CELEX: 51983PC0062
Language: en
Date: 1983-02-14 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to negotiate an agreement with Mexico on the mutual recognition of appellations of origin for spirituous beverages (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                                 COM( 8 3 )  62 f i n a l
                                                                 B ru sse ls,    14 F e b r u a r y 1983
                                       Recommendation f o r         a
                                          COUNCIL DECISION
       a u th o riz in g   the   Commission t o      n e g o tia te   an a g r e e m e n t w ith   M e x i c o on
       th e mutual       re co g n itio n  of a p p e lla tio n s   of  o rig in     fo r  s p iritu o u s    bever­
                                                ages
                     (su b m itte d  to   the C ouncil      by th e    Commission)
 C0M(83)  62 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                          COMMUNICATION TO THE COUNCIL
                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
S u b je c t : CEE/Mexico, m utual r e c o g n i t i o n o f                    a p p e lla tio n s     of
                o r i g i n f o r s p i r i t u o u s beverages
     The EEC and M e x i c o            c o n c l u d e d an A g r e e m e n t      in    1975 d e s i g n e d
in te r    a lia    "to     e s ta b lis h    and e n c o u r a g e      com mercial          and e c o n o m i c
cooperation            ...    so as t o       c o n trib u te      ....     to    the     balance o f        th e ir
re c ip ro c a l    trade      at   the     h ig h e s t    le v e l   __ " .      Since       that    tim e ,    of
the     issu e s     raised      w ith in     the     framework o f           th is     Agreement         the o n ly
m ajor o u ts ta n d in g        one i s      the      request       o f Mexico         fo r    re co g n itio n
of   th e Mexican a p p e l l a t i o n            of   o rig in     "T e q u ila ".
     The m a t t e r       was e x a m i n e d     in    the   113 C o m m i t t e e      and t h e y n o t e d
that      M e xico 's      request      had be e n d i s c u s s e d         w ith     government         experts
on a l c o h o l    who had no o b j e c t i o n s            if   a re c ip ro c a l       agreement         could
be    reached.           The 113 C o m m i t t e e         concluded         th a t    there      is   an a g r e e m e n t
on t h e     p rin c ip le      of   m utual       re c o g n itio n     of   the      a p p e lla tio n s    of
o rig in     in   que stio n       (T eq u ila       and c e r t a i n     s p iritu o u s      beverages o f
Member S t a t e s ) ;          and t h e     d e le g a tio n s     of    Member S t a t e s         undertook
to   tra n s m it      d ire c tly     to   the      S e rvice s     of    the     Commission,          before
the     end o f      O ctober,       the     lis t     of   s p iritu o u s      beverages          w hich    could
be i n c l u d e d     in   the    agreement           foreseen        w ith     M exico.
      In    view o f       the   C o m m unity's          commitment         to    coo p e ra tio n      w ith
M e x i c o on t r a d e      m atters      and t h e       advantage          to    be g a i n e d    in   having
the     Community          lis t   of    a p p e lla tio n s     of     o rig in     r e c o g n is e d by Mexico
in    exchange         fo r   our    re c o g n itio n      of   T e q u ila ,     the     Commission         recom­
mends t h a t        the    d ire c tiv e s      fo r    n e g o tia tio n s     should        in clu d e   the
 concept       of    the    basis      of    re c ip ro c ity ,      and t h e       p o s s ib ility      to   revert
to    the     aspects       of    control        at    a la te r      date.
      As t h e     Community          re g u la tio n      on s p i r i t u o u s    beverages         has n o t
yet     bee n a d o p t e d ,     the    aspect        of    control       and p r o t e c t i o n     should
p ro v is io n a lly       be assumed b y t h e              in d iv id u a l    governments           concerned,
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in   Line    w ith    th e ir   n a tio n a l     L e g is la tio n ,  u n til   su ch t i m e   as a
C o mm u ni ty p o l i c y  has be e n e s t a b l i s h e d      and t h e m a t t e r may be
raised     again      w ith   M exico.      The a g r e e m e n t w i t h     M e x i c o on m u t u a l
re co g n itio n     of  a p p e lla tio n s     of    o rig in   fo r   s p iritu o u s   beverages
should     not    p re ju d ice    any e v e n t u a l      Community r e g u l a t i o n     or
d ire c tiv e   on t h e    m atter.
     The C o m m i s s i o n s u b m i t s   fo r    th is    purpose      a recommendation
fo r  a C ouncil        D e cisio n    a u th o ris in g      the    Commission t o        n e g o tia te
an a g r e e m e n t  w ith   Mexico       ( s e e Annex I ) .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                           ANNEX I
                        RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
  a u th o riz in g    the   Commission t o             n e g o tia te   an a g r e e m e n t   w ith    M exico     on t h e
  mutual      re co g n itio n     of   a p p e lla tio n s      of   o rig in    fo r   s p iritu o u s     beverages
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having      regard      to   the    Treaty e s ta b lis h in g           the    European        E c o no m i c  Community,
and i n     p a rtic u la r    A rtic le       113 t h e r e o f ,
Having      regard      to   the    recom m endation             from    the    Com m ission,
Wher eas M e x i c o has         requested         the     opening o f        n e g o tia tio n s     w ith    the
European Economic              C o m m u n i t y on r e c o g n i t i o n   of   the     d e sig n a tio n     of
o rig in    "T e q u ila ",
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                           «'
                                                 Sole A r t i c l e
The C o m m i s s i o n   is   hereby a u th o r iz e d         to   n e g o tia te    an A g r e e m e n t    between
the    European       Economic        C o m m u n i t y and M e x i c o on       re c o g n itio n     and p o s s i b l e
control      of    the   d e s ig n a tio n     of    o rig in    "T e q u ila ".
The C o m m i s s i o n s h a l l   conduct        the     n e g o tia tio n s   in    c o n s u lta tio n     w ith  the
S pecial     Committee p r o v i d e d          fo r    in   A rtic le    113 o f      the    T reaty      in   order    to
secure     the     re c o g n itio n   and p o s s i b l e      control       by M exico f o r         its     part   of
d e sig n a tio n s   of   o rig in    fo r     the    s p iritu o u s    beverages         of   t h e Member
States     of    the    European       Community           lis te d    in   the    Annex.
                                                                            Done a t      B ru s s e ls ,
                                                                            For t h e     Counci l
                                                                             The P r e s i d e n t
 ---pagebreak---                             L i s t o f s p i r i t u o u s b e v e r a g e s s u b m i t t e d b y t h e Member
                            S t a t e s w i t h a v i e w t o n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h M e x i c o on
                            the m utual r e c o g n it io n o f d e s ig n a tio n s o f o r i g i n
Federal         R epublic o f          Germany
a) Gi n
       -   S teinhaeg er
b)     F ru it     s p irits :
       -   Schwarzwaelder H im b e e rg e is t
       -   Schwarzwaelder K ir s c h
c) L iq u e u r s       and s p e c i a l i t i e s
        -  B a ye risch e r G ebirgsenzian
        -  B ened iktb e u re r K lo s te rg o ld
        -  Chiemseer K l o s t e r l i k o e r
        -  E tta le r K lo s te rlik o e r
        -  K oenigsberger B aerenfang
        -  O s tp re u s s ischer Baerenfang
        -  Stonsdorfer
         - B e rlin e r         Kümmel
         -  H am b u r g e r Kümmel
         - M ü n c h e n e r Kümmel
 d ) Rum:
         -  F l e n s b u r g e r Rum
 Denmark
 Dansk a k v a v i t
  U nited        Ki ngdom
  Scotch w hisky
  I r i s h whiskey
  Greece
  Ouzo
  Greek s p e c i a l t y b ra n d y
  G r ee k B r a n d w e i n S p e z i a l t e t
  I re land
   Iris h      whiskey
   Iris h      P o t s t i l l whiskey
   Uisce       Beatha E ire a n a c h
   Iris h       cr eam L i q u e u r s
   Iris h       m ist
   Cork      Dry Gin