L 144 /62 Official Journal of the European Un ion 30.4.2004 EN 
COMMISS ION DEC ISION 
of 28 April 2004 
on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of  an Exchange of Letters between the 
European Community and the United Mexican States concerning amendments to 
Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Un ited Mexican 
States on the mutual recognition and protection of designations for spirit dri nks, taking 
into account the enlargement 
(2004/387/EC)
THE COMMI SSION OFTHE EUROPEA NCOMMU NITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishi ng the European Communit y,
Having r egard t oCouncil Decision 97/361/EC of 2 7 May 1997 concerning t heconclusion of
anAgreement  between t heEuropean Communit y and t heUnited Mexican States onmutual 
recognition andprotection ofdesignations  for spirit  drinks1,andinparticular Article 4 
thereof,
Whereas :
(1) Taking account of theenlargement, it is necessary toamend Annex I to theAgreement 
between  theEuropean Communit y and t heUnited Mexican States on themutual 
recognition andprotection of spirit drinks inorder toprotect thenew spirit terms of 
thenew Member States with effect from 1May 2004.
(2)T herefore, t heCommunit y and t heUnited Mexican States have negotiated, in
accorda nce w ithArtic le18of theabovementione dAgreement, anagreement in the
form ofanExchang eofLetters toamend its Annex  I.This Exchange ofLetters should 
therefore beapproved.
(3)T hemeasures provided for in this decision areinaccordance w ith theopinion of the
Imple ment ationComm itteefor Spiri t Drinks,
1OJ L 1 52, 1 1.6.1 997,  p. 1 5. 
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HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS:
Artic le 1 
TheAgreement in theform ofanExchange ofLetters between t heEuropean Communit y and 
theUnited Mexican States amending Annex I to theAgreement between t heEuropean
Comm unity and t heUnited Mexican States onmutual r ecognition and protection of
desig nations for spirit drin ks is  hereb y app roved onbehalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
TheCommission er ofAgriculture is hereby  empowered t o sign theExchange ofLetters in
order to bind the Communit y.
Done at Brussels, 28 April 2004.
For the Commission 
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission 
L 144/64 Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2004 EN 
ANNEX 
AGREEMENT INTHE FORM OFANEXCHANG EOFLETTERS
between the European Communit y and the United Mexican States concerning amendment of
Annex I to the Agreement between the European Communit y and the United Mexican States 
on the mutual recognit ionandprotection ofdesignations for spirit drinks 
Letter No 1 
Letter from the European Community 
Brussels, … 2004
Sir,
Ihave t hehonour to refer tomeetings related t o technical adaptations which have been held 
under Article 18of theAgreement between t heEuropean Communit y and t heUnited
Mexican States on themutual r ecognition andprotection ofdesignations for spirit drinks, of 
27 May 1997, w hich provides that theContracting Parties may, by mutual consent, amend 
this Agreement.
As you arealready aware t heenlargement of theEuropean Union w ill takeplace on1May 
2004. Therefore, in this context it is necessary tomake t echnical adaptations toAnnex I to the
abovementione dAgreement, inorder toinclude t he recognition andprotection ofdesignations 
for spirit drinks of thenew Member States with a view tobeapplied by thePartie s with effect 
from 1May  2004.
Ihave t herefore t hehonour topropose t hat Annex I to theAgreement between t heEuropean
Comm unity and t heUnited Mexican States on themutual r ecognition andprotection of
desig nations for spirit drinks  be r eplaced by theAnnex attached hereto, w itheffect as of
1May  2004, s ubject to theentry intoforce on the samedateof theTreaty ofAccession t o the
European Union of theCzech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuani a,Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia andSlovakia.
I should beobliged if you would confirm t hat your Government is inagreement with t he
conten ts of thi s letter.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance ofmy highest consideration.
On behalf of the E uropean Community 
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Letter No 2 
Letter from the United Mexi can States 
(Mexico City/Brussels, … 2004)
Sir,
Ihave the honour to acknowledge receipt of your lett er of (date) which reads as follows:
"Ihave t hehonour to refer tomeetings related t o technical adaptations which have been held 
under Article 18of theAgreement between t heEuropean Communit y and t heUnited
Mexican States on themutual r ecognition andprotection ofdesignations for spirit drinks, of 
27 May 1997, w hich provides that theContracting Parties may, by mutual consent, amend this 
Agreement.
As you arealready aware t heenlargement of theEuropean Union w ill takeplace on1May 
2004. Therefore, in this context it is necessary tomake t echnical adaptations toAnnex I to the
abovementione dAgreement, inorder toinclude t he recognition andprotection ofdesignations 
for spirit drinks of thenew Member States with a view tobeapplied by thePartie s with effect 
from 1May  2004.
Ihave t herefore t hehonour topropose t hat Annex I to theAgreement between t heEuropean
Comm unity and t heUnited Mexican States on themutual r ecognition andprotection of
desig nations for spirit drinks  be r eplaced by theAnnex attached hereto, w itheffect as of
1May  2004, s ubject to theentry intoforce on the samedateof theTreaty ofAccession t o the
European Union of theCzech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuani a,Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia andSlovakia.
I should beobliged if you would confirm t hat your Government is inagreement with t he
conten ts of thi s letter."
Ihave t hehonour toinform y ou that theUnited Mexican States areinagreement with t he
content of your lett er.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance ofmy highest consideration.
On behalf  of the  United  Mexica n Stat es 
L 144/66 Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2004 EN 
‘ANNEX 1
to the Agreeme nt betw een the Euro pean  Communit y and the United  Mexi can States  
on the mu tual reco gnition a nd protection  of design ation s for spirit d rinks  
1. Rum
Rhum delaMartinique/Rhum delaMartinique t raditionnel
Rhum delaGuade loupe/Rhum delaGuade loupe traditionnel
Rhum delaRéun ion/Rhum delaRéun ion traditionnel
Rhum delaGuyane /RhumdelaGuyane  traditionnel
RondeMálaga
RondeGranada
Rum daMadei ra
2. (a) Whisky 
Scotch Whisky 
Irish Whisky 
Whisky españ ol
(These designat ions m ay be suppl ement edby the t erms “m alt”or “grain ”)
2. (b) Whiskey 
Irish Whiskey 
Uisce Beatha Eirea nnach/ Irish Whiskey 
(These designat ions m ay be suppl ement edby the t erm“pot st ill”)
3. Grai n spiri t 
Eau-de-v iede seigl edemarque nationale luxembo urgeoise
Korn
Kornbrand
4. Wine spi rit 
Eau-de-v iedeCognac
Eau-de-v iedes Chare ntes 
Cognac
(The designat ion“Cognac” may be su pplem ented by the follo wing term s:
-Fine
-Grande Fine Champ agne
-Grande Champ agne
-PetiteCham pagne
-PetiteFineCham pagne
-FineCham pagne
-Borderies 
-Fins Boi s 
-Bons Bois)
Fine Bordeaux 
Armagnac
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Bas-Armagnac
Haut-Armagnac
Ténarèse
Eau-de-vie de vin delaMarne
Eau-de-vie de vin originaire d'Aquitaine
Eau-de-vie de vin deBourgogne
Eau-de-vie de vin originaire du Centre-Est 
Eau-de-vie de vin originaire deFranche-Comté
Eau-de-vie de vin originaire du Bugey 
Eau-de-vie de vin deSavoie
Eau-de-vie de vin originaire des Coteaux de laLoire
Eau-de-vie de vin des Côtes-du-Rhône
Eau-de-vie de vin originaire deProvence
Eau-de-vie deFaugères/Faugères 
Eau-de-vie de vin originaire du Languedoc
Aguardente doMinho
Aguardente doDouro
Aguardente daBeira Interior 
Aguardente daBairrada
Aguardente doOeste
Aguardente doRibatej o
Aguardente doAlentejo
Aguardente doAlgarve
5. Brandy
Brandy de Jerez 
Brandy del Penedés 
Brandy italiano
Brandy Αττικής/Brandy of Attica
Brandy Πελλοπονήσου/Brandy  of the Peloponnese
Brandy Κεντρικής Ελλάδας/Brandy of central Greece
Deutscher Weinbrand
Wachauer Weinbrand
Weinbrand Dürnstein
Karpatské brandy špeciál
6. Grape marc spirit 
Eau-de-vie demarc deChampagne ou 
Marc deChampagne
Eau-de-v iedemarc origina ired'Aquit aine
Eau-de-vie demarc deBourgogne
Eau-de-vie demarc originaire du Centre-Est 
Eau-de-v iedemarc origina iredeFranche -Comt é
Eau-de-vie demarc originaire deBugey 
Eau-de-vie demarc originaire deSavoie
Marc deBourgogne
Marc deSavoie
Marc d'Auvergne
Eau-de-vie demarc originaire des Coteaux de laLoire
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Eau-de-vie demarc des Côtes du Rhône
Eau-de-vie demarc originaire deProvence
Eau-de-vie demarc originaire du Languedoc
Marc d'Alsace Gewürztraminer 
Marc deLorraine
Bagaceira doMinho
Bagaceira doDouro
Bagaceira daBeira Interior 
Bagaceira daBairrada
Bagaceira doOeste
Bagaceira doRibat ejo
Bagaceiro doAlentejo
Bagaceira doAlgarve
Orujo gallego
Grappa
Grappa diBarolo
Grappa piem ontese/ Grappa delPiemo nte
Grappa lombarda/Grappa diLombardia
Grappa trentina/Grappa delTrentino
Grappa friula na/Grapp adelFriuli
Grappa veneta/Grappa delVeneto
Südtiroler Grappa / Grappa dell'Alto Adige
Τσικουδιά Κρήτης/Tsikoudia ofCrete
Τσίπουρο Μακεδονίας/Tsipouro ofMacedonia
Τσίπουρο Θεσσαλίας/Tsipouro ofThessaly 
Τσίπουρο Τυρνάβου/Tsipouro ofTyrnavos 
Τσιπουρο Τυρναβου/Tsipouro ofTyrnavos 
Eau-de-vie demarc demarque nationale luxembourgeoise
Zivani a
Pálin ka
7. Fruit spirit 
Schwarzwälder Kirschwas ser 
Schwarzwälder Himbeergeist 
Schwarzwälder Mirabellenwasser 
Schwarzwälder Williamsbirne
Schwarzwälder Zwetschgenw asser 
Fränkisches Zwetschgenwasser 
Fränkisches Kirschwasser 
Fränkischer Obstler 
Mirabel ledeLorrai ne
Kirsch d'Alsace
Quetsch d'Alsace
Framb oised'Alsace
Mirabel led'Alsace
Kirsch deFougerolles 
Südti roler Wi lliams/Wi lliams del l'AltoAdige
Südtiroler Aprikot/ Südtiroler 
Marill e/Aprik ot del l'AltoAdige/Mari lledell'Alto Adige
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Südtiroler Kirsch/Kirsch dell'Alto Adige
Südtiroler Zwetschgeler/Zwetschgeler dell 'Alto Adige
Südtiroler Obstler/Obstl er dell'Alto Adige
Südtiroler Gravensteiner/ Gravensteiner dell'Alt oAdige
Südtiroler Golden Delicious/Golden Delicious dell 'Alto Adige
Williams fri ulano/ Williams d elFriuli
Sliwovi tz del Veneto
Sliwovi tz del Friuli-Venezi aGiuli a
Sliwovitz del Trentino-Alto Adige
Distil latodimele  trent ino / Di stillatodimele delTrenti no
Williams t rentino/Wil liam s del Trenti no
Sliwovi tz trent ino/S liwovi tz del Trenti no
Aprikot  trent ino/Apr ikot d elTrenti no
Medronheira doAlgarve
Medronheira doBuçaco
Kirsch Friulano/Kirschwasser Friulano
Kirsch Trentino/Kirschwasser Trentino
Kirsch Veneto/Kirschwasser Veneto
Aguardente depêradaLousã
Eau-de-vie depommes de marque nationale luxembourgeoise
Eau-de-vie depoires de marque nationale luxembourgeoise
Eau-de-vie dekirsch demarque nationale luxembourgeoise
Eau-de-vie dequetsch demarque nationale luxembourgeoise
Eau-de-v iedemirab elledemarque nationale luxembo urgeoise
Eau-de-vie deprunelles de marque nationale luxembourgeoise
Wachauer Marillenbrand
Bošácka Slivo vica
Szatmá riSzilva pálinka
Kecskemé tiBarackpál inka
Békési Szilvapálinka
Szabolcsi Almapá linka
Slivo vice
Pálin ka
8. Cider spirit and perry spirit 
Calva dos 
Calvados du Pays d'Auge
Eau-de-vie decidre deBretagne
Eau-de-vie depoiré deBretagne
Eau-de-vie decidre deNormandie
Eau-de-vie depoiré deNormandie
Eau-de-vie decidre du Maine
Aguardiente de sidra deAsturias 
Eau-de-vie depoiré du Maine
9. Gentian spirit
Bayerischer Gebirgsenzian
Südtiroler Enzian/ Genzians dell'Alto Adige
Genziana t rentina/Genzi anadelTrenti no
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10. Fruit spirit drinks
Pacharán
Pacharán navarro
11. Juniper-flavoured spirit dri nks
Ostfriesischer Korngenever 
Genièvre Flandres Artois 
Hasseltse jenever 
Balegemse jenever 
Péket d eWallon ie
Steinhäger 
Plymouth Gin
GindeMahón
Vilniaus Džinas 
Spišská Borovička
Slovenská Borovička Juniperus 
Slovenská Borovička
Inovecká Borovička
Liptovská Borovička
12. Caraway-flavoured spirit drinks 
Dansk Akvavit/Dansk Aquavit 
Svensk Aquavit/Svensk Akvavit/Swedish Aquavit 
13. Aniseed-flavoured spirit drinks 
Anis español
Évoca anisada
Cazall a
Chinchón
Ojén
Rute
Oύζο/O uzo
14. Liqueur 
Berlin er Kümme l
Hamburger Kümmel
Münchener Kümmel
Chiemseer Klosterli kör 
Bayerischer Kräuterlikör 
Cassis de Dijon
Cassis de Beaufort 
Irish Cream
Palo deMallo rca
Ginjinha portuguesa
Licor de Singeverga
Benediktbeurer Klosterli kör 
Ettaler Kl osterl ikör 
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Ratafi adeChamp agne
Ratafi acatalana
Anis português 
Finnish berry/Finnish fruit liqueur 
Grossglockner Alpenbitter 
Mariazeller Magenlikör 
Mariazeller Jagasaftl
Puchheimer Bitt er 
Puchheimer Schlossgeist 
Steinfelder Magenbitt er 
Wachauer Marillenli kör 
Jägerte e/Jage rtee/Jagate e
Allažu Ki meli s 
Čepkel iu 
Demänovka Bylinný Likér 
Polish Cherry 
Karlovarská Hořká
15. Spirit drinks
Pommeau de Bretagne
Pomme au du Mai ne
Pommeau de Normandie
Svensk Punsch/Swedish Punch
Slivo vice
16. Vodka 
Svensk Vodka/Swedish Vodka
Suomalainen Vodka/Finsk Vodka/Vodka ofFinland
Polska Wódka/Polish Vodka
Laugarício Vodka
Original iLietuviška degtin é
Wódka z ioow a z Nizi ny Pónoc nopo dlaskiejarom atyzo wana ekstraktem z  trawy żubrowej / 
Herbal Vodka from the North Podlasi eLowland aromat ised wit hanextract ofbison grass 
Latvi jas Dzidrai s 
Rīgas Degvīns 
LBDegvīns 
LBVodka
17. Bitter-tasti ng spiri t drinks
Rīgas me lnais Ba lzāms/ Riga Black Balsam
Demänovka bylinná horká’