2006/232/EC: Council Decision of  20 December 2005  on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine#Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine
Date: 2006-03-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: United States, customs document, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, trade agreement (EU), trading operation, vinification, wine

24.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 87/1

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 December 2005
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of
America on trade in wine

(2006/232/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first
sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the
United States of America on trade in wine (hereinafter referred to
as ‘the Agreement’)
the
Community.

is hereby approved on behalf of

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

(1)

(2)

On 23 October 2000 the Council authorised the Commis-
sion to negotiate an agreement on trade in wine between
the European Community and the United States of
America.

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the
person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the
Community.

The negotiations have been concluded and the Agreement
between the European Community and the United States
of America on trade in wine (hereinafter referred to as
‘the Agreement’) was initialled by both Parties on 14 Sep-
tember 2005. The Agreement represents a first-stage agree-
ment and the Parties should begin negotiations within
ninety days from the date of entry into force of the Agree-
ment with a view to concluding one or more agreements
that further facilitate trade in wine between them.

Article 3

For the purposes of applying Article 5(4), Article 7(2), Article 8(2),
Article 9(5), Article 11(5) and (6), Article 13(1) and Article 14 of
the Agreement, the Commission is hereby authorised to adopt, in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 75(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the measures necessary to imple-
ment the Agreement and to modify its Annexes, the Protocol
and its Appendices.

Article 4

(3)

The Agreement should therefore be approved.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean Union.

(4)

In order to facilitate the implementation and possible
amendment of the Annexes to the Agreement, the Com-
mission should be authorised to adopt the necessary mea-
sures in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999
on the common organisation of the market in wine (1),

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2005.

For the Council
The President
M. BECKETT

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 2165/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 1).