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WRITTEN QUESTION P-0857/04 by Vasco Graça Moura (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Distortion of competition in the wine sector.
Date: 2004-03-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Portugal, TRIPS, common commercial policy, designation of origin, fortified wine, labelling, product designation, restriction on competition, viticulture

3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 84 E/685

(2004/C 84 E/0771)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0857/04

by Vasco Graça Moura (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(11 March 2004)

Subject: Distortion of competition in the wine sector

On 23 February 2004 the Commission approved new rules on the labelling of wine in the European
Union, which will enable third countries to use, within the Community, traditional descriptions for wine
such as ‘tawny’, ‘vintage’, ‘ruby’ etc. and to export such wines to the EU.

The following facts should be borne in mind:

(cid:1) the port wine-producing area has always used the descriptions ‘tawny’, ‘vintage’ and ‘ruby’;

(cid:1) Madeira wine-producers have also always used the descriptions ‘canteiro’,

‘frasqueira’ and ‘reserva

velha’;

(cid:1) both these wines have consolidated their quality and international image using these expressions;

(cid:1) the new labelling rules will ‘trivialise’ the use of these expressions to the detriment of port and Madeira

wine producers and their products, which in effect constitutes a distortion of competition;

(cid:1) in the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations, the European Union has always

upheld the need to adopt a balanced agreement, particularly important for non-tariff issues;

(cid:1) these non-tariff measures include the protection of designations of origin, trademarks, etc.;

(cid:1) the WTO negotiations have been suspended since the collapse of the Cancun Round last September;

(cid:1) in this context the European Union must not or should not make any concessions outside the

negotiating context of the WTO.

Can the Commission say what induced it to adopt new rules on wine labelling outside the WTO

1.
negotiating framework?

2. What it considers the European Union has gained by this unusual and unexpected concession?

3. What its assessment is of the consequences of this decision for Community producers (cid:1) in particular
those in the port and Madeira wine producing areas?

(2004/C 84 E/0772)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0858/04

by Teresa Almeida Garrett (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(11 March 2004)

Subject: Distortion of competition in the wine sector

On 23 February 2004 the Commission approved new rules on the labelling of wine in the European
Union, which will enable third countries to use, within the Community, traditional descriptions for wine
such as ‘tawny’, ‘vintage’

‘ruby’ etc. and to export such wines to the EU.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain countervailing measures
Date: 2004-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, countervailing charge, import, originating product, plastics

C 62/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.3.2004

Notice of the impending expiry of certain countervailing measures

(2004/C 62/03)

As provided for in Article 18(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 (1) on
1.
protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community, the
Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure,
the countervailing measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.

2. Procedure

Community producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient
evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of
subsidisation and injury.

Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of
the exporting country and Community producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify,
rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.

3. Time limit

Community producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the
European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Division B-1), J-79 5/16, B-1049 Brussels (2) at
any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before
the date mentioned in the table below.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 18(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of

4.
6 October 1997.

Product

Country(ies) of origin
or exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

PET
(polyethylene
terephthalate) film

India

Countervailing
duty

Regulation (EC) No 2597/1999
(OJ L 316, 10.12.1999, p. 1)

11.12.2004

(1) OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1973/2002 (OJ L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 4).
(2) Telex COMEU B 21877; Telefax (32-2) 295 65 05.
Uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) (Classification of goods)
Date: 2004-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, building industry, prefabrication

11.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 62/5

UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2004/C 62/04)

Explanatory notes drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10(1) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature
and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2176/2002
of 6 December 2002 (2)

The explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (3) shall be amended
as follows:

On page 353, after code 9405 91 19 the following text is inserted:

‘9406

Prefabricated buildings

9406 00 11 Mobile homes

Mobile homes have, for example, the following characteristics:

— the outer surface can consist of different materials (e.g. wood, plastics, aluminium etc.),

— they generally have a length from 7 to 11 m, a width from 3 to 4 m, a height from 3 to

4 m and a weight from 1 to 4,5 t,

— they may have a sloping roof on two sides,

— their interior is completely furnished for residential requirements,

— they have a single or double axle in the middle, equipped with wheels of small
dimension and a tow bar which only allows short distance moving on the premises
of location,

— moving on public roads has to be effected by means of loading on trailers or lorries as
they are neither equipped with electric signal lights nor have any braking systems and
therefore cannot be registered for public traffic.’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 331, 7.12.2002, p. 3.
(3) OJ C 256, 23.10.2002, p. 1.