukt til vinfremstilling: “Dette dokumentet attesterer riktigheten av innhøstingsåret og den (eller de) druesorten(e) som er brukt til vinfremstilling, jf. artikkel 118z i forordning (EF) nr. 1234/2007”.”’ |
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e)

for vin uten BOB eller BGB, som markedsføres med angivelse av innhøstingsår og med angivelse av den (eller de) druesorten(e) som er brukt til vinfremstilling: “Dette dokumentet attesterer riktigheten av innhøstingsåret og den (eller de) druesorten(e) som er brukt til vinfremstilling, jf. artikkel 118z i forordning (EF) nr. 1234/2007”.”’

| 3. | The following indent is added in point 10 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009):






  ‘— | 32012 R 0315: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 315/2012 of 12 April 2012 (OJ L 103, 13.4.2012, p. 38).’ |
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3.

The following indent is added in point 10 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009):

‘—

32012 R 0315: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 315/2012 of 12 April 2012 (OJ L 103, 13.4.2012, p. 38).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) No 314/2012, as corrected by OJ L 319, 16.11.2012, p. 10, and (EU) No 315/2012 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 17 May 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2014.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 103, 13.4.2012, p. 21.

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(2)  
  OJ L 103, 13.4.2012, p. 38.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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