. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/EEC/15
10 June 2002
(02-3187)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITY  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:     European Commission        
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Commission
EC-TBT Enquiry Point
Fax: +32 2 299 57 25
Email: ec-tbt@cec.eu.int        
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):     Certain wine sector
products        
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:    Commission
Regulation (EC) No. 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down certain rules for applying
Council Regulation (EC) No. 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation,
presentation and protection of certain wine sector products      
6. Description of content:     The Regulation lays down the compulsory particulars that must
be presented on labels.  It establishes rules concerning the optional terms that can be
included on labels, in particular the vintage year and the vine varieties used in the wine
production.  It establishes the rules that apply to wines to be marketed on the Common
Market.  It introduces a system to protect traditional terms used to describe a wine.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:     
The objective is to prevent deceptive practices and to protect consumers.      G/TBT/N/EEC/15
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8. Relevant documents:
English version:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2002/l_118/l_11820020504en00010054.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/1999/l_179/l_17919990714en00010084.pdf
French version:http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/fr/dat/2002/l_118/l_11820020504fr00010054.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/fr/oj/dat/1999/l_179/l_17919990714fr00010084.pdf
Spanish version:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/es/dat/2002/l_118/l_11820020504es00010054.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/es/oj/dat/1999/l_179/l_17919990714es00010084.pdf           
9. Proposed date of adoption:  29 April 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2003
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification        
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
European Commission
EC-TBT Enquiry Point
Fax: +32 2 299 57 25
Email: ec-tbt@cec.eu.int   