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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/EEC/19
13 September 2002
(02-4873)
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 COMMUNITIES
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 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:
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):   2204 – Wine and grape
must
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission
Regulation (EC) No. …/.. Amending Comm ission Regulation (EC) No. 1622/2000 with
Regard to the Use of Tartaric Acid in Wine Sector Products  (two pages – original version
in French).
6. Description of content:  This Regulation specifies the origin of the L-tartaric acid that can
be used in oenological practices in accordan ce with the technical specifications in the
International Oenological Codex of the International Vine and Wine Office.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Prevention of practices likely to be misleading as to the nature of the product, and
compliance with existing relevant international standards.
8. Relevant documents:   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1622/2000 of 24 July 2000 laying
down certain detailed rules for implemen ting Regulation (EC) No. 1493/1999 on the
common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code ofoenological practices and processes.  Offi cial Journal (OJ) L 194 of 31 July 2000, p.1.
French version:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/fr/oj/dat/2000/l_194/l_19420000731fr00010044.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/fr/oj/dat/1999/l_179/l_17919990714fr00010084.pdf
English version:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2000/l_194/l_19420000731en00010044.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/1999/l_179/l_17919990714en00010084.pdfG/TBT/N/EEC/19
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8. Relevant documents:  (cont'd)
Spanish version:
http://europa.eu.int/eur- lex/pri/es/oj/dat/2000/l_194/l_19420000731es00010044.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/es/oj/dat/1999/l_179/l_17919990714es00010084.pdf
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }October 2002
10. Final date for comments:   1 October 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of the other body:
European Commission
EC-TBT Enquiry Point
Fax:  +32 2 299-5725 or  +32 2 299-8043
E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int
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