. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/93
14 May 2003
(03-2556)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ARGENTINA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   National Institute of Vitiviniculture
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:   Idem  national
enquiry point
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):   Wine products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Rules Governing the
Production of Sparkling Wine, Champagne, Sw eet Natural Sparkling Wine, Natural Semi-
Sparkling Wine, Natural Fruity Sparkling Wine, Aerated Sparkling Wine and Wine
Cocktails  (43 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Approves the rules governing the production and registration of
sparkling wine, champagne, sweet natural sparkling wine, natural semi-sparkling wine,
natural fruity sparkling wine, aerated sparklin g wine and wine cocktails.  Monthly Sworn
Declaration of Stock and Movement of Factory Products.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
There is a need to tailor the controls carried out by the National Institute of
Vitiviniculture to the new systems developed by the industrial sector with regard to productdefinition and to adopt measures designed to comply with international standards on
appellations of origin. There are currently sufficient suitable established vine varieties to
satisfy the production requirements of the above wine products. There is also a need to
determine which type of establishment should produce the wines covered by this
Regulation; these establishments should therefore be defined, the existing ones removed
from the Institute's registers and those already registered re-registered under the new
system. It is also essential that those responsible for registered establishments enter factoryproduct analyses in their official records.
8. Relevant documents:   Council Resolution No. 1/2003.G/TBT/N/ARG/93
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  29 January 2003 (Official Journal).
Proposed date of entry into force:  As from 6 February 2003: Article 3, 30 days;
Article 9, March 2003; Article 13, 60 days.
10. Final date for comments:   -
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Focal Point of the Argentine Republic
National Directorate of Domestic Trade (DNCI)
Avda. J. A. Roca 651, 4th floor, Sector 22, (1322) Buenos Aires
Fax: (54 11) 4349-4038
Tel.: (54 11) 4349-4037
E-mail: vcamal@mecon.gov.ar