Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 73/1999 of 28 May 1999 amending Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement, on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine
Date: 1999-05-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: designation of origin, fortified wine, sparkling wine, technical barriers to trade, trade mark, wine of superior quality

9.11.2000

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 73/1999

of 28 May 1999

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

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Protocol 47 to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 26/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee
of 26 February 1999(1).

Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on
the common organisation of the market in wine (2), is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1629/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2332/92 as
regards sparkling wines produced in the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88 on the
preparation and marketing of liqueur wines produced in the Community (3), is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2215/98 of 15 October 1998 amending Regulation (EC)
No 881/98 laying down detailed rules for the protection of the additional traditional terms used to
designate certain types of quality wine produced in specified regions (quality wine psr) (4), is to be
incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 15 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87) in Appendix 1 to
Protocol 47 to the Agreement:

‘— 398 R 1627: Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/98 of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 8).’

Article 2

The following indent shall be added in point 19 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88)

1.
Appendix 1 to Protocol 47 to the Agreement:

in

‘— 398 R 1629: Council Regulation (EC) No 1629/98 of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 11).’

(1) OJ L 48, 22.6.2000, p. 53.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 279, 16.10.1998, p. 4.

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The following indent shall be added in point 38 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2332/92)

2.
Appendix 1 to Protocol 47 to the Agreement:

in

‘— 398 R 1629: Council Regulation (EC) No 1629/98 of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 11).’

Article 3

The following shall be added in point 42e (Commission Regulation (EC) No 881/98) in Appendix 1 to
Protocol 47 to the Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 398 R 2215: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2215/98 of 15 October 1998 (OJ L 279,

16.10.1998, p. 4).’

Article 4

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1627/98, Regulation (EC) No 1629/98 and Regulation (EC) No 2215/98
in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this
Decision, are authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on 29 May 1999, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 5

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

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 28 May 1999.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO